We only count what really happened

There's a rule in Manna's code that's older than most of its features: time is measured, never invented.

When you begin a mode, Manna writes down the moment. When you end it, it writes that down too. Every duration you'll ever see, on the wheel, in your week, in Sunday's recap, is the distance between those two moments. Not an estimate. Not a guess at when you probably put the phone down. Not rounded up to make you feel good.

Blocking works the same way. If the apps you chose are blocked, Manna says so and says how many. If they aren't, because Screen Time access was switched off or iOS couldn't apply them, Manna tells you that too, plainly, on the screen. It will never say your apps are blocked when they aren't.

Why be this strict

Because a number you can't trust is worse than no number at all. The moment you suspect an app is flattering you, you stop believing any of it, including the parts that were true.

And because the real number is enough. Thirty honest minutes of reading is thirty minutes you read. Put a month of them together and you have something that's yours: a record of time you really spent on the things you love.

What we don't do

No confetti for opening the app. No guilt when a week is light: a new week simply starts fresh. When you did more than last week, we'll tell you by exactly how much, and when you didn't, we won't pretend otherwise. We'll never tell you who you are.

It's the oldest rule in the app, and the one we'd give up last.