Attention & focus · Windows, Android and iPhone
Vuelve records where your day goes, sets up your computer for what you’re about to do, and blocks the rest when it matters. No walls: breaks that cost whatever you decide.
Windows 10 & 11 · 64-bit · ~12 MB · free, with 14 days of Premium
Heads-up: the Windows app’s interface is in Spanish for now. English is on the way.
Free, with Premium inside the app · no account, no ads
iPhone & iPad · free, with Premium inside the app · no account, no ads
0
keystrokes recorded: Vuelve never listens to your keyboard
~1 s
to close whatever is blocked
7
kinds of break, besides the wall
0
bits of your activity on our server
Who it’s for
Nobody ever built anything with the door wide open. Anyone with something that matters decides up front what deserves their attention; the rest never even knocks.
Kevin O’Leary, who worked with Steve Jobs, puts it this way: the signal is the three to five things you have to get done in the next 18 hours. Everything else is noise. Jobs, he says, ran at 80 signal, 20 noise.
Kevin O’Leary on The Diary of a CEO ↗Twice a year Bill Gates shut himself away for a week alone to read and think: his “think weeks”. The cabin was never the point. The point was that nothing got in that he hadn’t chosen.
Gates Notes ↗In one experiment, the people who moved the distraction out of reach hit their goals more often than the ones who tried to resist it. What never reaches you, you never have to resist.
Duckworth et al., 2016 · J. Educ. Psychology ↗Top executives don’t have more willpower: they have better filters. Vuelve is your private secretary. It waits at the door of your computer, stops the noise and only lets through what actually moves the needle on your goals. Stop negotiating with distractions: work behind a closed door.
01 / A day with Vuelve
Most blockers only know how to say “no”. Vuelve stays with you all day: it helps you start, keep going and stop in time. Everything below is in the 14-day trial; what stays free is under Pricing.
09:00 Start
A setup opens your programs, sites and documents in one click and starts a focus session. In strict mode, everything else is closed until you’re done.
09:48 Keep going
With the window closed, a floating panel keeps you company: time on task, the app in front and what’s next on your agenda. After ten minutes it switches to “Focused”. And if you drift to something draining, it asks instead of cutting you off.
Drifted off?
You’ve been on YouTube for a while during your session.
11:12 The urge
A block doesn’t have to slam the door. In breathe mode, a veil covers what you just opened and breathes with you; when it’s done, you choose: “Go in” or “Better not”.
Breathe for 20 s before going in
Now it’s your call
13:30 Breaks
Seven kinds of break per time slot: pomodoro, ration, reward, typing, waiting, breathing and sessions. A ration only runs down while you use what’s blocked, and refills when you say.
16:05 Protect
Pausing, switching off or loosening a block goes through the friction you chose with a cool head: waiting, typing or a password. In “Watched wait”, the countdown restarts if you touch the mouse. Adding something to a block, though, costs nothing.
18:00 Your plan
Draw your agenda by dragging on the “Plan” lane and read it next to what you actually did, with your Google, Outlook or iCloud calendar alongside. When it matters, the alarm dims the whole screen and rings.
23:00 Stop
Before your bedtime, the screen warms up slowly and your monitor’s real brightness goes down. During the day: reminders to rest your eyes, drink water or move, and NEURO tips that cite the study they come from.
02 / Principles
A blocker that locks you out of your own computer isn’t a blocker. It’s checked twice before acting.
Cutting something off can’t be undone. Vuelve only closes things when it’s sure that’s what you asked for.
If something fails, the blocks stay up: a block that falls over opens exactly what it was meant to protect.
Every metric shows its definition next to the number. And a tip without a published study behind it doesn’t make it into the app.
Your history lives on your machine and the keyboard is never read. Our server only checks your licence: it never sees which apps you use or which sites you visit.
Stop paying and you lose nothing: whatever doesn’t fit the free version is paused exactly as you left it, and comes back the moment you renew.
03 / And also
Track time on a project and save a screenshot every so often. When you finish, you get the hours back — and the film.
What each app is and what it does to your attention: builds, neutral or drains. It recognises around 390 programs and 480 sites.
Four ready in one click, each with its citation: before bed, focus mornings, rationed social media and games only in the evening. With Premium.
Winding back Windows’ clock doesn’t buy you breaks. And with Premium you can shut the back doors: Task Manager, the uninstaller and a 24-hour lock.
Your week on one screen that follows your mouse. Classify, compare and send an app to a block from the same row.
Light, dark and AMOLED themes. Full backup and a complete wipe whenever you like, free. CSV export with Premium.
04 / On your phone
On Android and iPhone, Vuelve blocks apps and websites with schedules, usage limits and the friction you choose. With Bunker mode for sessions you can’t leave, and NEURO to see how your balance is changing. No account, no ads, no servers.
On your phone, Premium is bought inside the app through Google Play or the App Store. The Windows licence is separate; the Bundle that joins computer and phone comes later.
05 / Pricing · Windows
You start with 14 days of Premium, no card. After that, carry on free with the basics or keep everything. Your licence is your email: nothing to copy.
Free
€0 forever
Premium unlocks everything
14 days of Premium free the first time you open Vuelve, no card. Already installed? Settings → Licence → “Try Premium free for 14 days”.
Prices include VAT. Secure payment with Stripe: card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Invoice by email.
The Bundle with the phone comes later. Desktop plan owners will be able to upgrade.
Before you buy: Purchase terms · Privacy policy
06 / Activation
Stripe charges you and tells us. Your licence is tied to the email you use at checkout.
It arrives in seconds with the download link and the steps. No licence keys.
Settings → Licence → “I have a licence”, type your email and the 6-digit code we send. Done.
07/Download
Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit · Installs without admin rights · Updates itself
Windows may show a blue warning the first time (“Windows protected your PC”). Click “More info” and then “Run anyway”: it’s a new program still building reputation.
08 / FAQ
It stays on your computer. Vuelve never reads your keyboard, and its server only checks your licence: it never sees which apps you use or which sites you visit.
Not yet: the Windows app’s interface is in Spanish for now, and the English version is on the way. The Android and iPhone apps are already in English.
Yes, one licence covers two computers at once. From Settings → Licence you can release one to use it elsewhere.
Automatic tracking, the schedule, the agenda, the floating panel, the night screen and NEURO reminders, in full. And a taste of the rest: two blocks of one app or one site each (with breathe-before-entering), one mode that warns you if you drift, one watermarked project and the last 7 days of history. Everything else keeps being recorded.
Premium stays until the end of the period you paid. After that nothing is deleted: whatever doesn’t fit the free version is paused exactly as you left it, and comes back when you renew. A blocking mode already running finishes its session, and the uninstall lock stays on until you ask to remove it.
Yes. The licence renews itself when there’s a connection and lasts a month without one (three months on the yearly plan).
Yes, with the Vuelve extension for Chrome and Edge, which also tracks time per site. For now it’s installed by hand, following the steps in the app.
Not yet: on Android and iPhone, Premium is bought inside the app through Google Play or the App Store. The Bundle that joins computer and phone comes later.
Not for now: Vuelve for desktop runs on Windows 10 and 11.
If it doesn’t win you over in the first 14 days, write to us and we’ll refund you.
Download it free, try Premium for fourteen days and see your day with new eyes.
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