Log your mood
One tap captures how you feel after Instagram, TikTok, or WhatsApp. So you can see which apps lift you up — and which drain you.
Ausklang · Wellness app
Less screen time. Better mood.
Ausklang helps you be more intentional with your phone and feel better afterwards. A quiet tool that gets softer over time — no streaks, no pressure.
Now on the App Store and Google Play.
Available foriPhoneiPadAndroidTablet
What Ausklang does
Four tools that actually improve how you use your phone.
See your patterns
After a few days, Ausklang shows you your own patterns: when your phone gives you energy, when it takes it. In plain language — no score, no leaderboard.
Plans for hard moments
Write yourself a plan for the moments when you usually scroll for hours. When it arrives, the plan is there — your calmer self helping your tense one.
Small experiments
One rule, one to two weeks: no social before noon. Phone down after 9pm. No streaks, no passing — just you and the question of whether it helps.
Plus
Weekly digest — a quiet Sunday look at your week.
One page once a week: your mood patterns, what stood out, nothing that buzzes your phone.
Something we don't talk about enough
The pressure social media creates isn't your personal problem.
Comparing yourself until you feel smaller. Posting because you want others to see. Scrolling for hours without knowing why. That's not just "how things are". Those are real effects of platforms built to hold you longer — not to make you feel good.
Ausklang helps you notice where this happens to you. Not to cut social media out. To give you back the choice.
A promise
Your data stays on your device.
Ausklang has no servers that see your entries. If you want to sync between your devices, it goes through your iCloud or Google Drive — never through us.
Ausklang can only see what you grant through Apple's Screen Time (iOS) or Android's Digital Wellbeing. The permissions are controlled by the operating system — not by us.
- No accounts, no logins
- No trackers, no analytics
- Measurement only via iOS/Android permissions
- Works offline
What Ausklang is
A tool. Not a therapy.
Ausklang helps you reflect on your relationship with your phone and try out small behavioural changes. That's it — nothing more, nothing less. No diagnosis, no treatment, no replacement for therapy. We won't pretend to be something we're not.
How we think about AusklangTopics
What people are actually looking for.
A few rooms where we've thought for a while — in case one of the questions is yours.
Digital Detox Without the Lockouts
Most digital detoxes are a weekend of willpower that fades by Monday. Why the all-or-nothing model rarely sticks, what a sustainable version looks like — and how to build calmer phone habits without blocking yourself out.
How to stop doom-scrolling — without hating your phone
How to actually stop — without hating your phone.
Dopamine Detox, Honestly: What Works and What's a Myth
A dopamine detox doesn't reset your brain chemistry. Here's what the term gets wrong, why strict stimulus-fasting usually backfires — and a quieter approach that works on the trigger instead of the ban.
Dumb Phone Curious? A Calmer Middle Path
Switching to a dumb phone is one answer to a noisy phone. Here's what it actually fixes, where it quietly costs you — and a gentler middle path that keeps your smartphone but turns the pull down.
Why habit trackers backfire — and the quieter alternative
Why streaks often backfire — the quieter way.
Opal app alternatives 2026 — five quieter screen-time apps
Five apps that observe instead of block.
Phone anxiety is real. Here's a gentler way to look at it.
A gentler look — not therapy, not diagnosis.
This is how Ausklang looks on your phone.
Overview, Mood, Patterns, Settings — everything you need, nothing you don't.
“One tap captures how you feel after Instagram, TikTok, or WhatsApp. So you can see which apps lift you up — and which drain you.”
Log your mood
“After a few days, Ausklang shows you your own patterns: when your phone gives you energy, when it takes it. In plain language — no score, no leaderboard.”
See your patterns
“Write yourself a plan for the moments when you usually scroll for hours. When it arrives, the plan is there — your calmer self helping your tense one.”
Plans for hard moments
“One rule, one to two weeks: no social before noon. Phone down after 9pm. No streaks, no passing — just you and the question of whether it helps.”
Small experiments
Questions that come up.
Is this a meditation app?
No. Ausklang doesn't meditate with you. It helps you see how your phone affects your mood — and gives you a small plan for hard moments.
What does Ausklang cost?
The app is free to use. If you want to look deeper into your patterns (30 / 90 / 365 days, per app, export), a one-time unlock is available. No subscriptions.
Do you silently track my screen time?
No. Ausklang only sees what you enter yourself, plus — if you allow it — anonymised hints about session length. Nothing leaves your device.
Are there push notifications?
At most three a day, silent at night. Only if you allow them. They get softer over time, not louder.
Which devices?
iPhone and iPad (iOS), plus Android phones and tablets. There's no web version — Ausklang runs entirely on your device.
Which language?
German and English, automatically from your system language.
How does Ausklang measure my usage?
Through your device's official APIs: Apple's Screen Time on iOS/iPadOS, Digital Wellbeing on Android. You decide in system settings what Ausklang can see — and what it can't. We can't read anything the OS doesn't grant.
I can't afford the unlock right now.
Then write us. Every month we keep a small quota of free codes for people whose money is tight — no proof, no justification. Your own honest estimate is enough.
How it worksIf you want it quiet.
Download Ausklang. Two weeks is a good start.