Why does the thumb drift toward the timeline when you meant to open the Mushaf? Because the habit was trained there first. Notification dots and infinite feeds are not neutral; Surah Al-`Asr still asks whether time will be witness for us or against (Qur'an 103), and worldly life is described as play and adornment until the graves (Qur'an 57:20). None of that shames you for holding a phone. It names the arena.
Paper is beautiful when you have it. So is digital when the screen is tuned for reading: Arabic size you can actually see, a theme that does not glare at midnight, one obvious path from surah list or bookmark into the ayah. Qurany is built as that narrow lane, not another feed dressed in green.
Airplane mode helps sometimes; ergonomics help every time you open the app. If habit building is what you need first, read Building a Quran habit that survives real life. When words feel thin without context, layer in Why translation isn't enough: the power of tafsir.
The question worth sitting with: if your next session were ninety seconds in Qurany with the lights low and notifications off, would you take it, or is the habit of “later” still winning?