Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Precursor: Hourly Screen Time Control
Stop doomscrolling w/ screen time limits that actually work
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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i wanted to change the habit of reaching for my phone in the morning and doomscrolling away an hour so i built an app to help me. now i have to literally touch grass before accessing my most distracting apps the app is built in swiftui, uses the screen time apis provided by apple and google vision to recognise grass or not i'd love to get your thoughts on the concept.
2025 · touchgrass.now · its alternatives →
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Barrier▲373Stop doomscrolling by blocking your addictive apps!
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Shutout▲406Lock yourself out of Screen Time & stop doomscrolling.
2024 · shutout.app · its alternatives →
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Calculate your best time to post to Instagram
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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We're Oliver and Royce and we're the founders of Clearspace. We build tools to help people reduce their screen time (here’s us two years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35888644) We get all kinds of requests from users for ways they'd like to use their screen time data. - “Auto-donate $x to charity every time I exceed a limit or try to bypass it” - “My 75 Hard group has a screen time requirement, can we set up group visibility?” - “Let my personal agent know if it’s a good time to tackle things on my todo list” - “Auto-report large deviations in my screen time to my…
2025 · thescreentimenetwork.com · its alternatives →
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Turn your Instagram posts into a 1SE video in just one tap
2016 · 1se.co · its alternatives →
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The screen time app your tomorrow-self will thank you for
Feb 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Avoid eye pain and fatigue by limiting your screentime
2021 · tryintermission.com · its alternatives →
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Make Instagram Stories longer than 15 seconds
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Screen time management made fun.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Prevent eyestrain caused by screens with the 20-20 rule.
2021 · restyoureyes.app · its alternatives →
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Earn Rot ▲2Earn Your Screen Time, Do First, Scroll Later
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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