Local-first household signals

Local-first household signals for parents of kids and teens.

See what matters in your household’s digital life without reading messages, tracking location, or installing spyware. Readable signals, calm guidance, and household-only data — not hidden surveillance.

Running on Windows today. macOS coming. Mobile waitlist open. Early access is guided and request-based.

Rooted Reality Desktop · Reports
Rooted Reality Reports view showing a Sankey flow of time-of-day to category to destination app, with an insight headline.

One shared language for focus, pressure, and digital posture.

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Move from 'screen time' to real behavioral clarity.

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A guardian system for supportive oversight with data that stays local.

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Your first week

What week 1 looks like

Confirm your setup fit

We start with your Windows desktop fit, the number of profiles you want to begin with, and the household setup you want to support.

Install the companion

Install the desktop companion, connect the browser companion, and start from one supported device instead of trying to cover everything at once.

See first household signals

By the end of the first week, you should be able to read early posture patterns, pressure windows, and the next grounded family conversation.

Week one in a single view

A week's attention at a glance

After seven days of local signals, a single ring shows the week's total, every app and site broken down beside it, and a focus timeline that reads exactly when attention rose and fell.

Rooted Reality Desktop · Weekly Attention
Rooted Reality Reports Attention Distribution view across a week: donut chart of weekly attention with every app and site ranked beside it, plus a focus timeline wave chart.

How the launch works

See how the current launch works for families.

Product, privacy, demo, and the guided setup path.

Supportive oversight

Calm visibility for households guiding kids and teens.

Family is the primary launch path right now. Setup is guided so the first households start on supported devices, with new and unknown apps and sites to review and practice drills for real-life scenarios.

Guardian summaries stay grounded in local household signals.
Unknown sources can be reviewed without hidden surveillance.
Readiness practice complements restriction when a household needs it.

New and unknown apps and sites

See newly discovered sources and decide what deserves a conversation.

Practice drills

Build confidence for scams, impersonation, and manipulative AI before the real moment.

Need the policy landscape? Explore the public laws map.

Traditional tools focus on restriction.
We focus on readable signals.

OS controls and block lists matter, but they do not explain how a session changed shape. Rooted Reality works in a different lane: local-first behavioral signals, guardian context, and readiness practice.

Standard tools
Rooted Reality
Block at the app or domain level
Work at the signal and pattern level
Rules fire after access occurs
Signals surface while a pattern is taking shape
Behavioral data uploaded to a cloud account
Behavioral data stays on the device by default
Alerts sent to a parent without much context
Guardian summaries framed for a calmer response
Network or DNS visibility only
Windows desktop plus browser companion coverage at launch (macOS coming)
Static lists updated centrally
New environments surfaced when they are discovered locally
One role: monitor or block
Separate individual and household launch paths
Control-focused
Guidance, reasoning, and readiness practice
One-size-fits-all language
Supportive oversight for households guiding kids and teens

Local-first privacy

Behavior signals are captured on-device. Personal content is not uploaded to the cloud.The most sensitive digital behavior belongs with the household, not inside a remote dashboard.

Human signals

We surface compulsive loops, switching pressure, and drift before they flatten into a single total.Time limits alone miss the difference between a directed session and a diffused one.

Guardian reasoning

When a signal appears, guardians get context for a calm response instead of a bare alert.The goal is supportive oversight, not a stream of fear-based notifications.

Real-time discovery

Unknown apps, sites, and sources can be surfaced when they first appear locally.Families should not have to wait on a central catalog before seeing a new environment.

Supportive oversight

Family is positioned around signals, summaries, and visibility rather than hidden surveillance.The launch path is meant to support parents guiding kids and teens, not to mimic a commodity blocker.

Readiness practice

Households can pair visibility with readiness scenarios that train judgment, not only compliance.Restriction can create space, but practice helps a teen recognize pressure when it shows up again.

What this makes possible

Understand not just where time is spent, but how a session actually unfolded.

Surface compulsive loops and drift patterns before they harden.

Give guardians the context to respond calmly instead of reacting to a single alert.

Flag new digital environments when they first appear locally.

Carry visibility across Windows desktop activity and the connected browser companion at launch (macOS coming).

Practice recognizing manipulation tactics and pressure patterns before they show up in the wild.

Guided Family setup for the first households.

Family is the primary launch path. It is built for households guiding kids and teens, with local-first signals, guardian summaries, and readiness practice.

Public pricing stays visible for transparency. Early access is still request-based so each household starts with supported-device fit, guided setup, and a clear first-week plan.

Current launch posture

Family setup is guided right now so early households get hands-on onboarding.

Individual remains listed as a launch plan, but self-serve stays off until code signing, legal, and payment approval land.

Running today: Windows 10/11 desktop with the Chrome/Edge browser companion.

Coming next: macOS — actively in build, not shipping yet.

Waitlist open: iPhone, iPad, Android, and Chromebook.