Pet Gatekeeper - Turn your pet into a doomscroll blocker.
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Unlike screen-time blockers that punish you with friction, Pet Gatekeeper interrupts doomscrolling with a short video of YOUR own pet ā not stock animation. Generate it on our site from one photo, install the Chrome extension to guard your feeds, and add the Win/Mac desktop app if you want coverage beyond the browser. First digital-wellness tool using personal emotional attachment instead of guilt, willpower, or hard blocks. Multi-pet cloud library, synced across every screen.
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Hey Product Hunt š
I built Pet Gatekeeper because every screen-time app I've tried felt like punishment. Hard blockers made me angry. Timers made me cheat. Streak apps made me anxious.
So I flipped the idea: what if the thing that interrupts my scroll is something I actually love?
Pet Gatekeeper interrupts doomscrolling with a short video of YOUR own pet when you've been scrolling too long on X, Instagram, TikTok, or Reddit. Not a stranger's cat. Not a stock animation. Your pet.
Credit where it's due ā the spark came from @konekone2026's Cat Gatekeeper, a lovely extension that uses cat videos to interrupt doomscrolls. Pet Gatekeeper takes it one step further: anyone can use their OWN pet, not a fixed cast.
How it works:
1. Visit petgatekeeper.com and upload one photo of your pet
2. We animate it into a short looping "gatekeeper" ā saved to your cloud library
3. Install the Chrome extension and your pet starts guarding your feeds
Want coverage beyond the browser? We also ship Windows & Mac desktop apps that gatekeep system-wide ā so your pet shows up whether you're doomscrolling X in Chrome, in the X desktop app, or anywhere else on your machine. One pet, every screen.
Why I think this works better than blockers:
ā¢ Positive friction instead of frustration
ā¢ You can't ignore your own pet the way you ignore a popup
ā¢ Works WITH your dopamine system instead of fighting it
Free to try. I'd love your feedback ā especially:
ā What pets should we support next? (Bunny? Bird? Lizard?)
ā Which sites/apps should we gatekeep by default?
Thanks for checking it out ā and give your pet a treat from me š¾