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Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
i wanted to change the habit of reaching for my phone in the morning and doomscrolling away an hour so i built an app to help me. now i have to literally touch grass before accessing my most distracting apps
the app is built in swiftui, uses the screen time apis provided by apple and google vision to recognise grass or not
i'd love to get your thoughts on the concept.
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- duxup 2y agoThis is going to be rough up north where I am, too much snow.
- Gys 2y agoDark times...
- Etheryte 2y agoFrom touch grass to shovel snow for a while and then touch grass.
- thruway516 2y agoBuild startup and exit for +$20m before you can unlock your apps for the extra motivated
- baranul 2y agoValid point. Should not only be to touch grass. At least snow, sand from the beach, and trees could at least be on the list.
- hmmm-i-wonder 2y agoIts all ice and snow outside. I'd be locked out for a while Then again maybe that would be a good thing.
- moolcool 2y agoI'm up in icy Canada, but a social media hibernation might do me well.
- duxup 2y agoAs fast as some social media circles move I imagine come spring it's possible to not understand the context of most of what is being posted.
- cjbgkagh 2y agoSounds like a good way for a temporary fix to become a permanent one.
- alaithea 2y agoHibernating? Touch Bear. You'll never use social media again.
- adverbly 2y agoSame problem here... Trying to think of some substitutions: 1. Touch snow 2. See the sun while outdoors. 3. Say hi to someone in person. 4. Text a friend or family member. 5. Touch a tree. I think touch a tree would be the most direct substitution. Something to be said for a social substitution too though, but it probably doesn't match the initial intent of touching grass.
- madmountaingoat 2y agoOf course no one needs an app to do any of this, but the general idea of getting out and touching a tree, climbing a snowbank, going out without a coat or hat for a few minutes when it's freezing are all the sorts of things that keep me happy during in the winter.
- rob74 2y agoBesides, depending on your location, touching a tree might also be more hygienic than touching grass (e.g. if you happen to be in an area used for dog-walking).
- ge96 2y agoMake an Instagram of tiny snowmen with different scarves
- risquer 2y agoI plan on letting the user select what they have to touch, for launch it's just grass but customisation is on the way!
- radlad 2y agoGrab a shovel!
- paulddraper 2y agoMe too. Touch snow.
- ewalk153 2y agoNice idea. Would be great to have a winter mode for us that can’t literally touch grass for 3+ months a year ;)
- loloquwowndueo 2y ago3 months? Short winters ftw!
- 20wenty 2y agoI like the idea but it will be hard to build a moat -- if that's something you care about. How about making it more general? "touch grass", "feel sand between your fingers", "hug a tree" ...
- notachatbot123 2y agoThank you for providing a perfect comment to reply "touch grass" to.
- risquer 2y agoI'm not quite sure what you mean by build a moat, could you explain further?
- tredre3 2y agoIt's startup culture speak to describe something that is unique and impossible/hard to copy for competitors. I think (hope) that 20wenty was being cheeky and playing along the all-too-common vibe that every project presented on HN needs to become financially successful or else it's a waste of time.
- dudefeliciano 2y agoI love this, the internet needs more of these weird concept apps. As another commenter mentioned, perhaps this could be extended for people that don't have grass around them due to season/location? Touch snow, touch sand, etc
- FollowingTheDao 2y ago"I love this app that gets me off of my phone!" "We need more apps!" Can we just sit and mediate and listen to ourselves grasping?
- dudefeliciano 2y agoUhm I think you misunderstood me. What I meant is that I love these trivial, fun, silly apps that make the internet more interesting. You can certainly sit and meditate whenever you want
- risquer 2y agoThanks man! I plan on letting the user set what they have to touch, it's on the roadmap!
- camtarn 2y agoThis is a hilarious concept and would probably genuinely help. Nicely done! I used to have a similar issue with hiding inside all the time (during Covid times, of course) and to motivate myself to go outside, I started an Instagram of tiny little plants growing in cracks in the pavement. I tried to add a new tiny plant every day or two, which meant that I had to wander further and further afield to find a suitable specimen. It wasn't perfect, but was quite motivating.
- satyarthms 2y agoI'm a connoisseur of plants growing in cracks in the pavement, mind sharing a link?
- InDubioProRubio 2y agoBricky roads They trappers grass Stony walls They trappers wind Iron stove It trappers fire Trappers is we By the works of hands And forgets us We were ever free...
