Digital wellbeing
Tools that make overuse visible and rest effortless, without locking you out of the phone you depend on.
Apply for beta →● Independent technology studio
We build technology that gives back more than it takes.
Most apps are engineered to hold your attention. Ours are engineered to improve your day, then get out of the way. OlwenTech builds focused products for digital wellbeing, personal safety and everyday intelligence.
FocusWellbeing & safety
PlatformAndroid
AudienceWorldwide
Live previewAndroidScreen-rest● Beta open
5G ▮▮▮
TodayScreen time
0mContinuous use
Social58m
Video39m
Messages22m
Games13m
!Time to rest your screen.
Put it down. The lines will fade.
Put it down. The lines will fade.
Who we areAn independent technology studio
What we buildFocused mobile products
What we refuseDark patterns & attention traps
How we workRemote, across time zones
● Meet Ollie
Forty seconds. Everything we build.
Ollie is the O in OlwenTech. In forty seconds he shows what we build and why: safer roads, safer streets, and Restline, the app that breaks phone addiction.
Safety tools shown are concepts in development. Restline is in Android beta now.
01 What we build
Four areas. One mission.
We work where everyday technology lets people down most: the hours lost to screens, the walk home after dark, the problems AI promises to solve but rarely does, and games built to exploit players instead of entertaining them.
Social safety
Tools for the moments people feel least safe: travelling alone at night, crossing a busy road, waiting for someone who has not arrived.
AI for everyday life
Applied AI for physical, everyday problems like congestion, routing and the small logistics that cost people hours. Not another chatbot.
Play
Games with a beginning and an end. Built to be finished and enjoyed, not to keep you playing out of habit.
02 Product
Your screen tells you when to stop.
Screen-time limits are easy to dismiss. A screen that starts to look damaged is not. After a long stretch of unbroken use, faint lines appear on your display. Keep going and they multiply. Put the phone down and they fade on their own.
Step 010–30 min
Use your phone as normal.
The app runs in the background and measures unbroken screen time, not your daily total.
Step 02After 30 min
Lines begin to appear.
After 30 minutes without a break, realistic green and pink lines surface. Every extra minute adds more.
Step 03Rest
Rest, and they fade.
Lock the screen for a few minutes and the lines clear by themselves. No buttons. No snooze.
Never blocksEvery tap still works. Calls and navigation never trigger the lines.
Your limitsChoose when the lines start, and exclude the apps you need for work.
Private by designNo account required. Your usage data never leaves your phone.
ThemesRealistic lines by default. Original themed packs for a lighter touch.
03 Principles
What we stand by. Without exception.
Three commitments decide what we ship, what we refuse to ship and how we run the company. An idea that fails any one of them does not get built, however profitable it looks.
Principle 01
Value comes before revenue.
We measure success by the good a product does in someone's day. Revenue is the result of that work, never the reason for it.
Principle 02
People over metrics.
Engagement can be bought with addictive design. We decline that trade. Every decision is tested against one question: does this leave the person better off?
Principle 03
Original work, finished properly.
We do not clone what already exists. We build what the world is missing, and we hold it to a standard we are proud to put our name on.
04 Careers
We are hiring.
We look for people who notice what others miss: the extra tap, the confusing sentence, the user who quietly gave up. If you hold your work to that standard, we want to hear from you.
- Remote-first. Work from any time zone.
- You own what you ship, from first sketch to release.
- No vanity metrics. We measure whether people are better off.
05 Journal
Notes on building better technology.
How we think about products, design and the people who use them.
Company4 min read
The three questions every idea must answer
Good ideas are cheap. Before anything gets built at OlwenTech, it has to survive three questions. Most ideas don't.
1 October 2026Read →
Design5 min read
Designing a signal you can't ignore
Notifications get swiped away. Timers get snoozed. So we designed a screen-time signal that works the way your brain already does.
24 September 2026Read →
Product4 min read
Why we don't block apps
App blockers promise control and deliver frustration. Here is the thinking behind a different approach to healthier screen time.
12 September 2026Read →
06 FAQ
Questions, answered.
Everything you need to know before you apply. Anything else, write to us and a person will reply.
Contact us →Will the lines damage my screen?
No. The lines are drawn by the app as a transparent layer on top of your display. Your hardware is never touched, and the lines disappear the moment you rest, pause the app or uninstall it.
Can I still use my phone while the lines are showing?
Yes. Nothing is blocked. Every tap, swipe and app works exactly as before. The lines are a signal, not a lock.
What about calls, maps and video calls?
They never trigger the lines. You can also exclude any app you need for work, study or accessibility.
What if someone else picks up my phone?
A quick-settings tile shows that the lines come from the app and lets you pause them in one tap, so nobody mistakes them for a broken screen.
What data do you collect?
Screen time is measured on your phone and stays there. There is no account and no tracking. For the beta, we store only the email address you give us, so we can send your invitation.
Which phones are supported?
Android phones running Android 10 or later. Other platforms are on our roadmap.
How does the beta work?
Apply with your email. We send invitations in batches. Each invitation contains a private Google Play link to install the beta. The beta is free.
Apply for beta testing.
Beta testers use the product before release and decide what ships. Tell us where to send your invitation.
Android only. We never share your email.