Stop doomscrolling by blocking your addictive apps!
Tired of doomscrolling? Barrier limits screen time to 10-minute sessions, then locks distracting apps. To unlock, you wait 30 seconds... just enough time to reconsider. It’s free, simple, and users report 70% less screen time. Stop scrolling. Start living.
I originally built this for myself because I was wasting way too much time scrolling. After showing a few friends, they convinced me to release it publicly.
The 30-second pause breaks that automatic habit of opening apps when you get bored, and the 10-minute re-lock that snaps you back to reality.
Honestly has saved me from hours of scrolling every day and hope it can do the same for you!
About Barrier on Product Hunt
“Stop doomscrolling by blocking your addictive apps!”
Barrier launched on Product Hunt on July 19th, 2025 and earned 374 upvotes and 55 comments, earning #1 Product of the Day. Tired of doomscrolling? Barrier limits screen time to 10-minute sessions, then locks distracting apps. To unlock, you wait 30 seconds... just enough time to reconsider. It’s free, simple, and users report 70% less screen time. Stop scrolling. Start living.
On the analytics side, Barrier competes within iOS, Productivity and Time Tracking — topics that collectively have 771.7k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Barrier performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Barrier?
Barrier was hunted by JC. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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