Ascent: Redirect your focus
Michael Beaver Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Ascent: Redirect your focus is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Michael Beaver. Rated 4.5/5 from 2 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0.
- Rating
- 4.5
- 2 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 73 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Aug 18
- 2026 · v2.2
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About Ascent: Redirect your focus
Stop opening the apps you meant to avoid. Build the habits you actually care about. Ascent turns your iPhone into a habit system: App Blocker friction before distractions, a phased goal plan, home-screen widgets, pets in your Dynamic Island, and a coach that helps you shrink the task instead of quit. DYNAMIC ISLAND PETS Finish all of today’s habits and a pet comes to live in your Dynamic Island. Start with cats and dogs, then unlock more as you climb. Your progress stays visible throughout the day—and so does the reason to keep your streak. HOME SCREEN HABIT LOOP Most habit apps wait behind an icon. Ascent puts today’s next step, habits, and motivation battery where you already look: your iPhone home screen. APP BLOCKER Add a pause before distracting apps, protect your waking window, or schedule hard block windows. It is not about shame. It is a speed bump between impulse and action. 70-DAY GOAL PLAN Choose a goal and Ascent builds a phased curriculum with weekly milestones and daily steps. You always know the next action. 2-MINUTE FALLBACKS When the full task feels too heavy, Ascent creates the smallest version that still counts. Showing up beats starting over. MOTIVATION BATTERY With optional Screen Time access, Ascent shows how draining apps affect your energy and follow-through. ALSO INCLUDED • Daily habits, reminders, morning intentions, and evening reviews • Count-based habits such as pages, minutes, or reps • Streaks with recovery instead of guilt Ascent is for people who do not need more motivation speeches. They need a system that interrupts the reflex, shows the next step, and makes the step small enough to do. SUBSCRIPTIONS • Standard (Free): Up to 3 habits and basic features • Subscriber: Up to 15 habits and the full curriculum • Architect: Unlimited habits and premium AI access Ascent offers monthly and annual auto-renewing subscriptions. Prices vary by region, and the exact price is displayed in the app before you confirm your purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://beavester.github.io/ascent-legal/privacy.html
What’s new
Version 2.2 · Updated August 18, 2026
Bug fixes and improvements.
App privacy
The developer, Michael Beaver, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- User Content: Other User Content
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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