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TapToll
Would you pay for more screen time?
Pick your worst apps and set a daily screen time limit or focus hours. When you hit the limit, they lock. Want more anyway? Pay a toll you priced yourself ($0.99 to $9.99). If 10 minutes isn't worth $2, it wasn't worth your time anyway.
About TapToll on Product Hunt
“Would you pay for more screen time?”
TapToll was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 9 upvotes and 11 comments, placing #113 on the daily leaderboard. Pick your worst apps and set a daily screen time limit or focus hours. When you hit the limit, they lock. Want more anyway? Pay a toll you priced yourself ($0.99 to $9.99). If 10 minutes isn't worth $2, it wasn't worth your time anyway.
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Hi Product Hunt,
A while back I watched a Greg Isenberg video with the Wombo AI founder. He said that people are glued to their phones. Nothing new, but I kept thinking, how I could change that?
Simply because I dislike that reality. Aaand I probably could spend less time on my phone as well.
I was already using the Screen Time feature of Apple, but you can just tap that away. I then discovered, that there is a huge market for app blockers and focus apps. But none of them were right for me. Collecting steps or do push-ups/workout? I workout five times a week already, so that was no blocker for me. Praying? I am not religious. Just use will power/focus? Would I need the app if that worked?
So I brainstormed a bit and finally thought: "What if screen time would cost money?" And that is how TapToll was born. If going past my limit cost real money, I'd think twice.
That's the entire app: pick your worst apps, set a daily limit or focus hours, and when you hit the limit they lock via Apple's Screen Time enforcement. If you want more time anyway, you pay a toll you priced yourself in advance ($0.99–$9.99).
Afterwards it asks: was it worth it?
My beta testers reported that even in Apple TestFlight, where you do not actually pay the money, the psychological effect is so strong that they were reluctant to pay money just to spend more time on e.g. Instagram.
Things I cared about building it:
– You set the price, in a calm moment. No surprise pricing, no dark patterns, spend caps included.
– Walking away is always free. The toll is the escape hatch, not the goal. The goal is for you to spend less time on your phone.
– Local-first. Your rules, usage, and history stay on your iPhone. No account needed.
Free tier runs one focus rule with up to 2 apps, forever. Pro (more rules, bigger app groups, deeper insights) is 50% off the first year during launch week with code TOUCHGRASS (redeemable during onboarding).
I have built this solo on the side and would be super interested in your honest feedback.
Edit:
I completely forgot to say what I have in mind for the future:
Add multiple languages for the app
depending on demand and feasibility, release on Android as well
improve the progress page with even more insights and perspectives