Screen Snitch vs Ransom

You've been on your phone for 3 hours today. Your friends have no idea. Screen Snitch changes that - hit your limit, and the app blocks you until you confess to them. You've tried Screen Time limits. You dismissed every single one. You tried going cold turkey. Lasted a few days. You tried app blockers. Found the workaround in an afternoon. None of it worked because the only person holding you accountable was you. And you keep letting yourself off the hook. Screen Snitch adds real consequences. Exceed your limit on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube - any app you actually struggle with - and your phone blocks it. No getting around it. The only way back in? Open Screen Snitch, type an excuse, and snitch on yourself. Your friends get a notification. Your excuse goes in their feed. "Just five more minutes." "It's for work I promise." "No excuse, I'm weak." Your friends will see whichever one you pick. And react accordingly. Here's what you get: • Set limits on your most-used apps • Hit your limit - the app gets blocked until you confess • Type an excuse and snitch on yourself to unlock 5 more minutes • Your friends get notified and see your excuse in their feed • Build streaks for every app you stay under limit on • See who's winning the battle against their phone on the group leaderboard Over a dozen people tested Screen Snitch before launch. The most common reaction: "I actually stopped because I knew I'd have to explain myself." That's the whole point. Download free. Add one friend. See how your excuses hold up.

Get your evenings back. Keep your apps. Ransom locks Instagram, TikTok and whatever else eats your day, and asks for push-ups, squats or steps before it opens them. Most of the time you'll decide it isn't worth ten push-ups. That is the whole trick. WHAT CHANGES You stop opening apps by reflex. A set standing between you and the feed makes you notice your hand reaching for the phone, and noticing is most of the battle. The hour before bed comes back. Set a wind-down rule and scrolling takes twice the reps right when you'd normally lose the evening to it. You get a bit stronger without meaning to. Ten push-ups a few times a day adds up faster than you'd think. You watch the number drop. The Progress tab shows today against this time yesterday, and your whole week. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps that eat your day. 2. Rex, a buff T-rex with tiny arms, locks them. 3. Do a set. The front camera counts push-ups and squats. The pedometer counts steps. 4. A set earns coins, and coins are minutes, one for one. 15 coins opens your apps for 15 minutes. Spend them on whatever you like. When they run out, your apps lock again until your next set. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account, no sign-up. Your screen time never leaves your phone. The camera looks at your form on the device and never records, saves or uploads a frame. Your screen time is your business. EVERY DAY IS A FRESH START Coins clear at midnight, so unspent minutes never pile up. Had a bad day and scrolled through all of it? Tomorrow starts at zero, and Rex is not going to bring it up. REX COUNTS PROPERLY Half a push-up is not a push-up. The camera looks for real depth, so a bounce doesn't earn a minute. It also means the minutes you do earn actually feel earned. RULES FOR THE HOURS THAT MATTER Name an hour. Dinner, gym time, wind down. During it, opening your apps takes twice the reps. You still can, it just takes more work. PICK YOUR LEVEL Chill, Standard or Beast. Start easy. Move up when ten push-ups stops being a reason to put the phone down. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO It doesn't delete your apps. It doesn't shame you. It doesn't nag. Full access is a subscription that renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Manage it in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Terms: https://lucascoles.github.io/ransom/terms/ Privacy: https://lucascoles.github.io/ransom/privacy/