Dawnova: Morning Sunlight

Your apps stay locked until you see the sun

Android

Health & Fitness

Productivity

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Hey Product Hunt 👋 I built Dawnova because of a habit I couldn't break: waking up and scrolling in bed, in the dark, for half an hour before I'd even sat up. I tried Screen Time limits and the usual blockers. They all have the same weakness — one tap or a passcode and you're back in. Half-asleep me always won. So Dawnova uses a condition you can't fake from bed: ☀️ Your chosen apps lock when you wake up 🚶 Walk 15 steps 🌅 Get a few minutes of real outdoor light, and they unlock Morning light is the strongest signal your body clock gets, so the habit that breaks the scroll is also one that helps you sleep at night. 📊 And you can actually see it. Dawnova reads your sleep duration, HRV and resting heart rate from Apple Health or Health Connect — so your Apple Watch, Oura, Whoop, Fitbit, Garmin, Samsung watch or anything else that syncs there feeds your insights. You see how your morning light and evening wind-down line up with how you actually slept. Because alcohol, late caffeine and stress move sleep more than any habit, you can tag those nights in a few seconds and Dawnova compares like with like — clean nights with clean nights. When there isn't enough data yet, it says so. "Associated with," never "caused." A few other details I cared about: • Winter Mode — the light target adapts to real cloud cover, so grey mornings still count and you're never locked out because it's dark • Evening wind-down — the same apps pause before bed until you do one short breathing session • "Skip today" for the mornings you genuinely need your phone • No wearable? The blocker, streaks and breathing all work without one It's on iPhone and Android. I'd love your feedback — especially if you've tried (and beaten 😅) other screen-time apps. What would make you stick with something like this?