Launching today
Hydration Hostage
Your screen stays locked until you actually drink water
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Your screen stays locked until you actually drink water
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Reminders are easy to ignore. Dismissing a notification costs nothing. So Hydration Hostage doesn't remind. It locks your Mac on a schedule and only unlocks when the camera (100% on-device, nothing uploaded) sees you actually take a sip. Three escalating modes depending how much you trust yourself. One-time purchase, no subscription. The first of a series of apps that make you do the thing instead of nagging you to. Reminders ask. Hydration Hostage enforces.
Hey Product Hunt š I'm Huy.
I've tried many hydration reminders and ignored all of them. By 4PM my hydration status is two coffees, regret, and "I should drink more water tomorrow". The problem was never remembering. It's that dismissing a notification is free. So I removed that option.
Hydration Hostage sits in your menu bar, and on your schedule it takes over your screen. The normal way out is simple: take an actual sip of water. The camera checks locally and unlocks when it sees the cup reach your mouth. Reminders ask. This enforces.
A few things people usually want to know:
100% on-device ā Apple's Vision framework handles it. Nothing recorded, nothing uploaded, works fully offline. Esc is always an emergency exit. It's enforcement, not ransomware.
Three modes ā Gentle (it asks), Enforcer (it checks), Hostage (it doesn't trust you). Pick how much accountability you can handle.
7-day premium free trial. One-time purchase if you'd love it, no subscription. Buy it once, it's yours.
It's the first of a series ā I build apps for problems I caused myself.
You can try it here: hydrationhostage.com
It's v1.0 from a solo dev, so I'd genuinely love your feedback. Three things I'm curious about:
1. What's the longest you've gone without water on a deep-work day (be honest)?
2. Have you tried a hydration app before and what made you quit it?
3. What habit should I make it enforce next? (squats and posture are already in the pile š)