Threshold - A Minimal Focus Launcher
The offline focus launcher you can’t willpower out of
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Most focus apps fail because quitting is just one lazy tap away. Threshold is an Android launcher that replaces your home screen with real exit friction. Pick a mode (Work, Study, Sleep, Meditate) and lock in. Choose your strictness level—up to a full launcher takeover with deliberate cooldown delays. Features built-in doom scroll protection to cut off short-form video feeds. 100% offline, zero data collection, no accounts, and no internet access required.
PH · launched Sep 25, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 0 views
Niche: distraction and screen time blockers · 257 launches, 37 in the last 7 days ▲ +28% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Android
- Productivity
- Tech
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Could you build this?
Yes An Android home launcher app with custom app-blocking policies and timer locks using standard Android Launcher and Device Administration APIs.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 417 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #339 of 418 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 299 days after the earliest competitor.
- Focus · ph · 2026-09-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.67
- focus-launcher · github · 2026-09-19 · 23 upvotes · similarity 0.66
- literally Strict Focus Launcher · ph · 2026-09-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.66
- Sane Screen · ph · 2026-10-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- Intento — The mindful Android launcher · ph · 2026-09-08 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Focus Minimalist Phone · ph · 2026-10-05 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- SIMPLE-SMART Minimal Launcher · ph · 2026-10-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- Pagewood · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
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