- camtarn 2y agohttps://www.instagram.com/ct_thelittlethings/ https://www.instagram.com/ct_thelittlethings/ :)
- satyarthms 2y agoNice pics, very heartwarming and solarpunk!
- camtarn 2y agoThank you! <3
- mattcantstop 2y agoI'd be cool to create a simple template that you could repeat for each post in video form: - The plant - The location (sidewalk, park, etc) - Native vs non-native? - Seen as a weed or flower/desirable plant? - Who pollinates it. I just subscribed.
- mateusfreira 2y agoCan we change it to unblock only when I do 10 pushups? I would love to get that to my Nephew and Nieces phone
- simondanerd 2y agoIs there an Android version coming soon? Also it would be better if you kept Instagram uninstalled... I see it installing on the screenshot!
- mikragor 2y agoTechnically, the icon displays the app as paused from the time limit. Once you surpass the time limit using the app, you can stop using it or allow you temporarily (1 minute to 15 minutes or stop limiting the usage for today) to continue to use it. It's a neat option to have this on your phone, but I usually keep expanding my time limit more than just quitting the app. I think that's what this app is aiming for, allowing you to use the app more time requires more effort than 2 taps.
- risquer 2y agoSoon...ish Android equivalent is hard but it is in the back of my mind!
- aeve890 2y agoWdym is hard? Hard like is harder to make apps for Android than iOS? Genuinely curious
- feznyng 2y agoiOS has a system level API for this sort of thing. Android does not.
- risquer 2y agoYeah you basically need to write your own screen time api for android and use the draw over permission - it's going to be an interesting build for sure!
- tcoff91 2y agoIn general yes iOS dev is easier than android and especially for screen time apps
- Baggie 2y agomy neighborhood is very low on grass will tree support be added? I like them better and we have a lot more of them sincerely, Lorax
- szszrk 2y agoA/B testing. You got a high difficulty variant.
- BobAliceInATree 2y agoI live in the middle of Manhattan not near a park. There is zero grass near me that I would touch.
- basisword 2y agoNice idea. I feel like we don't see as many fun/whimsical apps these days as we did 10-15 years ago.
- beAbU 2y agoGeolocate the user to ensure that at least the touching of a picture of grass tookplace outside.
- mhh__ 2y agoiBeer seems so quaint now
- y-curious 2y agoCheck out this fake lighter app I have
- vitaflo 2y agoWhimsical doesn’t make money and we are a society of sellouts.
- SketchySeaBeast 2y agoIs it possible that we're not as comfortable as we were a decade ago? I'll admit to having no aspirations to make that next killer app, but that's because I'm fairly financially secure, not wealthy by any means, but a decent paying job with a pension, and I know that's a privileged position the days.
- blitzar 2y agoNot a Hot Dog.
- FollowingTheDao 2y agoFun idea, but not the right way to end an addiction. Making it more difficult to get the dopamine (really epinephrine) hit will only lead to more frustration and reinforce the relief when you get your reward. In other words, it only makes the reward more pleasurable.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoWhat if the author adds some gamification strategies and awards the users points depending on how often, long, and diverse their grass-touching is, and add an infinite scroll feed of other users touching grass, which you can then upvote and engage with! (please sign up to my onlygrass page)
- gradientsrneat 2y agoMany digital addictions only work due to the fast feedback loop. If you break the feedback loop, you can break the addiction.
- andy_ppp 2y agoOkay this might help!
- apriljo 2y agoWhat do you do in the winter, eh?
- tsylba 2y agoI understand it's a meme, but you're not "touching grass" if you need the mediation of an app to do so. It's engineer logic 101, when technically true does not mean ontologically true.
- bloomingkales 2y agoWhat if someone tries to cheat and just touch a picture of grass? You need to understand that the no-touch-grass people are Machiavellian.
- risquer 2y agoYeah, just echoing what people have replied but I did try put some safeguards in such as screens - if it detects a screen it won't unblock your apps
- loloquwowndueo 2y agoYou’re cheating yourself in that case. Or to put it another way, if you really don’t want to comply you can just delete the app.
- seafoamteal 2y agoThe only person they're cheating is themselves. Any systems designed to help you curb phone addictions only work if you do the legwork and are in the mindset of wanting to improve. The systems are only guardrails to lean on when you're tired. If you decide to vault the rails, that's not sustainable in any way.
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- Waterluvian 2y agoI love it. And now I must make a “touching grass generator” to plug into the front of this.
