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Your Phone, Your Rules, Productivity Launcher
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Minifon - Your Phone, Your Rules, Productivity Launcher

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Your phone wasn't designed for you. It was designed to keep you scrolling. Every notification, every infinite feed, every red badge — engineered to steal your attention. We check our phones 96 times a day. Most of those aren't intentional. Screen time limits don't work. They fight you after the damage is done. We asked a different question: what if your home screen was built for focus, not distraction?

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I'm Arthur, a solo developer from Mexico. I built Minifon because I had a real problem my screen time was 7-8 hours a day and I couldn't stop. I looked into dumbphones but didn't want to give up my iPhone. Then I found apps that turn your phone into a minimal launcher — cool concept, but every single one charges a monthly subscription. $10/month to block apps on your own phone felt wrong to me. So I built my own. Minifon replaces your home screen with a clean, minimal launcher using widgets, focus modes, and the Screen Time API. No distractions, no infinite feeds, just the apps you actually need. What makes Minifon different: - One-time purchase. No subscription, ever. - Built with SwiftUI and native iOS APIs — no bloat - Widgets for clock, calendar, app launcher, pomodoro timer - Progressive calendar (autoupdates daily) - Activity Monitor on Dynamic Island to access different apps - Screen Time blocking built in - Made by one person who actually uses it every day I'm currently running a Kickstarter to fund the launch. Early backers get up to 50% off the lifetime price.