Shutout

👋 Hey Product Hunt! I'm Aditya, the solo creator of Shutout. Why I built Shutout: I was tired of mindlessly scrolling on my phone, so I opened Settings and set a Screen Time limit to try and stop myself. The next day, I saw the "Time Limit" screen pop up as I scrolled, and without so much as a second thought, I pressed "Ignore Limit" and moved on. I tried third-party blockers, like Opal and Clearspace. Those were just as easy to get around, all I had to do was flip a switch in Settings and they were completely useless (Proof: www.bit.ly/opaldoesntwork—it literally took me 5 seconds to instantly brick both apps) and were super expensive. I looked for something different: an app with no workarounds at all, something I could set up and forget about. I couldn’t find one. So I built my own. Shutout locks you out of iOS's built-in Screen Time—with NO workarounds. How it works: 1. You set up app limits in Screen Time on your phone, like normal. 2. Shutout has you set a password in a confusing way, so that you won't remember it ("enter 12/3...enter 4*2...press delete...enter 49/7..."). This removes the "Ignore Limit" button and stops you from turning off your limits—you don't know the password anymore. 3. The password is saved without being shown to you. To access it later, you’ll face a “willpower wall”—entering, say, 600 random words to retrieve it. Tedious enough to stop you, but still accessible for emergencies. Beat the attention economy, stop doomscrolling, and make 2025 the most productive year you've had yet—www.shutout.app. 👉 Just $14.99 for life, or $1.99 per month—only for launch. That's 26x cheaper than Opal's lifetime plan ($400), and 4x cheaper than their monthly plan ($8.29)!

Did you consider also a life-time plan too? :)

Excellent product! Here's a suggestion for a pricing model: installation is free, but if you want to bypass the limit, there is a fee of $1.99 each time