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- latexr 2y agoI’m curious how long it takes on average to “tap and say” 100 times. In other words, how much time must you spend to get the extra 15 minutes?
- Retr0id 2y agoSee also: https://graas.easrng.net/ https://graas.easrng.net/ - "grass-touching verification service"
- risquer 2y agoTGAAS
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- Chris2048 2y agoOn a tangential note.. Best use of a "touch grass" reference goes to Noita devs: https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1bt7aid/streamer_spends_57_hours_completing_100_of_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1bt7aid/streamer_sp...
- p_ing 2y agoDunk is a real gem to watch.
- baxtr 2y agoGreat concept! However my mind started already coming up with ideas how to circumvent this like printing out a color picture of grass! Hope you can detect these fake attempts! :)
- DisruptiveDave 2y agoYa know what, searching for a picture, printing it out, and taking a pic in this app = not doomscrolling, so, mission accomplished?
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- Cthulhu_ 2y agoIf you have no intent of using the app, why install it in the first place? But then, the purpose is less about going out and touching grass physically, and more about being aware of what you're spending your time on. A moment of self-reflection, if you will, and whether that's you going outside to find some grass or finding where you put your colour picture of grass and turning the lights on to get a good picture of it is by the by.
- NalNezumi 2y agoAwesome idea. But knowing myself, I'll probably just end up buying a plant and put it next to my table and end up using it
- woadwarrior01 2y agoWhy does the app need to collect location data?
- m_mueller 2y agoare you telling me it actually checks the GPS coordinates against satellite images? ....
- tonyhart7 2y agoto locate user location ofcourse
- SSLy 2y ago1. Information Collection 1.1 Required Permissions Location: Used solely to determine local sunset times; location data is not stored or transmitted
- andy_ppp 2y ago
- obrhoff 2y agoIs Hacker News the new Product Hunt?
- nostromo 2y agoHacker News was Product Hunt before Product Hunt was born.
- divan 2y agoWorks fine in Finland in winter!
- fandorin 2y agogreat concept! out of curiosity - what tool did you use to create the main UI app animation/video on the website?
- risquer 2y agoIt's a screen recording of my phone and then my fiancée used canva to do the background
- api 2y agoAre there any good anti-procrastination Safari extensions for desktop? Sometimes it can be hypnotic.
- diamondfist25 2y agoWow what a great idea and all! Mind if I ask what stack you used for this?
- risquer 2y agoSure! It's SwiftUI, Google vision and Screen time API
- dev0p 2y agoThat is fantastic. Should come preinstalled with every phone.
- etothepii 2y agoOne sec was great for breaking my YouTube shorts habit but the safari plugin only works 90% of the time and in some way the "gambling nature" of hitting reload and getting in sometimes has made it worse.
- popol12 2y agoVery nice, but why does it require iOS 17 ? Jailbreakers are stuck on iOS 16 (and some are stuck even lower than that.. )
- hombre_fatal 2y agoI can't speak for this app, but every time I use SwiftUI, it turns out some basic thing I want, like the component or API method that is perfect for my app, was introduced in the latest iOS/macOS release. Every single dang time.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoiOS 17 is from Sept 2023, it is considered obsolete. Current -1 is a very normal and decent support window, and supporting that covers >90% of active installations.
- pcthrowaway 2y agoPeople are just going to carry a patch of fake grass around with them to bypass the checks. So I suspect the reviews will be astroturfed.
- asystole 2y agoThis is on the order of the "descartes before the whores" joke on reddit years ago. Generational stuff
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- dkenyser 2y agoThis gave me a good chortle. Thanks.
- jakelazaroff 2y agoMaybe the best joke I've seen in ~10 years of regularly checking this site, 10/10
- oniony 2y agoWhy bother you when you dye your private turf green?
- not_wyoming 2y ago/r/angryupvote :)
- jnsie 2y agoBrilliant!
- m3kw9 2y agoJust google grass pics? The thing is if you are gonna cheat anyways you can just not use the app and you “win”
- vladdrak 2y ago“Fresh Patch Indoor Potty Grass” is going to make a killing out of this.
- bloopernova 2y agoI added reddit.com to uBlock Origin's filters list. I can still visit it, but there's now a screen asking me if I'm sure I want to go there. It's stopped me a few times, and it's breaking that muscle memory of "pick up phone & check reddit/etc"
- hartator 2y agoWhat about the app?
- bloopernova 2y agoI have never installed it. I prefer to access things through a web browser.
