Cadence — Slow media, by design
For the 2 a.m. scrollers

Slow media, by design.

A minimalist NFC keycard that turns endless feeds into paced, intentional batches.

Card ships free on annual membership. No app store maze.

The Challenge

Your feed was never built for bedtime.

Late-night doom-scroll wrecks your circadian rhythm, your focus, and your ability to savor the room you are actually sitting in.

The 2 a.m. spiral

One more scroll becomes two hours, and sleep debt quietly compounds across the week.

Notification reflex

Every buzz pulls you out of dinner, lectures, and conversations you actually wanted to have.

Blockers you just bypass

Software screen blockers fall apart the moment you toggle a permission off in settings.

The Solution

Friction you can hold in your hand.

A physical tap replaces the infinite scroll, converting your feeds into calm, asynchronous slow-text batches.

Tap to unlock

Your NFC keycard is the only way to open a media batch. No card, no feed.

Slow-text batches

Feeds arrive as grayscale digests you read at your own pace, not an endless drip.

Bedtime hard-lock

After hours, only a deliberate physical tap reopens anything. Urgent calls still ring through.

Key Features

Everything that keeps the feed quiet.

Physical NFC card

A pocket-sized keycard paired to your launcher. Tap it to a phone to open a batch, then put it away.

Grayscale feeds

Colour removed, motion slowed. The dopamine pull weakens and reading takes over.

Bedtime override

A hard lock after your chosen hour. Only a deliberate physical tap lifts it.

Daily digest batching

Your feeds compile into a single paced batch. Read it once, finish it, and close the loop.

Focus analytics

See your screen-time trend in plain numbers, without another dashboard to obsess over.

Free card warranty

Lose or break the card on an annual plan and we post a replacement, no questions asked.

Where the attention economy is heading

$3.8B

Global screen time management market, 2025

38.2%

North American share of that market

$9.7B

Projected global value by 2034

Source: Dataintelo, Screen Time Management Software Market

How It Works

Three steps to a quieter phone.

01

Order your card

Join the membership and we post the NFC keycard straight to your door.

02

Pair the launcher

Install the Cadence launcher and tap the card to link it to your phone.

03

Tap, read, close

Open a paced digest when you choose, then put the card away until tomorrow.

Membership

One card. One calm plan.

Monthly

Try the rhythm, cancel anytime.

  • NFC keycard included
  • Slow-media launcher

10€/mo

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Annual

Most chosen

Best value, replacement warranty included.

  • Everything in Monthly
  • Free card replacement warranty

96€/yr

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Studio

For teams, campuses, and wellbeing programmes.

  • Bulk cards and onboarding
  • Group screen-time analytics

Custom

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Early access

Reclaim your evenings, one tap at a time.

Join the waitlist and be among the first to hold Cadence.

No spam. Just one note when your card is ready to ship.

Questions

Straight answers.

What makes Cadence different from a screen blocker?

Software blockers break the moment you revoke a permission. Cadence needs a physical card tap, so there is nothing to toggle off in settings.

Can I still get urgent calls and messages?

Yes. Cadence locks hyper-stimulating feeds, not your phone. Calls, messages, maps, and transit all keep working exactly as before.

Is the card included in the membership?

Every membership ships a physical NFC keycard on registration. Annual members also get a free replacement warranty if it is lost or damaged.

What does the slow-media digest actually look like?

Your feeds are converted into a grayscale, paced batch of text and stills. You read it once, top to bottom, with no infinite scroll and no autoplay.

Which phones work with the NFC card?

Any modern phone with NFC and our launcher installed. We support current iOS and Android devices, and the card pairs in under a minute.