No willpower required
Read first.
Unlock everything else.
Instagram, TikTok, X — they don’t open until you’ve read your pages. The app does the willpower for you.
Stage 01·Zombie
This is what happens when doom scrolling takes over.
The honest part
We’ve all
tried willpower.
It didn’t work. Not because you’re weak — because there are entire teams paid to defeat your willpower.
Average daily phone time, ages 18–34
The average person spends more time scrolling than they spend with the people they love. Most have a book they’ve been meaning to finish for months.
“This is your brain right now.”
— honest, not cruel.
How it works
Three steps. Then you stop thinking about it.
- 01
Set your goal.
Pages or minutes. We start you small, on purpose — day one should feel like a win, not a chore.
- 02
Choose what to lock.
Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube — whichever ones own your day. They stay locked until your reading is done.
InstagramTikTokXYouTube - 03
Read. Then scroll, if you still want to.
Most days, you won't. The first page is the hardest part — once you turn it, the rest follows. So does your evening.
Meet your brain
A character who’s honest about who you’re becoming.
Five states. Driven by what you actually do — not what you tap. The brain grows when you read, fades when you scroll. Drag through the stages.
Zombie
Heavy scrolling, barely reading
“This is what happens when doom scrolling takes over.”
The brain mascot reflects your reading-to-scrolling ratio over rolling weeks. There’s no streak shaming, no red rings. Just a quiet companion who tells you the truth.
What’s inside
Built around the one thing that matters: finishing the page.
In-app reader
Distraction-free, page by page.
A reading surface designed like a book jacket — Playfair serif, generous margins, no infinite-scroll instincts. EPUB and PDF, your library, your pace.
Chapter II
Of the Things which are in our Power
Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions.
Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions.
Quote extraction
The lines worth keeping.
An on-device AI quietly surfaces the most meaningful sentences in every chapter. Private. No servers. No API costs. No data sold.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
And so the days pass, the chapters fold quietly into one another.
Saved to your quote library · Meditations
Chapter roadmap
A book becomes a journey.
Each chapter is a milestone on a winding path. Locked chapters tease a quote from inside — curiosity does the rest.
Curated library
10 books that change how you think.
Free from day one. Marcus Aurelius. Hesse. Gibran. The classics worth your first hour.
Lock screen
Quotes from your books.
Every glance, a reminder of what you’re reading.
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“The first page is the hardest.”
Built for everyone
Reads in 50+ languages — including Arabic, on day one.
Quote extraction, mascot states, and progress tracking work regardless of the language your book is written in. Most reading apps are built for English. FirstPage isn’t.
You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Extracted automatically · from your library
Pricing
Honest pricing. Free where it counts.
7-day free trial. The free tier isn’t a tease — it includes the core mechanic and a real library.
Free forever
Experience the mechanic.
- In-app reader
- Public domain library + 10 curated classics
- 1 book upload
- Lock 1 social media app
- Basic mascot states
Yearly
$29.99/year
~$2.50 / month — most readers pick this
Start 7-day trial- Unlimited book uploads
- Lock unlimited social apps
- Flexible unlock modes (timed, multi-session, custom)
- Full reading stats history
- All mascot states + chapter roadmap
- Lock screen + home screen widgets
- Streak protection (one free pass / week)
- Quote library + lock screen quotes
Cancel anytime. Your library, your books, your data — yours.
Your first page starts now.
Download FirstPage. Pick a book. Read your pages. The rest of your phone unlocks — and so does the part of you that wanted to read in the first place.