EarnScroll vs StepGate

Your phone is stealing your life four seconds at a time. EarnScroll takes it back. EarnScroll is the screen time app that makes you work for every minute on Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, and any other app that's quietly rotting your brain. No more mindless unlocks. No more "just five minutes" that turns into two hours. If you want the dopamine, you earn the dopamine. HOW IT WORKS Pick the apps that waste your time. EarnScroll blocks them. To unlock them, you complete a real-world healthy habit like push-ups, squats, steps walked, or our favorite: going outside and touching actual grass. Finish the challenge, earn minutes, scroll guilt-free. Run out of minutes? Drop and give us twenty. EARN SCREEN TIME WITH - Push-ups, verified by your phone's motion sensors - Squats, same deal, no cheating - Steps, synced with Apple Health or Google Fit - Outdoor time, confirmed by GPS so you actually leave the house - Custom habits like meditation, reading, or water intake BLOCK THE APPS THAT BLOCK YOUR LIFE Lock Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, X, Facebook, Reddit, dating apps, mobile games, anything you wish you used less. EarnScroll enforces the block at the system level. No willpower required. The app physically will not open until you've earned the time. WHY EARN SCROLL IS DIFFERENT Most screen time apps just shame you with a weekly report. Cool, now what? Most app blockers are too easy to bypass. One tap on "ignore limit" and you're back in the hole. EarnScroll is built on a simple trade: your health for your habits. Every minute of scroll time is a minute you invested in your body. You don't quit social media. You earn it. BUILT FOR - Anyone trying to break a phone addiction - Parents who want kids earning screen time instead of inheriting it - Students who need to focus - Gym-goers turning rest days into rep days - Remote workers fighting the Slack-to-Twitter spiral - People who genuinely want to touch grass more FEATURES - Custom exchange rates so you set how many push-ups equal one minute of Instagram - Streak tracking to build momentum and watch your habit chains grow - Daily and weekly stats showing exactly how much you earned versus spent - Hard mode with no rollover minutes, no banking, no mercy - Family mode to set rules for kids that they can't override - Focus sessions for full lockdown during deep work - Habit history to track fitness wins alongside screen time wins THE PHILOSOPHY We're not anti-phone. We're anti-autopilot. The problem isn't that you use Instagram. The problem is that you opened it without deciding to. EarnScroll puts a small, healthy speed bump between you and the infinite scroll. Over time, that speed bump rewires your defaults. You get fitter. You get outside. You get your attention back. And when you do scroll, you actually enjoy it, because you earned it. DOWNLOAD EARNSCROLL AND START EARNING Stop letting algorithms decide how your day goes. Trade reps for minutes. Trade steps for scrolls. Trade grass for the gram. Your future self is watching. Earn your screen time. Earn your life back. PLAN: Pro Plan - Unlock All EarnScroll Features $8.99/month $39.99/year LICENSE AGREEMENT: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ LEGAL: https://getearnitapp.com/privacy.html https://getearnitapp.com/terms.html

StepGate locks your distracting apps until you've walked enough steps for the day. You choose which apps to restrict — social media, games, streaming — and set your personal daily step goal. As you walk, you earn screen time. Hit your goal, and everything unlocks. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set your daily step goal 2. Choose which apps to lock 3. Walk to unlock — every 1,000 steps earns you more screen time 4. Reach your goal 3 times — then try Pro free for 14 days KEY FEATURES - Earn screen time with every step - Live Activity on Lock Screen — real-time steps and screen time - Streaks & achievements — build habits and unlock badges - Weekly Report Card — share your week on Instagram Stories - Heat-map calendar — see your progress at a glance - Home screen widget — your progress without opening the app - Weekend Mode — separate goals for weekdays and weekends - Graduated Unlock Tiers — unlock different apps at step milestones - Personalized onboarding — the app learns your habits SCIENCE-BACKED Walking 8,000–10,000 steps daily is linked to better sleep, lower stress, and improved focus. StepGate helps you build that habit — one step at a time. PRIVACY FIRST StepGate reads your step count from Apple Health. All data stays entirely on your device. Nothing is sent to any server. No account required. SUBSCRIPTION Full access to StepGate requires a subscription. The yearly plan includes a 14-day free trial — no card charged until day 14. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in iPhone Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: samuelbrask.com/terms_stepgate.html Privacy Policy: samuelbrask.com/privacy_stepgate.html