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clearspace

make your phone less addicting

4.8•27 reviews•

1.7K followers

make your phone less addicting

4.8•27 reviews•

1.7K followers

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clearspace eliminates compulsive phone use by intercepting impulsive app opens and cutting doomscrolling sessions short. dopamine-driven app experiences establish addictive user behaviors. clearspace is the antidote.
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Launched in 2023View 2 launches
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clearspace was ranked #5 of the week for March 2nd, 2023
clearspace was ranked #3 of the day for March 2nd, 2023
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clearspace

clearspace

Pushups to earn screen time
clearspace was ranked #2 of the day for September 19th, 2024
Clearspace now makes it harder to mindlessly scroll by charging an entrance fee for opening your apps - physical exercise. Unlock your apps with pushups, squats, or steps.
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iOS•Health & Fitness•Productivity
Launch Team
Michael SeibelOliver HillRoyce Branning

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Oliver Hill
Oliver Hill

clearspace

Maker
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Thanks @mwseibel for hunting us! 👋 Hey Product Hunt! (thanks for hunting us @mwseibel) I'm Oliver, one of the founders of Clearspace. Royce and I began building clearspace because we were tired of our phones taking us away from moments in life that mattered to us most. Our mission to create digital environments that work for us, and not the other way round. We're thrilled to launch a huge new piece of our offering, which lets you earn time on addicting apps with physical motion. How it works 1. Choose your exercise: pick between pushups, squats, or steps. This will be the exercise that you use to earn your time on apps you limit through Clearspace. 2. Choose your apps: The apps you'd like to use less of are up to you. Clearspace will gate those apps and require proof of motion to open them! 3. Choose your difficulty: You set the conversion ratio between exercise and minutes earned. One pushup to one minute is the default, but scale it up to 3 pushups to a minute in hard mode, or 10 pushups to a minute in warrior mode! We had a blast building this, along the way, we're pretty sure we've built the best exercise detection in the world. And with more than a million pushups logged by users earning their scroll, people seem to agree! Royce and I have seen first hand that changing our habits requires changing our environment. And even though we’re spending more of our lives online, our tools for changing our digital environments are incredibly limited. That’s where we come in. We’ll help you set up a digital environment that is aligned with your goals rather than big tech’s bottom line. Some other ways we allow you to create your ideal digital environment: - Create scheduled windows where you can freely access apps, (or they’re blocked entirely) - Write notes to yourself that you’ll see before every app open - Build your streak each day you stay under your scrolling budget - Add accountability partners who get notified if you break your budget or delete Clearspace. - Turn off social feeds entirely on the web
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11mo ago
Andy Hwang
Andy Hwang
@mwseibel @anteloper Wow, Clearspace sounds like a clever way to balance screen time and fitness! I love the idea of "earning" app time through exercise. How many pushups have you done so far using it? Do you think this approach could work for other healthy habits too?
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11mo ago
Oliver Hill
Oliver Hill

clearspace

Maker
@mwseibel @andyroamer Great q! It's something we think about a lot. Honestly I think the unique nature of digital habits is that we can automate the moment of "habit intercept". With physical habits (take biting my nails as an example) it's much harder/impossible to automatically interrupt that But with digital habit change, we actually can! It's a beautiful thing and one of the reasons I'm so optimistic about the space. And I am above 1000 - almost 2000 if you count the ones I did to train the AI model on pushup detection!
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11mo ago
Royce Branning
Royce Branning

clearspace

Maker
@mwseibel @anteloper @andyroamer all users combined have already done over 1 million!
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11mo ago
Pradhumn Vijayvargiya
Pradhumn Vijayvargiya
Stella AI

Stella AI

@mwseibel @anteloper woohhhh I am mindblown, wanted something like this. I am spending too much time on the screen and also delaying my plan to workout daily. This will solve two problems simultaneously. Loved it, all the best for launch
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11mo ago
Eric
Eric
Epsilla (YC S23)

Epsilla (YC S23)

@mwseibel @anteloper Congrats!
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11mo ago
HackerQED
HackerQED
Installed in the first glance. Gonna be a healthy hacker with your awesome application. Btw, does it support other workouts, like burpees or planks?
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11mo ago
Royce Branning
Royce Branning

clearspace

Maker
@hackerqed yes! supports squats and steps in addition to pushups at the moment. Burpees and planks possibly to come in the future!
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11mo ago
Oliver Hill
Oliver Hill

clearspace

Maker
@hackerqed Not yet but early support has been overwhelming! Likely new exercises to come soon
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11mo ago
Stasia Avramenko
Stasia Avramenko

clearspace

Maker
@hackerqed thanks for installing Clearspace right off the bat! Love the idea of becoming a "healthy hacker" with it. As Royce and Oliver mentioned, we’re thinking on adding more exercises like burpees and planks, so stay tuned—there’s more to come! Let us know how the app helps you stay active in the meantime!
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11mo ago
Gabe Perez
Gabe Perez
Product Hunt

Product Hunt

Haha I love this idea. My friends and I already text each other to do pushups and such, but this is an awesome idea to encourage the workout habits while reducing screen time. How did you get the body tracking to work? I haven't tampered with that in building yet. Congrats on the launch!
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11mo ago
Oliver Hill
Oliver Hill

clearspace

Maker
@gabe We used CreateML and a lot of elbow grease! I actually thought it was going to be significantly easier than it turned out to be. We first tried a cloud approach which was accurate but way too slow. Had to shift to doing it on-device which turned out to be a great decision once tuned up the model and got it really accurate
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11mo ago
Gabe Perez
Gabe Perez
Product Hunt

Product Hunt

@anteloper I'm going to have to dive into CreateML and play with it! Don't you love when something that you think is going to be easy turns out to take most of the time TT__TT Pretty cool that this is all able to be handled on-device now. Thanks for sharing and I hope y'all keep building with clearspace or at least with the concept. Really into it.
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11mo ago
Royce Branning
Royce Branning

clearspace

Maker
@gabe that's awesome, it's such a life hack to build community around fitness goals!
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11mo ago
Royce Branning
Royce Branning

clearspace

Maker
@anteloper @gabe appreciate the support!
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11mo ago
Stasia Avramenko
Stasia Avramenko

clearspace

Maker
@gabe, thanks for the support! It’s always great to hear that people are already finding creative ways to balance fitness with screen time. Clearspace is all about making those habits even easier to stick to, and we love that it’s resonating with you. The technical side is all magic from our dev team, but what really excites us is seeing how people like you integrate it into their lives and make healthier choices. Keep us posted on how you and your friends use it!
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clearspace Pushups to earn screen time

Launched on September 19th, 2024

clearspace was ranked #2 of the day for September 19th, 2024
clearspace was ranked #2 of the day for September 19th, 2024

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4.8
Based on 27 reviews
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Clearspace is praised for effectively reducing compulsive phone use and promoting mindful app engagement. Users appreciate its innovative approach, like requiring a push-up to open apps, which encourages intentional usage. Many report decreased screen time and improved focus. The app is described as simple yet powerful, with a user-friendly interface. A maker from Minutes: AI Meeting Notes & Transcripts highlights its effectiveness in curbing excessive scrolling during work. While some users find the setup process challenging, the overall feedback is overwhelmingly positive.

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