My brother and I have been building Tune for the past few months. It started with a frustration you might recognize: every screen-time tool we tried was too easy to bypass. "Ignore Limit" becomes muscle memory. The blocker lives on the same screen as the distraction, so willpower is still doing all the work. So we made unlocking physical. You pick the apps and sites you want blocked, then lock and unlock them with a physical key - like a door key, but for your phone. Leave the key in the kitchen, and opening Instagram means getting up and walking to the kitchen. That little bit of distance is usually enough to notice what you're doing. We're not the first to make blocking physical. But as far as we know, we're the first to let you try the physical experience without buying any hardware - using something you already own: your phone charger. For a week, your charger is your key. Open Tune, plug it in for a second, unplug - locked. Same thing to unlock. Your phone doesn't stay tethered; the plug-in is the turn of the key. The experiment: leave your charger across the room and see what a week of that does to your scrolling. Three things we built in because blockers usually fail one of three ways: If you genuinely need a blocked app, you can take a timed break - quick access that keeps one exception from turning into an evening of scrolling. For apps where you want a time limit instead of a full block, you start a streak. A limit you can ignore is just a suggestion - a streak you'd lose is surprisingly hard to break. The exciting part: start one with a friend, so you're both taking on the same challenge. And blocking one device usually just moves the scrolling to another screen - so Tune runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. (The trial covers iPhone and iPad; the Mac app pairs with the physical key.) We're early and honestly want feedback from people who've bounced off other blockers. Two things we're trying to figure out: does the physical step actually change your behavior? And where does it get annoying? 7 days free, no card, nothing to buy. Link in the first comment - tap "Start Free Trial. For transparency: after the trial, the physical Tune Key is $59 and comes with lifetime app access.   submitted by   /u/chutzpah123 [link]   [comments]