SimranLock
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SimranLock is a free iPhone app (Premium optional) that keeps Instagram, TikTok and YouTube locked until you do a few minutes of simran: today's Hukamnama from Sri Darbar Sahib, Mool Mantar or Waheguru jaap. Sit With Sangat lets friends do group simran together, and Ardaas links open without install. Built in Toronto.
PH · launched Nov 5, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 64%) · 0 views
Niche: distraction and screen time blockers · 216 launches, 28 in the last 7 days ▼ -18% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- iOS
- Health & Fitness
- Productivity
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Could you build this?
Partial The content and simple UI are easy, but blocking other apps requires Apple's Screen Time APIs, which need native iOS work and special entitlements. Vibe coding alone won't get a shipped, approved app.
What it would actually take: Build a native iOS app in Swift using Apple's FamilyControls, ManagedSettings and DeviceActivity frameworks to shield Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. This requires Apple's Family Controls entitlement approval, App Store review navigation, and a backend for Premium and group features. Someone with iOS development experience is needed to handle the system-level restrictions and their edge cases.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 499 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #213 of 500 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 359 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Offimo · ph · 2026-10-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
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