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ReadtoUnlock — Read first. Scroll later
Blocks distracting apps until you earn your way back in.
Block distracting apps and earn minutes to unlock them by reading. Every page is worth 1 minute — pass a quick quiz to bank it, then spend your balance whenever you want.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I built Read to Unlock because I noticed how easy it is to spend 30–60 minutes scrolling without even realizing it — while reading a book somehow always gets postponed.
The idea is simple:
📖 Read 1 page → earn 1 minute of screen time.
You choose the apps you want to limit, read a few pages, and complete a quick AI-generated quiz to prove you actually read them. Once you pass, you unlock your apps for the time you earned.
Instead of completely blocking social media, Read to Unlock turns screen time into a reward for something useful.
I originally started building it for people who want to read more and scroll less, but I also realized it could be especially useful for parents who want to encourage their kids to build a reading habit without simply taking their phones away.
Would love to hear your feedback — especially what you would change or add. 🚀
About ReadtoUnlock — Read first. Scroll later on Product Hunt
“Blocks distracting apps until you earn your way back in.”
ReadtoUnlock — Read first. Scroll later was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #9 on the daily leaderboard. Block distracting apps and earn minutes to unlock them by reading. Every page is worth 1 minute — pass a quick quiz to bank it, then spend your balance whenever you want.
On the analytics side, ReadtoUnlock — Read first. Scroll later competes within Productivity, Artificial Intelligence and Books — topics that collectively have 1.3M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how ReadtoUnlock — Read first. Scroll later performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted ReadtoUnlock — Read first. Scroll later?
ReadtoUnlock — Read first. Scroll later was hunted by Askhat Bakitov. 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.
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Askhat Bakitov