Fonorma

90 days from January 1, 2027 | New Year, True Me

Can't stick with it alone? This year, do it with friends

An app for sharing your screen time and daily life with friends

What you log becomes a radar chart of five areas: sleep, food, exercise, mood, and habits. The New Year event, New Year, True Me, runs for 90 days from January 1, 2027.

Goals you set alone are hard to keep

Many people decide to cut back on their phone or go to bed earlier in the new year. On your own, it is easy to find an excuse and stop. With Fonorma, you keep at it together with friends.

Unlock your phone limit, and your friends are notified

Screens are samples from the app in development. Names are fictional.

You choose which apps to limit and your daily limit (up to 120 minutes in total). You can also block them during set hours. Limited apps are also blocked from bedtime until you wake up.

When you reach your limit, those apps are blocked and will not open. If you really need one, you can extend by 15 minutes, up to twice a day. An extension counts as unlocking a block, and the friends in your group get a notice such as "Leo unlocked a block today."

Share your days with friends

When you create a group, you get an 8-digit group code. Send it to your friends through Messages or another app, and they can join. Up to 8 people can be in a group.

Screens are samples from the app in development. Names and values are fictional.

Each member's card shows:

• Today's screen time (as a share of their limit)
• How many times they unlocked a block (a red phone mark and a number)
• Areas that have been going up and going down over the last few days
• The shape of their chart
• The emoji they received

The minutes they used and which apps they limit are not shown.

Screens are samples from the app in development. Names and values are fictional.

Tap a card to open that person's day. You can see their wake-up and bedtime times, when they tapped "Good morning" and "Good night", who sent which emoji, what they did today, and their chart scores.

Next to each thing they did today, you see the icons of friends who are doing the same. Tap an action a friend is doing to add it to your own actions.

Tap "Good morning" when you get up and "Good night" before bed, and the friends in your group are notified. You can send an emoji to a friend's card, one per friend per day. Sending another one replaces it.

This week's action, together

Your group picks one action and keeps it up together for a week.

Screens are samples from the app in development. Values are fictional.

The app suggests the options

It averages the chart scores of all members, takes the three lowest areas, and suggests one action for each. It picks actions you can do with others and actions with solid evidence behind them.

You decide by vote

Each person has one vote, and voting closes at the end of Monday. When everyone has voted, the action is decided right away. Until then, you can change your vote as often as you like.

You choose each week whether to take part

Tap "Join", and the action is added to your nightly log until Sunday. It is removed automatically after Sunday.

Each person who joins has seven circles from Monday to Sunday, checked on the days they logged it. You also see how many times the group did it in total. There are no rankings.

Limit together

Screens are samples from the app in development. Names are fictional.

Pick 30 minutes, 1 hour, or 2 hours and tap "Start". The members of your group are notified. Everyone who joins has all of their limited apps blocked until the end time. For example, everyone can put their phones away for an hour in the evening.

You can stop early, and stopping does not count as an unlock in the event. If you stop, the friends still limiting apps with you are notified.

90 days of change, kept in your chart

Take the 42-question check-in to create your first chart.

Every night, you rate each of the day's actions and habits from 1 to 10 by tracing a circle. You choose actions from a list of actions the app recommends. Habits are ones you create yourself. Once a week, you answer a seven-question weekly review, and the shape of your chart changes.

You can see your mood split into four happy hormones (serotonin, oxytocin, endorphins, and dopamine). These are estimates based on your answers. Tags show what has gone up or down over the last few days, and lines show how things have changed so far.

You can also start on your own

Even without friends, you can use the charts and the event in full. You can create a group and invite friends later.

How to get started

1. Get Fonorma from the App Store (planned for release this year).
2. Join the event, then choose which apps to limit and set your daily limit.
3. Take the check-in to make your first chart.
4. Create a group and send your friends the group code.
5. On January 1, 2027, everyone starts at the same time.

Rules of New Year, True Me

• Period: 90 days, from January 1 to March 31, 2027
• If you unlock a block on 3 days in a row, or 10 times in total, you retire from the event.
• Even after you retire, you can keep using the app and stay in your group.
• A 90-day calendar lets you look back on each day.

Price and requirements

• Downloading the app and taking the check-in are free.
• The event costs US$6.99 per person (prices vary by country). It is a one-time payment, valid until March 31, 2027, and does not renew automatically. If you take part with friends, each person buys their own.
• For iPhone (iOS 18 or later). For people aged 18 and over.
• You can also join after January 1.

FAQ

Can anyone join my group?

Only people who receive the group code can join.

Can my friends see how many minutes I used?

No. They only see your usage as a share of your limit.

Will anyone know which apps I limit?

Neither your friends nor Fonorma can see them.

What does the unlock notice say?

It only states what happened, for example "Leo unlocked a block today." Groups have no rankings.

Can I turn notifications off?

Yes. In the group settings, you can turn off unlock, greeting, and emoji notifications separately.

Is it available on Android?

Not at the moment. It is for iPhone only.