Work in progress — Veyo is in final testing on Android. Bug fixes in progress. Launching May–June 2026.
Veyo — What if your phone showed you how drained your mind actually is?
A human battery indicator for Android, built on real behavioural data. Not another screen time warning. A live, visual representation of mental energy — designed to make the invisible, visible.
The collaboration
Risenine Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Originated the concept. Designed and built the user interface and visual experience.
SolveMPire Pvt. Ltd.
Built the algorithm, Firebase integration, data architecture, and system permission layer. Turned the idea into a working product.
The problem — dopamine is winning
Most people know they spend too much time on their phone. Most phones now show you screen time reports. And most people look at those reports and keep scrolling anyway. The data exists. The awareness exists. The behaviour doesn't change.
The reason isn't ignorance. It's that the mind in a low-energy, high-stimulation state will always choose dopamine over effort. Screen time numbers are abstract. A draining battery is visceral.
Veyo starts from a different premise: your phone has a battery that drains when you use it and recharges when you rest it. Your mind works the same way. What if you could see that — live, on your phone, in a format your brain already understands?
What Veyo actually shows you
A liquid battery that moves with your phone
The battery percentage is displayed as a liquid that shifts and rotates as the phone moves — the same way water moves in a bottle. It's not a static number. It's alive. The visual alone changes how the percentage feels.
The percentage is calculated in real time from three data sources pulled through Android system permissions:
More screen time drains the battery. More sleep and movement recharge it. The algorithm weights screen time most heavily because the data showed it has the strongest correlation with subjective mental fatigue.
Battery performance — the app itself
An app that tracks mental drain has no credibility if it drains your phone battery doing it. This was a hard engineering constraint from the start.
Battery drain from Veyo alone with no other apps active. Tested on an 80.2% charged device over 24 hours.
Battery drain during full active use with all system data collection running. Edge cases measured under 2%.
For context: most social media apps with background refresh enabled use between 3–8% per day. Veyo runs under 2% even when actively reading system data.
What early testing showed
Internal testing — 15 members
Several testers reduced their screen time after seeing the battery percentage drop — the visual made the cost of scrolling feel real in a way that text reports hadn't.
Some testers felt discouraged by a persistently low battery and continued the same behaviour anyway. This is a product design problem worth solving — not a data point to hide.
This is a 15-person internal test. These are early directional signals, not statistically significant findings. Real behaviour data will come post-launch.
The second finding is actually the more important one. Showing someone they're low doesn't automatically fix the behaviour — the product needs to go further. This is informing the next phase of development.
What's built so far
Live battery indicator
Animated liquid battery that responds to phone movement. Updates in real time.
Daily streaks
Tracks consecutive days above a battery threshold. Builds habit through consistency.
Focus mode
Dedicated focus sessions that contribute positively to battery percentage.
Daily insights
End-of-day breakdown of what charged and what drained the battery.
Weekly insights
Pattern view across the week — shows trends in screen time, sleep, and movement.
Local + Firebase storage
Data stored locally as primary. Firebase as backup. Secure API layer prevents data leakage.
What's coming
Recovery suggestions: When battery is critically low, the app will suggest specific actions to recharge rather than just showing the number.
Social battery comparison: Opt-in comparison with friends or cohorts to add a social accountability layer.
App-level drain breakdown: Showing which specific apps are costing the most mental energy, not just total screen time.
iOS version: Pending Apple's permission model, which is significantly more restrictive than Android for system-level data access.
On data and privacy
Veyo reads screen time, sleep logs, and step data through Android's Digital Wellbeing and system health APIs. This data is used solely to calculate and display the battery percentage. It is stored locally on device and backed up to Firebase under a secure API layer.