seed: "Sleeping and quiet exercise at night if someone is over stimulazed and can't sle…"
The Pitch
Still Hour is a mobile app designed for overstimulated professionals who lie awake at night with racing minds, guiding them through a precisely timed 10-15 minute pre-sleep ritual that sequences gentle, low-impact movements, breathwork, and progressive body relaxation into one uninterrupted wind-down session. At the heart of the experience is an intimate audio-first interface — a warm, unhurried voice paired with ambient sound layers like slow tide or candlelit silence — that listeners follow with their eyes closed, eliminating the need to look at a screen once the session begins. Each night, the app reads subtle signals like chosen stress level and time of day to serve the right ritual intensity, whether that means a softer stretch sequence after a brutal deadline or a longer breathing arc following an overstimulating social evening. Still Hour is not a sleep tracker or a productivity tool — it is a dedicated, almost sacred container of time that gives overstimulated people permission to stop, soften, and surrender to rest.
For Whom
Maya, a 34-year-old UX designer who just closed her laptop at 11pm after a four-hour Figma sprint, lies in bed scrolling her phone with the blue light burning her eyes, heart still racing from unread Slack notifications, desperately doom-scrolling instead of sleeping because her body doesn't know how to find the off switch.
Mock Screens
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Dim Glass Bedside Screen
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Your body is ready to slow down.
A gentle 8-min sequence is waiting. No lights, no noise — just stillness finding you.
▶ Begin Quiet Unwind
🌬 Breathe 4-7-8
✦ Tonight's Calm: Body Scan
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Whisper-Light Night Mode UI
🌙
The world can wait until morning
Your nervous system is winding down. Dim your eyes, soften your jaw.
🕯️ Candlelight Dim — screen at 4%
🌬️ 4-7-8 Breath • Round 2 of 3
🛏️ Body Scan starting in 0:12
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Haptic Breath Pulse Interface
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Breathe into the stillness
Inhale 4 · Hold 4 · Exhale 6 — your phone pulses with each beat
● Pulse Ring — 4s inhale
Hold... gentle buzz
Exhale — long slow fade
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The Hero View
the one screen / scene people will remember
9:41● ● ●
🌙
Good evening, Mara.
Your nervous system is ready to be guided down.
Still Hour
Tonight's Descent — 34 min
A curated sequence built for high-stimulation evenings. Starts with slow joint circles and breath-paced movement, transitions into progressive muscle release, and ends with a 12-minute sound bath. Last used Tuesday — you fell asleep within 19 minutes.
Avg. Sleep Onset
17 min
Sessions This Week
4 of 5
Restless Score Tonight
High — 82
in this view
1
Slow Neck Rolls · 3 min
Seated, eyes closed. 4-count rotation each side. Cue: breathe out on the stretch.
2
Supine Spinal Twist · 5 min
Floor, no mat needed. Hold each side 90 sec. Linked to exhale-only breath track.
3
Body Scan Release · 8 min
Voice-guided by Lena V. Moves toe to crown. Muscle tension cues included.
4
Delta Wave Sound Bath · 12 min
40 Hz fade-in, drops to 2 Hz by minute 8. Mara's most-used ending sequence.
▶ Begin Tonight's Descent
✦ Adjust Intensity to Low
◎ Browse Other Wind-Down Sequences
Core Features
Guided Wind-Down Sequences: 10–15 minute audio-led routines combining slow stretching, progressive muscle relaxation, and breathwork, designed to be done in bed or on a bedroom floor without waking others
Overstimulation Check-In: A 3-tap mood dial at session start that reads your current arousal level and dynamically selects a matching sequence intensity — from light breathwork only to a fuller movement flow
Still Sounds Layering: A background audio mixer letting users blend low-frequency drones, rainfall, and binaural tones beneath the guide voice, with volume independently controllable for each layer
Whisper Mode: All voice guidance is recorded in a hushed, low-energy tone specifically calibrated for late-night use, with no music stings, no upbeat transitions, and no jarring audio cues
Sleep Handoff Timer: At the end of each sequence the app dims to a near-black screen, fades audio to silence over 3 minutes, and locks the phone to prevent the urge to scroll
Quiet Movement Library: A searchable index of 40+ zero-impact exercises — supine twists, ankle rolls, jaw releases, eye palming — each with a 30-second silent looping animation for reference without audio
Streak-Free Rest Log: A calendar view that tracks completed sessions without streaks, badges, or gamification, showing only a soft glow on nights you used the app to reinforce ritual without pressure
aiOpenAI GPT-4o for personalized routine generation based on stimulation level input, Whisper for optional voice-guided breathing feedback, TensorFlow Lite for on-device HRV pattern inferencedataPostgreSQL via Supabase, AsyncStorage for offline session caching, HealthKit/Google Fit integration for sleep and HRV databackendSupabase (auth + REST + realtime), Edge Functions for session logic and adaptive routine schedulingfrontendReact Native with Expo, Reanimated 3 for fluid sleep-safe animations, NativeWind for stylingplatformiOS and Android via Expo EAS Build, App Clips for frictionless first-use entry, Apple Watch companion for haptic-guided breathwork
Monetization
Model
freemium
Price tier
$0 / $7/mo / $49/yr
Free vs Paid
Free: 3 guided wind-down sessions, basic breathwork timer, single ambient soundscape. Paid: unlimited session library, custom ritual builder, body-scan + quiet movement sequences, sleep-entry audio journeys, overstimulation intensity selector, session history and streak tracking
Key conversion moment
After a user completes their first session and feels the relief, a soft prompt appears on the sleep transition screen — 'You just gave yourself a Still Hour. Make it a ritual.' — appearing at the moment of peak gratitude before they drift off
The Vibe Trail
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I'm sensing a wind-down companion for desk workers and fitness enthusiasts who need permission to pause their racing min…
02 · domain or indu
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03 · mood/feeling
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The vibes whisper of a calming nighttime app guiding overstimulated remote workers through gentle, flowing exercises and…
04 · problem being
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05 · core interacti
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