Touch Grass: Sleep Guard

At bedtime, the apps that keep you up just stop opening

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At bedtime, the apps that keep you up just stop opening

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Most screen-time apps rely on willpower: a popup you can dismiss with one tap. Touch Grass is a bedtime guard instead — pick the apps that keep pulling you back in (TikTok, Reels, Shorts), set your sleep hours, and during that window those apps simply stop opening. Need a minute? Snooze for a short grace period and it re-locks itself. Built on Apple Screen Time, fully on-device — the privacy label is literally "Data Not Collected". Free trial, then $3.99/month or $23.99/year.

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Launch tags:iOS•Health & Fitness•Productivity

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Hey Product Hunt! Solo dev here. I built Touch Grass because my own "one more video" habit at 1am was wrecking my sleep. I tried screen-time popups — I dismissed every single one without thinking. So I made something with real teeth: pick the apps that keep you up, set your sleep hours, and during that window they just stop opening. There's a short snooze if you genuinely need it, then it re-locks itself. Design choices I'd love feedback on: - No feed, no streaks, no guilt-tripping — it stays quiet - Everything runs on-device via Apple Screen Time (privacy label: Data Not Collected) - Free trial, then $3.99/mo or $23.99/yr Would especially love to hear: what would make you trust an app like this enough to let it control your bedtime? Happy to answer anything!

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3mo ago

Tried it last night and the no-dismiss lockdown actually held—I went to grab TikTok around midnight and it just refused. The short snooze is a nice touch, feels like a real guard rather than another nag.

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3mo ago

Maker

@smailgelmibllf that midnight tiktok rejection is exactly the moment i built this for. thanks for actually giving it a full night's test.

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3mo ago

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3mo ago

one week in — thanks, and a question about the free trial

touch grass has been live for a week now. small numbers, but the early comments taught me something: what people like most is that the lock can't be dismissed at midnight which was exactly the problem with every screen time popup i tried before building this.

two people said the free trial felt too short to actually build a new bedtime habit, so i'm thinking about extending it. if you tried it: how many days did it take before not reaching for your phone felt normal? still deciding between 7 and 14.

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