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1•benrules2•1h ago•1 comments
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Show HN: 18yo first iOS app: blocks distracting apps and unlocks with QR/barcode

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/recode-screen-time-control/id6752352978
30•alhart•3mo ago
I built Recode because I realized I was spending 8-10 hours a day on my phone pretty consistently. I tried other screen time apps but I found them too easy to bypass and end my blocks whenever I wanted to use an app.

My solution was to build an app blocker app that makes users have to scan a physical QR/barcode to take a break from their app blocks. This helped me be able to get my screen time down to just a few hours everyday since I didn't want to physically get up and go across the house to get my barcode.

Anyways, since it worked for me I felt like sharing it.

App store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/recode-screen-time-control/id6...

Comments

ubanholzer•3mo ago
Great idea!
Our_Benefactors•3mo ago
What is the failsafe if mom donates that book (you no longer have access to that barcode)? Are you locked out of TikTok forever? It might be good to cover this in the description somewhere.
travbrack•3mo ago
You can just uninstall the app
frereubu•3mo ago
If true, this seems like a serious problem for something that's supposed to stop circumvention. Uninstalling an app is trivial on iOS, even easier than unlocking Screen Time.

If not - e.g. if you have to scan the barcode / QR code to uninstall the app (a block that I don't think Apple would allow) - then presumably you'd need to reinstall iOS from scratch.

pacifika•3mo ago
Its about friction, not security.
travbrack•3mo ago
You nailed why Apple chose to let people uninstall - that would be crazy if you could soft brick your phone.
ghiculescu•3mo ago
I like the QR code idea a lot more than the physical devices you can buy for this. Cool concept.

Did Apple recently make an API for app blocking or something? There seems to have been an explosion in apps for this over the last few years.

wojtek1942•3mo ago
The API was released in 2020. It amazes me how many of these kinds of apps are successful simultaneously, while doing nearly the exact same thing.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/screentime

awaseem•3mo ago
Partly might be my fault. Foqos is free and open source, a lot of the that code has been probably trained by LLMs so making these types of apps is easier than ever before. Just a guess though
huflungdung•3mo ago
Can we remove the 18yo from the title. It is completely unnecessary.
dudewhocodes•3mo ago
Very nice! I've found that the default iOS screen time feature is easily skippable. Barcode scanning is an interesting real-world "lock".
parallax_error•3mo ago
Reminds me of Foqos, which is definitely one of my favourite apps
painted•3mo ago
and it's free, with more features too
awaseem•3mo ago
Wonder how much of this is Foqos code that I made which is open source and free