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Runlock

Your distracting apps stay locked until you have walked.

RunlockiOS + Android
Runlock — iOS + Android

The situation

Screen-time limits are trivially dismissed, because the only thing standing between you and the app is a button that says 'ignore'. Friction only works when it costs something real.

What we built

  1. Pick the apps that steal your hours; they stay locked until Apple Health confirms the step goal, and re-lock at midnight
  2. Step counting through the platform's own health APIs — no separate tracker
  3. Locking built on the OS screen-time layer rather than a fake overlay
  4. Twin native apps, with the same rule enforced on both platforms

Where it stands

Live on the App Store; Android in internal testing.

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