- cryptopian 2y agoI actually found that certain browser equivalents of attention sucking apps were poor quality enough that using them only through the browser was enough friction to wean myself off them. old.reddit.com is especially badly optimised for anything other than a desktop screen.
- whamlastxmas 2y agoFor me, it’s that I have a million keyword and subreddit filters on my desktop computer and Reddit is unreadable for me without those filters, so I never read it on my phone
- kjkjadksj 2y agoOld.reddit.com is the only way reddit loads on my se2. The actual mobile website just times out with half the comments loaded every time. A lot of noticeable lag. It is a super heavy site in comparison with old.reddit.com.
- nostromo 2y agoThe reddit app is so bad, it may actually have been designed to end addiction to reddit.
- Lynix48 2y agoFunny how even the demo on their website has the annoying "rate this app" popup.
- risquer 2y agopls r8 5*
- mclau156 2y agoI have had an idea like this but instead it is a few minutes of breathing exercises with a calm nature background, then it unlocks your other apps
- lukeinator42 2y agoThis is great! A mode for snow would be awesome, haha. Up here in Canada there isn't always grass around in winter.
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- racktash 2y agoFun idea! I am always astounded how hard it can be to break doom scrolling as a habit DESPITE knowing how much better I feel when I can't / don't do it. When I don't do it, I will often spend my time doing something personally productive, but even if I do nothing at all instead, it's still better – my head is clearer, I can think so much better; I feel more content and optimistic about life in general; time goes slower.
- saganus 2y agoDopamine addiction is very nasty.
- freetonik 2y agoVery cool concept! I wanted to make a similar thing a few years ago, but for a slightly different purpose: force myself to walk more. I built an iOS app called Geostreaks [1] with a simple mechanic: pick an outdoor location (for example, a nearby park) and “check in” there every day. I couldn’t justify the yearly developer fee though, so the app has been removed from the App Store a few years later :( 1. https://appadvice.com/app/geostreaks/1482655198 https://appadvice.com/app/geostreaks/1482655198
- ColeShepherd 2y agoCan you please open-source it?
- freetonik 2y agoSure, why not, here it is: https://github.com/freetonik/geostreaks https://github.com/freetonik/geostreaks
- wiether 2y agoI'm afraid to ask, but on the demo video... Is that dog poop next to the hand?
- risquer 2y agojust mud haha
- awaseem 2y agoDamn I love this! how was the process of getting approval from the app store? Wondering if you had to send videos instead of having reviewers touch grass. I launched Foqos earlier this month: https://github.com/awaseem/foqos https://github.com/awaseem/foqos and the review was brutal plus the form you need to submit to get permissions for Family activity
- freeone3000 2y agoI have a user issue: there is currently 3 feet of snow outside and no grass to be seen :P
- zawaideh 2y agoCan I touch snow instead? There is no grass in sight in Canada this time of the year
- jjkaczor 2y agoSame thought... ("Instructions unclear, all I see around me is snow") Never worry, it will melt when the scorched-earth tactics are used... /s
- NotAnOtter 2y agoI bit of UX tweaking and this could see a lot of traction as a snarky reply, a la "Let me google that for you".
- Oras 2y agoI had an idea to lock my phone until I burn x calories. So, I cannot see notifications or open any app unless I achieve the goal. When I checked, it was impossible to do that with Apple, It's great to know that you can lock apps, though! I love the concept.
- linklater12 2y agoThis is very cool. Congrats! I love it when apps force you to step outside. Pokemon Go was such a brilliant game in this regard! Wish we had more apps like this.
- nofunphil 2y agoLove this. But wonder if it would work better if there was an incentive tied to using your phone less, ie. Rewards points for staying off socials.
- wkirby 2y agoThis is fun, but there's an amusing oxymoron embedded in needing an app on my phone to verify that I'm... not using my phone
- maxehmookau 2y agoI hate this and I love it. Good work.
- yapyap 2y agobro has grass touching IAPa
- lee 2y agoYou can probably expand your user base to Canadians by also adding a "touching snow" feature.
- scottmcdoge 2y ago[dead]
- tsunego 2y agoReminds me of Pokémon go
- jjkaczor 2y agoInstructions unclear, all I see around me is snow...
- wcfrobert 2y agoThis is so bizarre! We live in a world where companies invest billions and hire the best researchers all to capture our attention and serve ads. And now, to claw back any sort of agency, we resort to this.
- awslattery 2y agoDLC for a dust mode, for those of us in Southern Arizona?
