Ulysses
Hessam Zahedi Lifestyle iPhoneiPadiPod touchMacApple Watch
Ulysses is a paid Lifestyle app for iPhone and iPad by Hessam Zahedi. Rated 5.0/5 from 1 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated September 9, 2026.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 1 ratings
- Price
- 4.99 USD
- on the App Store
- Size
- 5 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 9
- 2026 · v2.1
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About Ulysses
Sailing home from Troy, Ulysses had to pass the Sirens — whose song pulled every sailor into the sea. He didn't trust willpower. He had himself tied to the mast. It wasn't strength that saved him. It was the rope. Ulysses & the Sirens is a nightly self-control journal built on that three-thousand-year-old trick. Each evening, one question: what did you resist today — and what was the rope that held you? An alarm across the room. A rule you set. The phone charging in the kitchen. Name the rope, tie the knot, and watch your voyage grow. NO STREAKS. EVER. Knots only count up. Nothing you have tied can be untied by a missed day. Quiet weeks are part of every voyage. WHEN THE SIREN SINGS Temptation doesn't wait for your evening review. One tap opens a minute of guided breathing with the rope — and the ropes that have held you before, ready to use. Hold on, then tie the knot while the win is fresh. YOUR ROPES, TESTED See which ropes actually hold you and which sirens keep returning. Insight, not guilt. THE BIGGER PICTURE Art, law, ritual, science — everything people build together is a rope against some siren that sings to all of us. Read the deck of cultural ropes, anchor the ones that hold you, attach your own thoughts and photos, and braid cards of your own. ALSO ABOARD • A knot-tying ceremony for every entry, with milestones at 7, 30, and 100 • Your journal as a golden rope of knots • Apple Watch app — tie a knot from your wrist, with the question on your watch face • Home screen widgets, evening reminder, search, and full export (PDF & JSON) • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No servers. No analytics, no trackers, no ads. Your journal lives on your devices and in your private iCloud — nowhere else. Leave any time with everything. ONE PRICE, YOURS FOREVER No subscription, no paywalls, no ads — every feature aboard, and one purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. If the rope has held you and you'd like to give more, an optional patron's tip unlocks nothing but a golden lantern icon and our gratitude.
What’s new
Version 2.1 · Updated September 9, 2026
A new tab for the sirens that keep returning. Name up to three: each gets a streak-free "days since it last won" count, the ropes that answer it, and what resisting has bought you in time and money. Set the mast each morning — a rope tied before the song begins. The SOS now logs every outcome: knots tied, storms weathered, and the losses too, recorded without shame. Plus a ship's log that unlocks the Odyssey chapter by chapter, a sea that reflects your voyage, fresh nightly questions, six new cultural ropes, Siri shortcuts, interactive and Lock Screen widgets, and a Live Activity that keeps the breathing knot with you when the phone locks.
App privacy
The developer, Hessam Zahedi, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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