You already know what you’d rather do. This reminds you in time.
Scrolling in bed at midnight. The fridge at 11pm. The phone the second you sit down — or whatever pulls hardest for you. The things that drag you down, that you’d rather not be doing. The moment you catch yourself, you press, and it hands you something you’d rather do instead. No willpower fight, no guilt.
Coming soon to both stores — for iPhone, Android, Apple Watch and Wear OS.
Real screens. One press turns “I shouldn’t” into “I’d rather.”
Why it exists
You know the moment. It’s late, the thumb is already moving, and a quiet part of you says not this again. Willpower is a bad tool for that moment — a pre-made choice is a good one. I’d Rather just holds the door open to the thing you already chose.
How it works
Decide once. Press when it counts.
01
Make it yours, in plain words
Build a swap from tappable pieces — instead of · I’d rather · so I can · what sets it off · easiest way in — or let the AI suggest one that fits, then nudge it: gentler, more active, smaller. It proposes; you decide.
02
Press the button when the urge hits
The screen goes calm and dark and hands you your own choice — with the easiest way in, so the start is shrunk to almost nothing. The same ritual from every door: app, widget, watch, notification.
03
“I’m doing it.” The count goes up
That’s a swap. The only number in the app is a count that can’t be broken, only grown — with seventeen quiet milestones between one and a thousand. No streaks to lose, ever.
04
Not ready? Take a minute
“Not right now” opens three warm paths — breathe with an orb, ride the urge out, or just sit for sixty quiet seconds. Then: it passed? I’m doing it. Nothing is ever counted against you.
Add the button
Put it where the pull happens
The app walks you through every surface your device offers, with numbered steps and one-tap setup. On iPhone: the lock screen, widgets, the Action Button, Siri, Back Tap. On Android: a quiet, silent “I’d Rather” line in the notification shade — free, always one swipe away.
“Hey Google, open I’d Rather” works with no setup at all.
On your wrist
Raise, press, done
Apple Watch: the full flow on the wrist — press the dome, take the offer, breathe with haptics that breathe too. Complications keep tonight’s swap on the watch face, and the Smart Stack card carries the count.
Wear OS: a standalone app that logs a swap right from the wrist, a tile one swipe from the face, and a complication for the count.
Both watch companions are part of Premium.
iPhone iOS 16.4+ · Android 7+ · watchOS 9.4+ · Wear OS 3+
Privacy
It only knows what you type into it
No screen-time monitoring, no location, no watching what you do elsewhere. Your swaps live on your phone; an account is optional, and exists only so a backup can survive a lost phone.
Read the full policy — it’s in plain words- When you save a swap, its text is checked once — on our EU server — for one reason: so the app can offer real help instead of a cheer if it sounds like more than a habit. It isn’t stored there.
- AI suggestions (Premium) see only the swaps already on your screen. Nothing else.
- Usage counting is off unless you switch it on — and even then it’s events like “a swap was logged”, never what your swaps say. No ads, no data sales.
- Subscriptions run through Apple or Google; we never see your card.
- Export everything as a file, and delete everything — device and cloud — in Settings. No email required.
Pricing
Free always stays free
One active swap, the button on your lock screen or notification shade, your full count and milestones, the breathing pauses, and crisis support — free, no account needed. That’s a promise shipped in the app, in twelve languages.
More active swaps, the watch companions, per-swap reminders, AI suggestions, every placement, and nineteen more colours. Around $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year. Billed by Apple or Google — the store shows the exact price for your country before you buy.
If it lapses, nothing is deleted — extra swaps rest, held gently, and one stays active. Cancel any time in your store’s settings; EU customers keep their 14-day withdrawal right.
I’d Rather, by Worth Spreading
The urge will come back. Now you’ll be ready
Launching soon on the App Store and Google Play. One swap proves it works — the count does the rest.
Point your camera here when we launch — one code, both stores.