Cordelette

There is no catch. Running Cordelette costs about $5 a month in servers, and the domain was already ours. It was built by a developer stuck at the same wall as you, not as a business. If you want to support it, there is an optional coffee for the team in the app, and it never unlocks anything: no Pro tier, no ads, no credits. Same rules for everyone.

The daily minimum is 12 apps, 30 seconds each. With Autopilot it is one tap and about 10 minutes: Cordelette opens each app, counts the time and moves to the next by itself.

No. Without signing in you can browse the open camps, look inside a camp that is still gathering and run the full simulation on your phone. Google sign-in is asked only when you join a camp or add your app, and it is the standard Android account picker, not a website login.

It counts as a slip, and you are warned before anything else happens. Only the third slip takes you out of the camp. Days when Google Play or our servers are down are not counted.

Camp details stay inside the camp. Members of your camp see who has done today's round and the camp's slips. While a camp is still gathering, signed-in visitors can look inside: the apps and the climbers' names, never the chat. Your Trust score is visible only to you. The ⓘ button on a camp shows exactly what each role can see.

Notifications, for camp news and the counter. Usage Access, to count each app's screen time on your phone instead of asking for screenshots. Display over other apps, for the countdown bubble and opening the next app by itself. Battery unrestricted, so the counter does not stop halfway. Each one is asked only when it is needed, with what happens if you allow it or not. Changed your mind? Tap the small button next to the action, or open Account → Permissions. We never ask for contacts, location, camera, microphone or files.

Some apps on Google Play are web apps that run inside Chrome, so Android records their screen time under Chrome. Cordelette now recognizes them and counts them correctly. If an app's time still cannot be read, Cordelette switches to its own timer, tells you on screen and reports the app to us so we can fix it.

No. The simulation runs entirely on your phone and sends nothing to our server. Its camp, feedback, reports and notifications are marked SIM, and you can restart or delete it any time.

Yes. Every day ends with a short feedback tour: you leave a note on the apps you tested, with your device and the app version attached, and the owner can reply. Helpful notes earn Trust, and owners can export all their feedback.

Saturn Code and Saturn Software are the same developer. The Saturn Software names were already taken on Google Play, so the developer account is Saturn Code; our website was set up earlier and kept its name.

Yes, and on purpose we say it out loud: we are at the same wall as everyone else. Joining the test is three steps (see "Join the closed test" above), and it helps us reach production too.