Read before you scroll.
KnowMax sits between you and the apps that pull your attention. Open Instagram, TikTok, X — whatever you've chosen to gate — and read a short curated article instead. Pass a 3-question comprehension quiz. The app unlocks.
No blocking. No shaming. Just a small friction between you and the bottomless feed.
Choose your apps
Pick which social-media apps to gate. We never see the list.
Read an article
Curated from public-domain and Creative Commons sources — Project Gutenberg, NASA, PLOS, arXiv, The Conversation.
Pass the quiz
Three multiple-choice questions. Get two right. Unlock.
Built for readers, not blockers.
KnowMax doesn't try to fix your attention with shame or streaks-as-pressure. It just makes reading the price of access. Five minutes with an article from PLOS or The Conversation, then your phone is yours.
Privacy by design.
On iOS, Apple's Family Controls API never tells us which apps you chose. On Android, the package name is processed in memory and never transmitted. No ads, no data brokers, no tracking pixels.