CLUSTER DISTRACTING-SCREEN-TIME · 28 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2024-05-13
Exercise-gated screen time apps
This cluster consists of mobile apps that block distracting apps until users complete physical exercises such as push-ups, squats, runs, or breathing exercises to earn screen time. Entry activity before the index start was sparse in 2024, gradually increased through 2025, and became more frequent from late 2025 through mid-2026. Traction leaders by activity signal are SweatPass, Pushscroll, and PushUp, though all currently show zero stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 20 unlabelled
Operator · 2 indie · 3 commercial · 15 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01SweatPass: Screen Time Blocker0★1 moliveScreen time and habit app that requires physical workouts to unlock blocked apps, combining fitness with digital wellbeing.
- 02Pushscroll: Exercise To Scroll0★17 dayslivecommercialFitness app that locks social media and other apps behind completed pushups or other exercises, verified automatically through pose detection.
- 03PushUp: Screen Time & Fitness0★14 daysliveMobile app that blocks distracting apps until users complete bodyweight exercises, using AI rep counting to encourage fitness.
- 04StepBloc: Screen Time Blocker0★26 daysliveMobile app that blocks distracting apps until the user completes physical exercises, such as push-ups or squats, to earn screen time.
- 05RepRock: Screen Time Control0★1 moliveScreen time app that requires users to complete workouts and movement goals to earn time on distracting apps.
- 06HabitUnlock: Screen Time0★19 daysliveindieMobile app that blocks distracting apps until the user completes walking, push-ups, or breathing exercises to earn screen time.
- 07HushWall: Screen Time Blocker0★1 moliveindieApp that adds a gentle pause and breathing exercise before opening blocked apps during chosen focus times.
- 08ScrollToll : Screen-Time Gym0★11 daysliveApp that blocks distracting apps until users perform physical exercises detected by a phone camera to earn additional screen time.
- 09Kro: Push Ups & Screen Time0★1 moliveMobile app that blocks distracting apps and requires camera-counted push-ups or squats to earn additional screen time.
- 10Run Your Time: Screen Time0★2 moliveScreen time app that blocks distracting apps until users complete workouts, converting exercise minutes into earned screen time.
- 11Detachd: Screen Time Control0★2 molivecommercialApp that locks social media and video platforms until the user completes physical exercises to earn screen-time minutes.
- 12FitBlok: Screen Time Blocker0★2 moliveMobile app that blocks distracting apps and requires performing AI-tracked exercises to earn screen time.
- 13Push Ups to Unlock: RepUnlock0★16 daysliveApp that unlocks distracting apps only after users complete exercise repetitions, adding a physical barrier to scrolling.
- 14LockIn: Screen Time Control0★2 moliveScreen time app that blocks distracting apps and requires users to earn unlock time through camera-tracked exercises or photo-verified real-world tasks, with hard daily limits.
- 15Earn Screen Time - Fit Scroll0★4 moliveApp that blocks distracting apps and unlocks them with coins earned through camera-tracked exercises, daily steps, and recorded workouts.
- 16Push to Unlock: Screentime0★3 moliveMobile app that blocks distracting apps and requires users to do push-ups before they can unlock them, combining screen time control with exercise.
- 17Fitblock: Earn Screen Time0★2 moliveApp that blocks distracting apps until users complete camera-tracked exercises, earning screen time through physical activity and gamified fitness challenges.
- 18UFOCUS: Screen time control0★3 molivecommercialScreen time control app that requires completing physical exercises such as push-ups or squats before unlocking restricted apps.
- 19Earn your screen time: Unlockd0★3 moliveApp that gates distracting apps behind physical exercises like push-ups or walks, so users earn screen time through movement.
- 20PushPal - Screen Time Control0★5 moliveApp that locks distracting apps behind physical exercise, using pose detection to verify reps and grant one minute of screen time per rep.
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