BePresent is not your typical screen time app. The app blocking tools you need are reinforced with psychology-based gamification, accountability, and awareness. Replace the dopamine hit you used to get from scrolling with dopamine for staying off your phone.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I’m Jack, the founder of BePresent: Duolingo for reducing screen time.
I founded the company with my brother because as the first generation to grow up with smartphones, we struggle with phone addiction every day.
And we truly believe this is the defining problem of our generation.
We’ve tried everything to solve it, from time limits we just ignored, to app blockers we just disabled. Nothing worked.
Sound familiar?
We realized to solve this problem, we needed to take a different approach.
Introducing BePresent, where instead of focusing on self-control or simple app blocking, we use the same psychological techniques that keep us addicted to instead enforce healthy tech use.
Essentially, we turn limiting your screen time and blocking apps into a game you can play solo or with friends for accountability, replacing the dopamine hit you used to get from scrolling with dopamine for staying OFF your phone.
We’d love for you to try it out and let us know what you think!
#StopScrollingStartLiving
-Jack & Charles Winston, Co-founders @ BePresent
P.S. If you're looking to get involved in our mission, reach out at [email protected]!
P.P.S. huge shoutout to @benln for hunting us!
I love it, been using it since a year ago, it keep me mindful about my time used on phone. Feature I like most are yesterday review were you can like or dislike your yesterdays total time used, daily tip, and that you can exclude 2 categories. I like it doesn´t block apps by default, because I tried those and they end up being frustrating. Instead BePresent helps you to be conscious about how much time you spend, I think managing or changing your mindset towards the use is more important that restriction, but you can manually take a present session which would actually block apps, except the ones you selected to be excluded.
Such an amazing app and so necessary in a world that's collectively dealing with tech addiction!
No better high than absolute presence. The more present we get to be together, the better. Love this vibe.
Bravo Jack & Charles!! If I could upvote this 1,000 times I would. I battle with my kids' screen time every day (& also my own!)
It's brilliantly effective and surprisingly addictive. It's helped me find a healthier balance between technology and real-life experiences. Say goodbye to mindless scrolling and hello to a more mindful approach to screen time management!
Congratulations Jack and Charles on the launch of BePresent! Tackling phone addiction with a gamified approach is such a creative solution to a pressing issue in today's society. How do you see BePresent evolving in the future to further enhance users' experience and combat screen time addiction on a larger scale?
did a blockin session this morning and it made my day. great stuff guys keep it up
The Duolingo slogan caught me hehe, looks very good. I joined the android waitlist! Congratulations on the launch!
Congrats on the launch!! I already love this app and I've only been using it for a short period of time it really makes realize how often I am scrolling and looking at pointless things on social media. One piece that's really helped is the feature that lets you block specific apps for part of the day so I don't immediately start scrolling when I wake up as I normally did before. Really glad I started using this and hope many more use it!!
Jack & Charles! I'm so happy to see you guys launch on product hunt - congratulations! Love that you always listen to your users and are using gamification for good. Love the social shaming feature too :) going to get my phone-addicted roommate on GetPresent asap. Love what you're building - sending lots of support.
This is literally such a life saver! I have been using this app for a few months now and my productivity has skyrocketed !!!
Hi guys. It's interesting that you call your app Duolingo for reducing screen time. How does BePresent integrate gamification principles into its approach to reducing screen time?
Seriously, BePresent is so useful it should come standard on all phones, pre-installed just like Maps! But if I had to choose between them? BePresent, all the way. It's exactly what we need to get our screen time in check. Love what you guys are doing! Congrats!🤘
Congrats on the launch! It's been exciting to see the app grow and evolve from Day 1. Love the way you guys have used positive psychology and gamification to encourage freeing up my time rather than just making me feel guilty about using my phone.
Love this app, has helped me understand and lower my screen time for months now! Interface is intuitive and fun, and I love the concept of seeing how your screen time stacks up against friends using the app. Definitely more engaging than the stock screen time app
I like this! There's some functionality built into iphones already, but this goes much deeper. I really prefer something that can incentivize you to ... well, be present, like this! Excellent work 🙌
I downloaded Be Present, and it completely changed the complexity of how I view screen time and how I live my life. I realized I was addicted to my phone. But with this app I was able to cut many hours off my weekly screen time, and it has allowed me to thrive in other parts of my life. Jack and Charles are tackling head first a major problem in our society, and I would highly recommend this app
