Blocks your apps until you earn them

Earn yourscreen time.

DontRot locks the apps that eat your day. Real-life activities earn you access back. You choose how.

The DontRot home screen: 20:00 minutes available, the activity cards and an 85-minute time bank
Ten ways to earn One currency: your screen time
  • Walking through a green hill
    Walking100 steps = 1 min
  • Person training at home
    Exercise5 reps = 1 min
  • Glass of water
    Drink Water1 glass = 5 min
  • Hand touching grass
    Touch Grass1 break = 20 min
  • Cyclist on a road
    Cycling1 km = 5 min
  • Runner in motion
    Running1 km = 10 min
  • Desk with a task list
    TasksStudy, clean, work…
  • Open book
    Reading3 min = 1 min
  • Journal and pen
    Journal1 entry = 15 min
  • Person meditating
    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
How it works

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.

01

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.

02

Go live a little

Walk, train, read, meditate, journal, drink water, touch grass. Ten activities, each with its own honest rate.

03

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.

The DontRot guard over TikTok, surrounded by the locked apps: Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, Netflix, X and Spotify
No honor system

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.

Camera rep counter

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
Push-up, arms extended Push-up, chest to the floor
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5.24 kmRoute
+52 minEarned
© OpenStreetMap contributors
GPS route

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 min
210:5432109876543210
until +1 min
Focus session

A 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 min
Tasks

Tick it off, get paid.

Fold the laundry+5 min
Chapter 4 — stats+5 min
Write the report⏱ 04:12
Call the dentist+5 min

Each task you tick off gives +5 minutes, up to 6 a day — on top of whatever the focus clock earned while you worked.

Photo proof

Two you cannot fake with a sensor.

So they take a picture instead: a full glass, or your hand on actual grass.

A hand on grass
1 break = 20 minfour a day, 30 min apart
A glass of water
1 glass = 5 mineight a day
Take photo
A real economy

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.

Your automatic earner

🚶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.

👟
50Easy
👟
100Standard
👟
200Hard

Steps per earned minute. Free to change, whenever you want.

🏦 TIME BANK · BALANCE
85:00min saved
🥈 Bronze · top 38% of savers

🌙 Whatever you do not spend transfers itself at midnight. Nothing you earned ever evaporates.

Spend it nowPull minutes back into today, in 20-minute conscious blocks
Keep it for later85 banked minutes ≈ one evening you get to choose

🎯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.

MTWTFSS

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.

🌱Generoustwice the screen time
💪Standardthe usual screen time
🔥Demandinghalf the screen time0.5×
FAQ

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?
With Android’s accessibility service. When you open an app you chose to lock and your balance is empty, a full-screen guard covers it until you earn time. You pick which apps — three is the recommended start.
Does walking really count with the app closed?
Yes. Steps come from the phone’s own counter, so walking is credited 24/7 whether or not DontRot is open. It is the only activity with no start button.
Can I cheat the exercise counter?
The camera counts reps and plank seconds itself, so shaking the phone earns nothing. Water and touch-grass need a photo. Running and cycling need a GPS trace. There is no “I did it, trust me” button anywhere.
What happens when my time runs out mid-scroll?
The guard comes back over the app you were in. Anything you already banked stays banked, and unspent minutes carry over at midnight.
Is DontRot free?
The core loop is free: blocking, walking, the ten activities, the time bank, goals and rest days. Pro adds the difficulty multipliers, smartwatch workouts and a few conveniences.
Is there an iPhone version?
Not yet. DontRot is Android-only today, because that is the platform that lets an app hold the door shut properly.
DontRot for Android

Live more. Screen less.

Install DontRot, lock the apps that cost you the most, and let real life negotiate with your feed.

Get DontRot on Google Play