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Get up. Scroll on purpose.

Glitch blocks the apps you doom-scroll on. To get them back you do something physical, like walking to your charger. Then you get about 20 minutes.

Follow the build

Coming soon. iPhone first, Android after.

The charger is over there.

That's the whole idea. Keep it across the room, and every scroll starts with a short walk.

A living room seen from above. A dotted trail of footsteps runs from a phone on the sofa, past the coffee table, to a charger on a shelf at the far side of the room.you, mid-scrollabout 12 stepsyour charger

  1. You open TikTok

    Glitch gets there first. Instead of the feed, you get one word: Stopped.

  2. You get up

    Walk to the charger and plug in. Ten seconds later, Glitch believes you.

  3. You get 20 minutes

    Of actual scrolling. Answer a text or put the phone down and the clock waits.

  4. The block comes back

    Mid-video, if it has to. Want more? You know where the charger is.

What a scroll costs.

Four ways to pay. Switch on the ones you'll actually do.

  • Charge your phone

    Plug in wherever the charger lives. Ideally not next to the sofa.

    earns 20 min

  • Walk 250 steps

    About three minutes around the flat.

    earns 15 min

  • Tap the fridge sticker

    An NFC sticker that costs about 40p, stuck somewhere you have to stand up to reach.

    earns 10 min

  • Do 20 push-ups

    Phone on the floor, under your chest. It counts the reps.

    earns 30 min

You can change what each one earns. Time you don't use runs out after four hours, so there's no saving it up for a binge.

A speed bump, not a prison.

Can I cheat?
Yes. You could peel the sticker off the fridge and keep it in your pocket. Glitch isn't trying to be unbeatable. It works because standing up breaks the trance, and because a walk to the charger is just annoying enough to make you ask whether this scroll is worth it.
Can I turn it off?
Always. Pause it, or take an emergency unlock: a 60-second wait buys you five minutes, three times a week. Delete the app and everything unblocks. It's your phone.
What does Glitch know about me?
Almost nothing. There's no account and no analytics, and nothing leaves your phone. Apple doesn't even tell Glitch which apps you picked.
Which apps can it block?
Whichever ones eat your evenings. You pick them once, from a list Apple provides: Instagram, TikTok, Vinted, whatever. Glitch can block the same sites in Safari too.
When can I get it?
Not yet, but soon. It comes to iPhone first, on iOS 17 or later, and to Android after that.

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