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Tempo
Your screen time is earned. Workouts unlock your apps.
Tempo blocks the apps you choose — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, games — and reopens them only with minutes of real activity. Workouts and steps from Apple Health or Health Connect fill a balance of screen minutes, at the exchange rate you set. Above zero, every locked app opens; at zero, iOS shuts them again, even with Tempo closed. No ignore button, no emergency exit, no code. No account, no server, no analytics. Free on iPhone and Android.
Hi Product Hunt ! I built Tempo because every app blocker I tried had the same flaw: the exit asks nothing of you. Screen Time has “Ignore Limit for Today”. Blockers have emergency modes, or a timer that lifts the block on its own. Sooner or later you tap through.
Tempo removes the button. Your blocked apps share one balance of screen minutes, and the only thing that fills it is a workout or steps, read from Apple Health or Health Connect. You pick the exchange rate: 1 minute of exercise for 1, 2 or 3 screen minutes. Above zero, everything opens; at zero, iOS shuts it all again, even with Tempo closed.
A few things I cared about: workouts typed by hand into Health don’t count (the obvious cheat is closed). Earned minutes expire after 24 hours, so you can’t bank a week for one Sunday. And nothing leaves your phone: no account, no server, no analytics.
It’s not parental control: you can uninstall it. Strict mode (Pro) just puts 24 hours between the urge to loosen a setting and its effect.
The free version blocks unlimited apps and lets you spend 60 screen minutes a day. I’d love to hear where it breaks for you.
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About Tempo on Product Hunt
“Your screen time is earned. Workouts unlock your apps.”
Tempo was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 2 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #158 on the daily leaderboard. Tempo blocks the apps you choose — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, games — and reopens them only with minutes of real activity. Workouts and steps from Apple Health or Health Connect fill a balance of screen minutes, at the exchange rate you set. Above zero, every locked app opens; at zero, iOS shuts them again, even with Tempo closed. No ignore button, no emergency exit, no code. No account, no server, no analytics. Free on iPhone and Android.
Tempo was featured in Android (57.6k followers), iOS (110.8k followers), Health & Fitness (83.2k followers) and Productivity (660.8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 278.4k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Tempo?
Tempo was hunted by Florent M. 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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Florent M
Hi Product Hunt ! I built Tempo because every app blocker I tried had the same flaw: the exit asks nothing of you. Screen Time has “Ignore Limit for Today”. Blockers have emergency modes, or a timer that lifts the block on its own. Sooner or later you tap through.
Tempo removes the button. Your blocked apps share one balance of screen minutes, and the only thing that fills it is a workout or steps, read from Apple Health or Health Connect. You pick the exchange rate: 1 minute of exercise for 1, 2 or 3 screen minutes. Above zero, everything opens; at zero, iOS shuts it all again, even with Tempo closed.
A few things I cared about: workouts typed by hand into Health don’t count (the obvious cheat is closed). Earned minutes expire after 24 hours, so you can’t bank a week for one Sunday. And nothing leaves your phone: no account, no server, no analytics.
It’s not parental control: you can uninstall it. Strict mode (Pro) just puts 24 hours between the urge to loosen a setting and its effect.
The free version blocks unlimited apps and lets you spend 60 screen minutes a day. I’d love to hear where it breaks for you.