Earn yourscreen time.
DontRot locks the apps that eat your day. Real-life activities earn you access back. You choose how.
Walking100 steps = 1 min
Exercise5 reps = 1 min
Drink Water1 glass = 5 min
Touch Grass1 break = 20 min
Cycling1 km = 5 min
Running1 km = 10 min
TasksStudy, clean, work…
Reading3 min = 1 min
Journal1 entry = 15 min
Meditate3 min = 1 min- Walking100 steps = 1 min
- Exercise5 reps = 1 min
- Drink Water1 glass = 5 min
- Touch Grass1 break = 20 min
- Cycling1 km = 5 min
- Running1 km = 10 min
- TasksStudy, clean, work…
- Reading3 min = 1 min
- Journal1 entry = 15 min
- Meditate3 min = 1 min
Scrolling stops
being free.
Your feeds cost nothing to open — that is the whole trick. DontRot puts a price on them, and you pay it with your body, your focus or your day.
Lock your traps
Pick the apps that eat your day. Open one without time in the bank and a full-screen guard steps in — not a polite reminder.
Go live a little
Walk, train, read, meditate, journal, drink water, touch grass. Ten activities, each with its own honest rate.
Spend it on purpose
Open a blocked app and your balance ticks down, minute by minute. When it hits zero, the guard returns — and so do you.
How we measure
real activity.
Nothing here is self-reported. Every minute you earn is counted by a sensor, a camera, a GPS trace or a clock that only runs while you are actually doing the thing.
Your camera counts the reps.
Prop the phone up and start a set. It watches your form and counts every push-up, squat, crunch and plank second in real time — no tapping, no rounding up.
- Push-ups5 reps = 1 min
- Squats5 reps = 1 min
- High Plank10 s = 1 min
- Crunches5 reps = 1 min
Kilometres, not intentions.
Running and cycling draw the real trace. A run pays 10 minutes per kilometre, a ride 5 — and your best kilometre, 5K and 10K stay on the map as records.
1 km run = 10 minA clock that only runs when you do.
Pick a 25, 35 or 45 minute stretch and a rest to match. Every 3 focused minutes bank 1 minute of screen time; leave the session and the clock leaves with you.
3 focused min = 1 minTick it off, get paid.
Each task you tick off gives +5 minutes, up to 6 a day — on top of whatever the focus clock earned while you worked.
Two you cannot fake with a sensor.
So they take a picture instead: a full glass, or your hand on actual grass.
Designed like a currency,
not like a cage.
Rates are published, capped and boring on purpose. You can plan around them, spend ahead, take a day off — and never wonder why the app gave you 40 minutes today and 12 yesterday.
🚶Walking is the one you never start.
Every other activity has a start button. Walking does not: every 100 steps becomes +1 minute of screen time, 24/7, even with the app closed. Your commute was already happening — now it pays.
Steps per earned minute. Free to change, whenever you want.
🌙 Whatever you do not spend transfers itself at midnight. Nothing you earned ever evaporates.
🎯Goals and rest days
Set the day you want: until you hit your step goal, the blocked apps stay blocked, no matter how many minutes you have banked. And because life is not a streak, you schedule rest days in advance — the guard steps aside, guilt-free.
You set the exchange rate
If running costs you more than walking, make it pay more. Each activity carries its own difficulty, and the base rates stay sacred so effort stays comparable.
Earned in the app,
said on the store.
“This is the best app I have ever used. I downloaded it a day back and it literally cut my screen time from 7 hours to 3 hours, and my body is also showing symptoms of weight loss. My time has been running quite productive and my life is coming in routine.”
“I posted a concern on an in-app feature, and the developer responded and changed the app accordingly to fit my user feedback. Great app, great dev team. Highly recommend combating a screen time addiction or just lowering your phone time. Easy 5 stars.”
“It’s so visually appealing, simple, and really works. I lost 2 hours of my screentime in a few weeks and I have walked a lot since then! I love this app.”
“It’s really good, helped me reduce my screen time by a LOT. Definitely worth a try.”
“Just installed it but seems great. Locks the chosen apps if you haven’t done any physical activity. Great if you want to move more.”
“I don’t know why but this app is the best app I have ever seen. Salute to whoever made this app.”
“Must use, it helps me so much. Even though I am fairly new to the app I couldn’t believe it’s free. This app is by far the best one.”
“I previously rated it low because the steps weren’t properly counted, but an update rolled out within the same day so I gave it another try and the steps are actually being counted now. Love a team which actually fixes mistakes.”
Fair questions,
straight answers.
How the blocking works, what actually counts, what it costs, and what happens the day you want none of it.
How does DontRot actually block my apps?
Does walking really count with the app closed?
Can I cheat the exercise counter?
What happens when my time runs out mid-scroll?
Is DontRot free?
Is there an iPhone version?
Live more. Screen less.
Install DontRot, lock the apps that cost you the most, and let real life negotiate with your feed.
