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ChewView
Pauses your kid's video the second they stop chewing.
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Pauses your kid's video the second they stop chewing.
16 followers
Mealtimes turn parents into broken records: "chew… please chew." ChewView ends the loop. Pick a video, prop up the iPhone, and the front camera quietly watches your kid's jaw, the second chewing stops, the video pauses. Start chewing, it resumes. No buttons, no nagging, no battle. ✓ 100% on-device, the camera feed never leaves the phone ✓ iPhone & iPad ✓ 7-day free trial → $0.99 one-time (no subscription, ever) Soon: YouTube account linking, your kid's approved playlists, inside ChewView.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I am Hemangi, the maker. The embarrassing origin: every dinner with my kid was the same loop. "Are you eating or just watching?… please just chew." Video on, fork loaded, ten minutes between bites. I'd kill the video, they'd cry, I'd cave. Repeat for 18 months.
So I built ChewView. You pick a video inside the app, prop the iPhone or iPad up at the table, and the front camera watches the jaw. The second chewing stops, playback pauses. Start chewing → it resumes. Kids figure out the rule in about 30 seconds. Bites went from glacial to actually-finished-the-meal in our house.
And yes, a screen at the table isn't the parenting ideal. But on a Tuesday when both parents are on calls and lunch still has to happen, the iPad or your iPhone is coming out either way. ChewView's bet is simple: if a screen is going to be there, it should earn every second by tying playback to actual chewing, not run on autoplay while the kid stops eating entirely.
** A few things worth knowing: **
• 100% on-device. The camera feed never leaves the phone — no cloud, no recording, no account required. I wasn't going to ship a "watches your kid" app any other way.
• iPhone + iPad. Designed to be propped on a table, not held.
• 7-day free trial → $0.99 one-time. No subscription, ever. Basically "thanks for the build cost" pricing, I wanted parents to try it without thinking about it.
• Shipping next: YouTube account linking, so your kid's actual approved playlists show up inside ChewView instead of you wrangling URLs. Already in dev, would genuinely love thoughts on what should ship alongside it.
** Two asks while I'm here: **
1. If you try it with a picky eater this week, tell me how it went, failure modes especially. Lighting, weird jaw angles, kids who chew with their mouth open vs. closed. I want the breakage reports.
2. What feature would make this a daily-use app in your household? Timer? Bites-counted streak? Parent dashboard?
Thanks for the love. 🍽️