Lauds press page
Answer: Lauds is a Scripture-first app blocker by BeforeScroll Studio, built by founder Brian Tan. It helps people hold distracting apps until they open Scripture, use a physical Bible timer, or journal briefly. Android is planned first, iOS follows later, and the current press posture is honest early-stage availability.
What Lauds is
Lauds is a Christian attention tool for phones. Users choose distracting apps, set a lock window, and unlock through a Scripture-first action before using the feed. It is intentionally positioned as a gentle gate, not a guilt machine or a treatment product.
Product category
Scripture-first app blocker and personal attention tool for Android and iOS.
Maker
Built by Brian Tan as BeforeScroll Studio.
Unlock paths
Bible app, physical Bible timer, or short journal entry.
Contact
Platform status
- Android is presented on the site as headed to Google Play first.
- iOS is presented as planned later, with free waitlist signup and paid iOS lifetime early access currently handled through the website.
- iOS behavior depends on Apple's Screen Time APIs and entitlement approval.
- No public press quotes, awards, download numbers, or testimonials should be invented. The Lauds home page explicitly says testimonials are not available yet.
Approved short descriptions
One sentence
Lauds is a Scripture-first app blocker that helps people hold distracting feeds until Bible reading, a physical Bible timer, or a short journal line comes first.
Short paragraph
Lauds is a Christian attention tool by BeforeScroll Studio. Users choose distracting apps, set a morning lock window, and unlock through Scripture-first actions before opening the feed. Android is planned first; iOS follows through Apple's Screen Time path.
Privacy posture
Lauds says journal entries, optional photos, selected app lists, Android foreground app names, and iOS Screen Time tokens are not uploaded to its servers. Website waitlist, referral, and payment records exist only where users choose those flows. Limited anonymous analytics may be used for product health.
What not to imply
- Do not describe Lauds as impossible to bypass.
- Do not call it a treatment, counseling, therapy, medical, or addiction-recovery product.
- Do not imply public App Store or Google Play availability before the relevant listing is live.
- Do not claim reviews, awards, testimonials, user counts, or press coverage that the site has not published.
Media assets
The current site publishes a social share image at /og-image.jpg, app icons at /icon-512.jpg and /icon-192.jpg, and rendered website screenshots under /qa-screenshots/desktop-hero.png. For current assets or a press kit, email radiansnail@gmail.com.