- allears 2y agoObviously for urbanites only. Here in Northern California, grass is a conspicuous waste of water, and is slowly going out of favor and being replaced by native xerophilic plants. Our neighbor has a lawn, but we've got wood chips and native shrubs instead. If we all acknowledge that nature is an antidote to anxiety, why not consider moving out of the city?
- tibbetts 2y agoNeeds a mode where touching snow counts.
- parsimo2010 2y agoImagine going to a ski resort and being locked out of your apps in the evening because everything is covered in snow.
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- harrison_clarke 2y agofun idea i'm not going to see any grass for another few months, unless i travel somewhere warmer, though
- twothamendment 2y agoIt might be awhile before I can touch grass. There is quite a bit of snow on the ground!
- ahmadtbk 2y agoSpending many hours not touching grass to build an app that makes you touch grass. I like it.
- archon810 2y agoIf by many hours you mean probably 30 minutes in ChatGPT, then yes.
- klntsky 2y agoNo phone during winter
- moontear 2y agoHow is it blocking other apps? Is it creating apple shortcuts which go through this app as a launcher?
- queueueue 2y agoApple has a screentime API which allows the app/dev to block an app after the user chooses it
- gdiocarez 2y agoWhat the ....
- yssrnjm 2y agoApp not recommended for Canadians. Unless someone makes a 'touch snow' plugin.
- redeux 2y agoSame for people who live in the Southwest US, unless someone makes a 'touch dirt' or 'touch cactus' plugin.
- luxuryballs 2y agoI was thinking about this recently and was trying to determine if I could take advantage of some kind of accessibility settings or otherwise to contextually/periodically disable the gestures that doom scrolling depends on entirely, on fly.
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- ColeShepherd 2y agoI would love an app with a configurable "unlock" task. Ex: - Do a quick mindfulness/breathing exercise. - Answer a quick quiz question related to something you're learning. - Remind you of pending to-dos Anyone know of an app like this?
- rvb 2y ago> - Do a quick mindfulness/breathing exercise. Clearspace does exactly this: https://www.getclearspace.com/#how-it-works https://www.getclearspace.com/#how-it-works I've been using it for a month or two, with good results. Good luck!
- djyde 2y agoI wrote a chrome extension for this a year ago https://dengtab.com/ https://dengtab.com/
- hexatin 2y agoFor iOS, Screenzen is an app that does this: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/screenzen-screen-time-control/id1541027222 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/screenzen-screen-time-control/...
- tcoff91 2y agoIt’s not exactly like this but the Superhappy app makes you chat with a bot and ask it to unlock for a period of time.
- yieldcrv 2y agoWhat I would love is social unlock, where your friends have to approve or deny your requests I didn't realize there was a screen time api! I was waiting on Apple to do it, now I'll have to do it and wait for Apple to commit an antitrust violation and do it after it gains traction!
- namuol 2y agoCute, but it might be time to ditch your smartphone if you really want to change.
- izhak 2y agoI live in Finland. Any chance I can get a "touch snow" option? Thanks.
- tonymet 2y agovery creative. what would it take to make it function offline?
- BrenBarn 2y agoSomewhat ironic to have an app to get people to look away from apps.
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- yobananaboy 2y agoThis is sick! Is it using an LLM's photo detection to determine if it is a picture of touching grass? I recently added all of my most distracting apps to the Hidden section on iPhone. It requires a FaceID check to even see the apps, and blocks all notifications from them. It has helped me cut down on the scroll-time significantly.
- risquer 2y agoIt's using Google's vision api - so Machine Learning but not LLM
- begueradj 2y agoWhat if you live in the Sahara or a dry country ?
- brailsafe 2y agoMaybe they need to add the option of touching cactus or sand?
- hyperific 2y agoKudos on getting your project from conception to the finish line! The concept of having to interact with the natural world before being allowed to interact with the social media world is interesting and this is perhaps the most interesting implementation of that. Personally I find it's rewarding to flex the "self restraint muscle" by stopping myself from doomscrolling rather than relying on technology to do that for me.
- bodash 2y agonicely done, and while we on the topic of doomscrolling, maybe there's a surge of anti-doomscrolling trends coming soon? I know I built lessnews.dev to overcome my urge to mindlessly scroll HN all day.
- adaboese 2y agoHilarious!
- mig39 2y agoLove it! How does it handle -20ºC in snow-covered Northern Canada? :-) Can I touch fake indoor grass?
- divbzero 2y agoWhat happens if it’s the middle of winter and the grass is completely covered with snow?
