End the morning screen-time fight — without being the bad guy.
Lumina keeps the distracting apps you choose paused, so screen time is earned with one calm 2-minute prayer — not an open tap you're left policing.
One small pause before the first scroll of the day.
Screens take more of childhood than anyone means to give. Lumina puts one small, sacred pause back where the day begins.
a tween's screen time — every single day¹
of every year, lived through a screen²
on screens before age 18 — a decade of full-time work³
one guided prayer, before the first app opens
intentional mornings a year, one tap at a time
of angel growth, each one earned by showing up
Lumina won't win back every hour. But it reclaims the first one, every day — and gently turns that habit toward what a feed can't hold: God, family, and the life right in front of them.
¹ Common Sense Media, media use by tweens and teens. ² 5.5 hrs × 365 ÷ 24. ³ ~5.5 hrs/day, ages 8–18.
Set it up once as a parent. Your child prays first, then screens open.
Pair your child's device and choose which distracting apps should wait — social, games, video, whatever pulls them in.
When your child reaches for a paused app, Lumina invites them into a short guided prayer. Apps stay locked until it's complete.
Streaks, a growing angel companion, and gentle rewards turn prayer-first into a routine that sticks.
Most screen-time apps just switch access off and wait out the argument. Lumina flips it: the distracting apps you pick stay paused, and your child fills a Screen Time Bank with one short, calm prayer. Time on a screen becomes something they earn and can see — so the daily fight quietly fades.
Most parental controls only take screens away. Lumina swaps the reflexive unlock for one calm moment of prayer — so the habit itself changes.
Real screens from the app your family will use every day.
Your child opens to their guardian angel and a clear view of the screen time they've earned — because time on a screen is something they build toward, not something handed over on demand. Calm by design, with nothing engineered to pull them in.
Reach for a paused app and Lumina opens a short guided prayer — read aloud with word-by-word highlighting so early readers can follow along. Finish, and the apps open.
After prayer, kids can settle into beautifully illustrated Bible story arcs — a calm alternative to the endless feed before bed.
No punishing streaks, no dark patterns, no pressure — just soft, calm rewards that celebrate showing up. A companion that grows, gentle daily quests, and badges to collect turn prayer into a little world kids want to return to.
Keep the routine and your child's guardian angel evolves — from the first Spark all the way to Lumina. Small daily prayers, visible progress.
Set up light daily missions together — never chores, always invitations. Finish one and it's quietly celebrated.
Start the day with one thing to be thankful for.
A small act of kindness for someone at home or school.
Explore a chapter of an illustrated Bible story arc.
End the day with a calm, guided prayer before sleep.
Streaks, milestones, classic prayers, kind deeds — each unlocks a badge for the collection. Small wins that make the habit stick.
Everything a family needs to put prayer before the scroll.
A library of short, age-friendly prayers organized by theme — gratitude, calm, courage, kindness and more.
Built on Apple Screen Time. The apps you choose stay paused until a prayer is finished — no workarounds.
Pick the apps, set the rhythm, and see progress from your own device. You stay in control the whole way.
Daily streaks and a friendly angel that levels up keep kids motivated to come back and pray again.
Illustrated Bible story arcs give kids something meaningful and calming to explore after they've prayed.
Parent and child devices pair securely. We collect as little as possible and never sell your family's data.
Lumina isn't about locking kids out — it's about adding one small, meaningful pause before the day's first scroll. You decide the rules; Lumina makes them gentle.
The real questions we'd ask too — answered plainly.
Yes. You choose which apps wait, and they stay paused until your child prays — and screen time becomes something kids earn and can see in their Screen Time Bank, instead of an open tap.
Lumina runs on Apple's own Screen Time & Family Controls — not a deletable profile — and you set a parent passcode during setup, so the rules can't be switched off from your child's device.
It uses a habit your child already has — reaching for the phone — as a gentle cue to pause and pray, the way a mealtime cues grace. No scoring, no pressure, just a calm moment they grow into.
A guided prayer runs about two minutes, read aloud with word-by-word highlighting so early readers can follow. Lumina is made for children and tweens, roughly ages 5 to 13.
Yes — a single subscription covers every child in your family. You set each child's apps and rhythm from your own device.
No. Lumina is made for Christian families of every tradition — prayers stay age-friendly and Scripture-rooted, so they fit a wide range of homes.
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“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
— Proverbs 22:6
“If you're anything like us, you've probably wondered whether technology is shaping your child more than you are. We built Lumina for our own family first — because we wanted our kids to reach for God before they reached for another screen. We hope it brings your family the same peace it brought ours.”
Pavlo & Sofiia SirkoParents & founders of Lumina
These are the everyday struggles Lumina was built for — ours included. If they sound like your home, you're exactly who we made it for.
Every morning it's the same battle to get my daughter off her tablet. What I really want is for her to start the day with God — not a game. If something could make prayer the first thing she reaches for, I'd sign up today.
We've tried screen-time limits and it just turns into a fight every single day. I don't want to police every minute — I want the phone to come with one small, good habit attached.
I keep praying my kids will build their own faith, not just inherit ours. A gentle daily prayer they actually do themselves? That's the thing I've been hoping someone would finally make.
Free to download. Every plan unlocks all guided prayers, Bible stories, and parent controls — for every child in your family. Cancel anytime.
Billed securely through your Apple account. Prices may vary by region and are always confirmed in the App Store before you subscribe.
Lumina uses Apple's Screen Time to keep the distracting apps you choose paused until your child completes a short guided prayer. Once the prayer is done, the apps unlock for the day.
Lumina is designed as a parent-and-child pairing: you set the rules from your device, and the routine runs on your child's device. You can pair them in a couple of taps during setup.
You choose. During setup you select the categories and apps that tend to distract — social, games, video, and more. Only what you pick is ever paused.
Yes. Lumina collects as little as possible, keeps the specific apps you block private to your device, and never sells your data. See our Privacy Policy for the full details.
Lumina is free to download. A subscription — monthly, annual, or a one-time lifetime option — unlocks everything for your whole family. See Pricing above; billing is handled by Apple and you can cancel anytime. See our Terms of Use.
Lumina is built on Apple's Screen Time and Family Controls — the same system Apple uses for parental controls — so the apps you choose genuinely stay paused. You set a parent passcode during setup, so the rules can't simply be switched off from your child's device.
Nothing punishing happens — the chosen apps just stay paused, exactly as they were before. There are no lockout timers or penalties. A relaxed mode also lets you grant a short grace pause from your own device when life happens.
Lumina uses a habit your child already has — reaching for the phone — as a gentle cue to pause and pray, the way a mealtime cues grace. There's no scoring of "good" prayers and no pressure. The goal is a formed daily habit, not a trade.
Lumina is available now for iPhone and iPad. An Android version isn't available yet — email hello@luminaprayer.com and we'll tell you the moment it arrives.
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