Zario - Digital balance, one challenge at a time

👋 Hey PH community, I'm Ondrej. This is my story, how I turned my addiction into a business solution. ⬇️ I was always someone that had full control over his life, privately and professionally. But the more time I spent on my phone, the more I lost control over my life. No conversation without me checking my phone. The funny and upbeat Ondrej in private life? Gone. The ambitious and focused Ondrej in work life? Gone. I reached my lowest when my boss approached me one day after a meeting. She told me to never turn on Tinder during meetings again. 😅 The scary thing was that I wasn't even aware of having used it. 🙈 This was the moment when I knew I needed to change my life... I was trying every possibility out there : disabled notifications, turned my phone black and white, and even deleted all social media apps. Each brought a short-term relief, but sooner than later my brain found a workaround. And there I was again, back at the mindless scrolling game. 🤯 There was one point where I wanted to give up. 😓 Luckily, a friend recommended me the book Indistractable by @nireyal, and I started exploring how my brain 🧠 was unconsciously programmed to reach for the phone every time I felt the slightest discomfort. Once I understood the psychological part behind my addiction, I started to deep-dive into the topic and read many books and papers. With a lot of effort and patience, I finally managed to get back the control. Not only over my phone, but also my life. 💪🏼 During this time, I found out that a lot of people were suffering from excessive screen time. I wasn't the only one. And all of a sudden, there it was! 💡 The idea of helping other people overcome their (phone) addiction. Together with @killian_fjellbakk1 we decided to build the right solution to it: Meet Zario - our first MVP of the solution. It changed my life, will it change yours? 😉 And now it's your turn. Download the app. Try it out. Share your personal story with unwanted smartphone habits, your thoughts on the app. We'd love to hear from you!

👋 Hey PH community :) Meet Zario. With the some of the world’s smartest psychologists paid to keep you on your phone to watch their at ads, it’s no wonder we unconsciously reach for our phones so many times a day. We’ve built Zario to help you fight back, understand the underlying psychology behind mindless scrolling and take action to change it. By combining psychology with gamification, we want to give you an additional motivational boost to help you stay on the journey. In the future, we plan to add features like: 📈 Advanced progress tracking 👤 Profiles & login 🏆 Team challenges 🚧 Automation that opens a Zario choice screen when you try open other problem apps Not sure you are in the target audience? Take our test and find out what your Digital Health Score is: https://www.meetzario.com/score We’ll be around all day — can't wait to hear your questions, feedback, and ideas! Finally, thank you @chrismessina for hunting us :)

Looks great! I'm mostly interested in those challenges. How do they look like and will help me with reducing my screen time?

Congrats on the launch 🚀, Good luck for today!!

I waste so much time on pointless scrolling on social media and liking pictures of people I don't even know. I wish a day had 36 hours, but maybe I need to learn how to use 24 hours better. I've already tried to impose rules on myself, but I give in far too easily. A new attempt with zario? Tim (Belgium)

Super interesting product, I am looking forward to follow the challenges and see how in time I optimize my screen time 😊

Congrats on the launch 🚀

Congrats on the launch! “Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.” Charlie Munger (Berkshire Hathaway). Munger is so very wrong about Bitcoin, but so very correct about the power of incentives to shape human behavior. Indeed much of the excitement about web3 is due to its incentives-- that users can be rewarded for participating in play to earn/learn/own networks, rather than just being captive to the NFX of web3 moats and silos. Every referral program operates on the basis of incentivizing growth via sharing the upside of sales or adoption-- in a way, referral sales rewards are the original play-to-earn format. Digital cash incentives triggered by using or not using a device, product, or service combines humanity's two greatest invetions: incentives (money + contracts) and the internet. It's the potent antidote we need for the potent temptations provided by our smartphones. Doom-scrolling, gossip-consuming, clout-chasing (arguably I'm doing that right now), porn-watching, oversharing, overbuying, envy-stirring, anger-stoking-- our ape organism and algorithm weren't built for such abundance. I believe digital cash incentives triggered by online use (or not using) services, devices, apps, etc. will revolutionize health, learning, and general well-being. Stoked to see where you take the product. Would love to collaborate. I think you need a coin-powered community.

Very proud of you guys! Zario is not a one more app you download and then delete for not having space. Zario is a great solution for everyone to build the best of themselves! Scrolling endlessly is a very harmful habit, and a fun and personalized solution backed by science and gamification is an absolute necessity! I'm super excited for today and I hope everyone enjoys our new solution! #teamzario

👍You guys are amazing! After doing user testing for Zario. I asked them if I could help them with creating content for Social Media and they were super welcoming. They even invited me to their headquarters in Zurich. Both founders are very inspiring for me as a student. This is one of the biggest opportunities for me. 😊Thank you guys, you have an amazing product that I use daily! Keep the good work up!