- kayson 2y agoHow is it that an app can block access to other apps?
- n2d4 2y agoIt uses an API that lets developers customize the "shield" screen that is shown by Screen Time https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ManagedSettingsUI/ShieldConfigurationDataSource https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ManagedSettingsUI/...
- benfarahmand 2y agothree's 2 feet of snow on the ground. there's no grass. what do i do? can we get an update to touch snow?
- silisili 2y agoKeep a little patch of turf on the table next to your armchair, and you can touch grass without ever even getting up.
- HPsquared 2y agoTouch the grass, not the glass. Or, "Don't touch the glass!"
- zuluonezero 2y agoNo thanks my closest grass is covered in dog pee!
- Yhippa 2y agoThis is great, OP. For someone like me who is addicted to my phone in the house, it would be nice if there was some arbitrary object at the opposite side of the house I could touch to trigger this. Anybody here know an Android equivalent of this?
- vlucas 2y agoI feel bad for all the folks who live in Arizona...
- MisterSandman 2y agoOr Canada… during the winter at least.
- speerer 2y agoI wish you all success and hope that this catches on. I will make a fortune by selling little pots of turf to social media addicts.
- rainpl 2y agoCan you make a desert version to touch some rocks?
- aqueueaqueue 2y agoThis is great! No good for urban junglists though. Or maybe really good for them, depending on how you view it.
- stego-tech 2y agoGreat concept, solid privacy policy and terms of service, and an excellent use of premium purchases to support rewilding projects. Absolutely love it!
- scosman 2y agoCanadian here: I look forward to using my apps again in April.
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- sexy_seedbox 2y agoHongKonger here, no grass to be found in concrete jungle.
- rightbyte 2y agoInteresting concept. I would say not being able to touch grass when it is covered in snow, like right now, might be a feature.
- keyle 2y agoBack in the day we used to just make a fart button on a web UI. The level of dedication at this stage is beyond me! Well done. Please detect dog droppings near hand, for a wash hand notification.
- nosmokewhereiam 2y agoLove the idea and the app looks great! Originality and artsy-smartsy, kudos!
- Anonboxis 2y agoThe European Union is about to introduce a regulation on infinite scrolling called the Digital Fairness Act. They are currently looking for ideas, so, thanks for sharing. Seriously this is really cool!
- jofzar 2y agoI love your demo showing you ignoring the rate and review like a true user
- theodric 2y agoThis is fire. Sent it to a few people. I don't use an iPhone as my daily, unfortunately. Android port? I'd pay you €0.99 at least!
- gkamer8 2y agoLmao really fun. I guess you're using a network request, but I wonder if you can access the models that the photos app seems to use locally.
- jsnelgro 2y agoI wrote an apple shortcut last year that notifies me with a random item from my todo list after five minutes of having an "addicting" app open. It sort of helps to jog me out of mindless scrolling, but I still ignore it a lot of the time. At the very least, it helps repeatedly remind me of things I aspire to do someday (I keep big picture ideas and projects in certain lists)
- kinduff 2y agoI laughed out loud, great concept and use of technology!
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- weebao 2y agoPlease add a "touch snow" feature for those living in the north ;)
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- gunian 2y agodoom via phobe better than doom via grass though :(
- Pete-Codes 2y agoNicely done! I'll add this to my newsletter - I wouldn't be surprised if you got some press for this.
- _xtrimsky 2y agoVery cool idea! I would have actually installed it if I had any grass outside, unfortunately I've been buried under snow for the past month xD.
- alexpadula 2y agoI have snow outside, what about a snow feature? Love the concept hahahahhahaha!!! LOVE IT!
- spicy-punk-fog 2y agoNice idea! When you have finished building a biometric database of users' dorsal palm aspects, will you require scanning their palmar?
- 0x3331 2y agoIncredible concept, love it. I have many friends who literally ask for apps like this
- indycliff 2y agoI like it. I signed up for when it's available. Good luck!
- johnthescott 2y agobrilliant. you have created a genre.
- kalasoo 2y agoLooks great! I truly believe that mobile and scrolling addiction are causing people to disengage, especially those who value the real world, real people, and genuine human connections. AI is undeniably empowering and accelerating almost everything—faster, faster, faster. But what comes next for us, as regular human beings? Still, grounding ourselves in nature—touching grass, watching sunsets, hiking, cycling—remains essential to our well-being.
- vtr1130 2y agoThat's so fun