Hey Product Hunt 👋 I built Pip because every screen-time app I tried failed the same way: it says NO, you tap "ignore," and nothing happens. There's no moment where the choice costs you anything. So I made the friction emotional instead of administrative. When you reach for a blocked app, you don't get a wall — you get Pip. To bypass her you have to physically hold a button for 1.8 seconds, and while you hold it she wilts in real time: her sprout droops, her smile inverts, the whole screen desaturates, and the haptics fade out like a heartbeat. Let go early and she springs back with a bounce. Stay with her and she grows a petal. On the "for girls" part, since it always comes up: that's the actual product thesis. This entire category — Opal, Brick, One Sec — is built on discipline and lockdown. Meanwhile the apps women genuinely pay for, like Finch and Flo, run on nurture and identity. Nobody had built a blocker in that register. (Anyone can use it.) A few things under the hood: • Real blocking through Apple's Screen Time API (FamilyControls) — not a fake timer • iOS never tells us which apps you have. We only ever receive opaque tokens, so your app list is genuinely private • No account, no servers, no analytics — nothing leaves your phone • A home screen widget where she visibly wilts if you neglect her • Six calming mini-games for when the scroll urge hits It took 4 App Store rejections to get here. Happy to answer anything about building on the Screen Time APIs — they're painful and barely documented. One thing I'd genuinely love your take on: is guilt a fair mechanic? Pip wilting *works* — it stopped me scrolling in testing — but I go back and forth on whether I built something kind or something manipulative. Where's the line?

Pip - Stop Scrolling for Girls

Screen time blocker with feelings: she wilts when you scroll

Screen time blocker with feelings: she wilts when you scroll