The focus app that shows your mom when you procrastinate
Every other focus app shows you a quiet block page and asks you to breathe. BossMode fullscreens someone you're genuinely scared of — your mom, your boss, a crying child — the second you open Instagram during work hours. You get a shame counter, escalating lockout timers, dramatic sound effects, and a brutal end-of-day roast notification. Free to install. $6.99 once to unlock your own photos/videos, all 5 character packs, and the full shame experience. No subscription. Shame is forever.
Hey PH! 👋 I'm Sudarshan, built this because every productivity app I tried was too polite.
Cold Turkey shows a calm page. Freedom plays zen music. I needed someone to look me in the eye and make me feel bad.
So I uploaded my mom's photo.
I got caught opening Instagram 11 times in one day. I closed the tab every single time — because I couldn't handle the stare.
BossMode is free to install. Pro is $6.99 once — no subscription, no renewal, just permanent accountability.
There's also a Viral Refund: post a Reel of your reaction getting caught, hit 2K views = 50% back, 20K views = full refund. Your embarrassment is the marketing budget.
Happy to answer anything — roast me in the comments, I can take it. 😅
About BossMode on Product Hunt
“The focus app that shows your mom when you procrastinate”
BossMode launched on Product Hunt on June 16th, 2026 and earned 67 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #44 on the daily leaderboard. Every other focus app shows you a quiet block page and asks you to breathe. BossMode fullscreens someone you're genuinely scared of — your mom, your boss, a crying child — the second you open Instagram during work hours. You get a shame counter, escalating lockout timers, dramatic sound effects, and a brutal end-of-day roast notification. Free to install. $6.99 once to unlock your own photos/videos, all 5 character packs, and the full shame experience. No subscription. Shame is forever.
On the analytics side, BossMode competes within Chrome Extensions, Productivity, Task Management and Vercel Day — topics that collectively have 791.4k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how BossMode performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted BossMode?
BossMode was hunted by Sudarshan Venkatesh. 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.
For a complete overview of BossMode including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Sudarshan Venkatesh