EarnTime
Earn screen time with Apple Watch. No subscriptions.
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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.
PH · launched Sep 21, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 26%) · 0 views
Niche: distraction and screen time blockers · 257 launches, 30 in the last 7 days ▲ +7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- iOS
- Health & Fitness
- Productivity
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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 : 1234 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #455 of 1235 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 311 days after the earliest competitor.
- StrollTime · ph · 2026-10-14 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- Tempo · ph · 2026-09-12 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- Tonus: Home Workout Plan · ph · 2026-10-14 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- OutTime · ph · 2026-09-08 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- Workout Pledge · ph · 2026-10-01 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- HonorFit · ph · 2026-10-01 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- Motive: Focus Tree App Blocker · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- ScrollTax · ph · 2026-10-23 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
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