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EarnTime

Earn screen time with Apple Watch. No subscriptions.

Details

External ID
1256633
Source
PH
Company
—
Product
EarnTime
Website domain
producthunt.com
Launched
Sept. 21, 2026
Cohort
—
Upvotes
2
Upvotes percentile
0.7405388069275176
Tags
iOS, Health & Fitness, Productivity
Fetched at
Sept. 21, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
Updated at
Sept. 21, 2026, 5:01 p.m.

Description

EarnTime aligns your physical health with digital habits. Turn Apple Watch exercise into guilt-free screen time: • Movement Adds Time: 1 ring minute = 1 min allowance • Screen-Off Audio is Free: Podcasts with screen locked cost 0 mins • Workout Immunity: Apps stay unlocked during active workouts • Rest Day Reserve: 30m daily base + weekly rollover • 100% Private & No Subs: Local Screen Time & HealthKit. Free for 1 app, $1.99 once forever.

Enrichment

Theme
digital minimalism and focus tools
Vertical
Healthcare
Function
Workflow automation
Audience
B2C
AI stance
Not AI
Project type
Commercial product
Normalized one-liner
screen time management app tied to physical activity
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

Partial The basic concept is simple, but deeply integrating Apple's Screen Time framework (FamilyControls, DeviceActivity) with HealthKit/Apple Watch sensor data involves strict, complex iOS APIs.

What it would actually take: Built using Swift and SwiftUI utilizing Apple's FamilyControls, ManagedSettings, and DeviceActivity frameworks alongside HealthKit. The challenging part is obtaining Apple's FamilyControls entitlement permissions, handling strict background execution and lock-state detection limitations, and accurately managing shield extensions on iOS without app crashes or permission revocations.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one — 460 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #83 of 461 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 321 days after the earliest competitor.

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