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A small crew of 2–6 friends who pull each other off the phone. Stuck scrolling? Press red on your Lock Screen or Dynamic Island. A friend sends one small, real thing to do (a line, a voice clip, a photo), and you come back with a live photo. Blue lets you stay, no judgment. Nobody awake? Notes they left still reach you. No AI, no tracking, no sign-up. New in 1.1: Flagship makes your crew's phones light up like a call.
PH · launched Nov 8, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: distraction and screen time blockers · 257 launches, 30 in the last 7 days ▲ +7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- B2C
- Commercial product
- iOS
- Health & Fitness
- Productivity
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Could you build this?
Yes It is a small social app with groups, push notifications, and a simple photo and message flow, with Lock Screen and Dynamic Island hooks available through standard iOS APIs. The main difficulty is getting people to use it, not building it.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 597 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #266 of 598 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 284 days after the earliest competitor.
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- D.off · ph · 2026-09-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- friends67 · ph · 2026-11-14 · 4 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Caught Scrolling · ph · 2026-11-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- oneTap: Brief & Block · ph · 2026-09-10 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Curfew · ph · 2026-09-19 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
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