Clearspace now makes it harder to mindlessly scroll by charging an entrance fee for opening your apps - physical exercise. Unlock your apps with pushups, squats, or steps.
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I'm Oliver, one of the founders of Clearspace. Royce and I began building clearspace because we were tired of our phones taking us away from moments in life that mattered to us most. Our mission to create digital environments that work for us, and not the other way round.
We're thrilled to launch a huge new piece of our offering, which lets you earn time on addicting apps with physical motion.
How it works
1. Choose your exercise: pick between pushups, squats, or steps. This will be the exercise that you use to earn your time on apps you limit through Clearspace.
2. Choose your apps: The apps you'd like to use less of are up to you. Clearspace will gate those apps and require proof of motion to open them!
3. Choose your difficulty: You set the conversion ratio between exercise and minutes earned. One pushup to one minute is the default, but scale it up to 3 pushups to a minute in hard mode, or 10 pushups to a minute in warrior mode!
We had a blast building this, along the way, we're pretty sure we've built the best exercise detection in the world. And with more than a million pushups logged by users earning their scroll, people seem to agree!
Royce and I have seen first hand that changing our habits requires changing our environment. And even though we’re spending more of our lives online, our tools for changing our digital environments are incredibly limited. That’s where we come in. We’ll help you set up a digital environment that is aligned with your goals rather than big tech’s bottom line.
Some other ways we allow you to create your ideal digital environment:
- Create scheduled windows where you can freely access apps, (or they’re blocked entirely)
- Write notes to yourself that you’ll see before every app open
- Build your streak each day you stay under your scrolling budget
- Add accountability partners who get notified if you break your budget or delete Clearspace.
- Turn off social feeds entirely on the web
This app will make gyms extinct, great idea - maybe introduce other exercises besides push-ups?
My friend has been struggling with their phone habits, and this looks like just what they need. I can’t wait to share it with them
I'm eager to see how this helps people reclaim their time from mindless scrolling.
It would be helpful to have a feature that allows users to set specific goals for reducing screen time. This could keep motivation high
Accountability partners is huge! Even if they aren't actively tracking me, the social pressure to maintain my streak is super helpful
I noticed the signup process could use a little more clarity. A step-by-step guide might help new users get started more easily.
I've tried other screen time management tools, but I love that this one incorporates physical activity. It feels like a refreshing twist on the concept
I appreciate the focus on accountability partner's. Having someone to check in with can really boost motivation and commitment
Congrats on the launch! Tried this out for a day and will definitely continue using it. That being said, I have a few suggestions:
- Allow the exercises as a persistent setting separate from challenges. As someone using this app just by myself, I'd love to be able to have this option and not have to start another challenge every 7 days to access this feature. Then I could also configure my settings without resetting my earned minutes and tracked progress
- Allow choice of an exercise at the time of unlock (e.g. unlock for 5 minutes with 5 squats or 5 pushups). This would be good for getting some exercise variety and rest days
- Put a short timeout on the exercise detection. I had a couple instances where I finished one pushup and it tracked it as 3 in rapid succession. While getting the tracking perfect is a tricky task, I think at least putting a timeout for the amount of time a person can realistically complete one rep would help drastically.
All that being said, I love the app so far and definitely see it helping out my exercise and screen time habits! Feel free to reach out to me if you're ever doing any further testing/research.
Wow, this is such a game-changer! 👏
As someone who's always struggled with mindless scrolling, Clearspace sounds like the perfect solution to keep me in check and get some exercise in the process. The idea of earning my screen time with pushups or squats is both genius and motivating. 💪
I love how customizable it is—from choosing your exercise to setting your difficulty level. The flexibility to decide which apps to gate and the ability to schedule windows for free access is just the cherry on top. 🍒
The other features like writing notes to yourself, building streaks, and adding accountability partners make it so comprehensive. It's clear a lot of thought went into making this tool not just effective but also supportive for long-term habit change.
Kudos to Oliver and Royce for creating something so innovative and impactful. Can't wait to give it a try and see how many pushups I can do! 🏋️♂️
#DigitalWellness #FitnessMotivation #Clearspace
Brilliant idea!! but if we are in places where we can't workout and we want use it immediately because it is urgent. then what? there is any way to disable it temporary
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Congrats on the launch! This is the best solution I've ever found. It encourages you to either be fit or to lower your on-screen time. Best of both worlds
Tools for changing our digital environment.. I love it! Great vision! Are there any ideas to implement stretching for those that may be injured orrrr entire 10 or 30 minute workout plans?
Ha what a brilliant idea! This is like a physical sweat jar. Such a fun idea - knowing how much I hate working out, this may actually work.
Wasn’t there an app that can detect if you can do exercise properly? This reminds me of that.
Congrats @anteloper and team!
