BeWithly is a digital wellness platform founded in Munich, Germany that uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and social accountability to help people develop healthier relationships with their smartphones. The platform combines a validated smartphone addiction assessment (SAS-SV), a 4-week CBT-based curriculum, and multiplayer phone-free focus sessions to create measurable behavioral change.
BeWithly's approach is grounded in two validated scientific frameworks:
A clinically proven psychological treatment that helps people identify and change negative thought patterns and behaviors. Applied to smartphone use, CBT helps users understand the emotional triggers that cause them to reach for their phones — boredom, anxiety, FOMO, loneliness — and develop healthier coping strategies.
A validated 10-question psychometric assessment developed by researchers at Ajou University, South Korea (Kwon et al., 2013) and widely used in peer-reviewed research to measure smartphone dependency. BeWithly uses SAS-SV to establish user baselines and measure improvement over the 4-week program.
BeWithly (Live)
Multiplayer phone-free challenge app — iOS and Android
BeWithly Pro
Full CBT behavioral change platform — launching August 2026
4-Week CBT Program
Science-backed behavioral change curriculum
SAS-SV Assessment
Validated smartphone addiction measurement
My Circles
Family and team accountability groups
Enterprise Dashboard
Anonymized HR wellbeing analytics
Languages: Available in 18 languages — English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Indonesian, Arabic, Vietnamese, Turkish, Korean, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, and more.
Platforms: iOS and Android mobile apps + web platform.
63.84%
3-month user retention (10× industry average)
8
Countries with organic reach, zero marketing spend
18
Languages supported
BeWithly UG is incorporated in Munich, Germany. The company was founded with the mission of helping people reclaim their attention and build healthier relationships with technology — together. BeWithly is GDPR compliant, ISO 27001 ready, and stores all data within the European Union.
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