touch grass
I wanted old school social media back. Actual connections with friends. Not pity likes and performances and highlight reels. All my friends have stopped posting. Everyone's a lurker now. I'm a lurker. The only time I see what anyone's doing is when it's a humblebrag. I have no idea what's actually going on in my friends' lives besides the ones I see every week or so. So I built touch grass. You post once a week: 3 easy questions, max 3 photos. Sunday 6pm mountain time (yeah its my time zone) everyone's posts unlock at the same time. You catch up on what your people have been doing, then…
touch grass launched on March 14, 2025 with 525 votes, #42 of 7,215 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Touch Grass is an iOS app designed to help users reduce screen time by blocking apps until they go outside and touch real grass. Using artificial intelligence, the app verifies that users have actually touched grass rather than tricking the system. It's aimed at anyone looking to spend less time on their devices and encourage outdoor activity. The verification system prevents workarounds, making it a practical tool for those serious about decreasing their digital habits.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
block your apps until you literally touch grass. our ai verifies it's real grass - no cheating. decrease your screen time by getting outside. 🌱
In the maker’s words, at launch
I wanted old school social media back. Actual connections with friends. Not pity likes and performances and highlight reels. All my friends have stopped posting. Everyone's a lurker now. I'm a lurker. The only time I see what anyone's doing is when it's a humblebrag. I have no idea what's actually going on in my…
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I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass2025 · touchgrass.now · ▲1,203i 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.
Touched GrassDec 2025 · touched-grass.com · ▲405I started giving away badges on X to people who touched grass just for fun and most of them loved it! So I decided to create a whole website about it. Process is simple: - Enter X username / url - Fetch Profile image and choose badge - Generates a badge page which can be shared with nice OG images The site is deployed on Vercel, with R2 and Browser rendering for OG images and data storage.
TouchGrassJul 2026 · touchgrass.land · ▲335Context-aware break reminders without invasive permissions
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