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📌 Make Screen Time Painful (and earn from their addiction)
They say they want to use their phones less... but they keep doom-scrolling anyway. What if you built the app that makes them stop by hitting their wallets? Would they stop or would you become millionaire?
Hi, I’m Leo!
Welcome to this new issue of SoloCodeVenture. Today we’ll focus on a “extreme” screen time solution to ACTUALLY make people spend less time on their phone.
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Table of Contents
Overview 👀
What is it about?
Quick facts | |
|---|---|
Difficulty | ⭐⭐ (2/5) |
Business model | SaaS B2C |
Revenue | Low/Mid |
Risk | Low |
Niche | Freelance developers |
Problem & Solution 🔍️
Problem to solve
Any productivity enthusiast have tried at least once to reduce their screen time. They know how important that is but even after trying all the hacks (time screen, removing apps, grayscale, etc.) they often come back scrolling on social medias. All these methods don’t work simply because people don’t actually care about it. And what do people care about? Money.
Traditional tracking apps offer reminders or soft limits, which are easily overridden. As a result, many users remain locked in cycles of “doom scrolling” and app addiction, wasting time and harming productivity. They need something stronger to actually make these app work.
Solution to build
What we’re building here is a screen time app that actually takes user’s money when they don’t respect their goals. It would ask at first which are the user’s goals in terms of screen time specific to certain apps. The user would then deposit a chosen amount (minimum required for accountability) and using the built in screen time APIs the app would track total screen time & app-specific usage. The concept behind the money part is the following:
Good behavior → Get money back
Stay under screen time limits = refund part of the deposit.
Gradual refunds (e.g., €1 per day under the limit).
Bad behavior → Lose money
Exceed screen time = the app keeps a percentage of the deposit
and other bad behaviors like: opening the app as first thing, using socials in the early morning, etc.