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HyperSleep
Block social media until you've actually slept
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Block social media until you've actually slept
384 followers
Every screen-time app fails for the same reason: you have to turn it on and at 1am, you won't. HyperSleep flips it. Your social apps stay locked until multi-sensor detection verifies you actually slept. It auto-starts at bedtime, runs 100% on-device, and turns "scroll less" from willpower into an outcome you earn. Android.
Hey Roddy! I have seen a lot of apps like these. How's hyper sleep different?
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@umermedia Hey Umer! Fair question. There are a lot of screen-time apps out there 🙂
Here's the core difference:
Most blockers are time-based. HyperSleep is outcome-based.
Typical apps lock your apps on a schedule or a timer but a timer doesn't care whether you actually slept, and you can usually just tap "ignore" or "5 more minutes" until the willpower runs out.
HyperSleep gates access on verified sleep, not the clock. HyperSleep doesn't need willpower, it uses your body. We use multi-sensor detection (Google's Sleep API + motion + light + usage) to confirm you actually slept before your apps unlock. You can't snooze your way past it.
The psychology flip is the real magic: instead of restricting you ("you've used your 30 min, no more"), you earn your scroll time by sleeping. It feels like a reward, not a punishment, which is the difference between an app you delete in a week and one that actually changes the habit.
And for the inevitable "but what if I really need my phone?"; there are built-in overrides, so it nudges rather than imprisons.
What apps have you tried? Genuinely curious what made you bounce off them.
How does it work? Do you have to put the phone on your bed?
HyperSleep
@louislecat Great question Louis. Nope, you just keep your phone on your nightstand like usual or bedside table, wherever. No need to put it on the bed or under your pillow. HyperSleep reads motion, light, and Google's Sleep API in the background to confirm you slept, then unlocks your apps in the morning. No wearable, nothing on the bed. 😴
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@harini_mukesh Haha, the fact that you're discovering a sleep app while scrolling Product Hunt past bedtime might be the most on-brand thing all launch 😅 You're exactly who I built this for.
Thank you for the kind words 🙏 iOS isn't here yet (Android first for now), but it's firmly on the roadmap and I'd love to have you try it. Want me to ping you the second it lands?
Also, a big update is dropping very soon with more features on the way, so it only gets better from here. Would love your honest take once you're in.
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Something I didn't emphasize enough above 👇
Every other blocker has the same flaw: it needs you to show up at the exact moment you're least able to: 1am, tired, already three reels deep. You have to choose to stop, right when choosing is hardest.
So I took the human out of the loop.
You set your HyperSleep bedtime once. That's the only decision you make. After that:
🌙 It starts itself. Every night, no reminder, no tapping "start"
🔒 Your apps lock on schedule whether you feel like it or not
☀️ They unlock in the morning, but only once you've actually slept
No willpower. No human interruption. You set it, you forget it and you stop fighting yourself at midnight, because you already won that fight at 9pm.
Honest question: how many screen-time apps have you downloaded… and then never opened again? 😅
@hypersleep I like that this ties app blocking to an actual behavior goal instead of just “be more productive.” Blocking social media is easy to ignore, but connecting it to sleep makes the boundary feel more meaningful.
HyperSleep
@alpertayfurr Exactly this. You put it better than I usually do 🙏
"Be more productive" is too abstract to lose to at 1am. Sleep is concrete: you either hit your hours or you didn't, no negotiating with yourself. And it's a goal you already want; the app isn't imposing some new discipline, it's enforcing the one you'd choose anyway when you're rested enough to think straight.
It's also why I dodged the guilt angle most blockers lean on. Not "you're weak, scroll less". It's "sleep, and your apps are right there waiting." A reward you walk toward, not a punishment you endure.
Genuine question: do you think the boundary would feel just as meaningful tied to other behaviors someday (a workout, a morning routine), or does sleep hit different because it's the one we all quietly fail at?
@hypersleep I think sleep hits different because the feedback loop is immediate and hard to rationalize away. A workout or morning routine could work too, but they may feel more like self-improvement goals. Sleep feels more foundational — if you miss it, everything else gets worse, so the boundary feels less arbitrary.
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This is such a relatable problem 😅. So many of us set screen time limits with good intentions, only to ignore them when bedtime actually comes around.
I really like the idea of focusing on the outcome rather than the timer. "Earn your scroll by sleeping" is a clever concept and feels different from most screen-time apps I've seen.
The fact that everything runs locally is a huge plus as well.
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@gabriella_anjani This honestly made my day 🙏 You just described exactly why I built it; I was the guy who'd set a "limit," tap "ignore," and resurface from Instagram at 2am wondering where the night went. The timer was never the problem. I was 😅. So, I built something I couldn't argue with.
And local-first was non-negotiable: your sleep patterns are nobody's business but yours. No account, nothing leaves the phone.
Genuine question, since you resonate with it, what's your 1am app of choice? The one you know you should put down but somehow don't 😅