Shutout

Lock yourself out of Screen Time & stop doomscrolling.

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Lock yourself out of Screen Time & stop doomscrolling.

412 followers

Shutout removes the "Ignore Limit" button from Screen Time and locks you out of your Screen Time settings, so that you don't have to rely on willpower to beat your screen addiction. Set it, forget it, and enjoy a life without doomscrolling.

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👋 Hey Product Hunt! I'm Aditya, the solo creator of Shutout. Why I built Shutout: I was tired of mindlessly scrolling on my phone, so I opened Settings and set a Screen Time limit to try and stop myself. The next day, I saw the "Time Limit" screen pop up as I scrolled, and without so much as a second thought, I pressed "Ignore Limit" and moved on. I tried third-party blockers, like Opal and Clearspace. Those were just as easy to get around, all I had to do was flip a switch in Settings and they were completely useless (Proof: www.bit.ly/opaldoesntwork—it literally took me 5 seconds to instantly brick both apps) and were super expensive. I looked for something different: an app with no workarounds at all, something I could set up and forget about. I couldn’t find one. So I built my own. Shutout locks you out of iOS's built-in Screen Time—with NO workarounds. How it works: 1. You set up app limits in Screen Time on your phone, like normal. 2. Shutout has you set a password in a confusing way, so that you won't remember it ("enter 12/3...enter 4*2...press delete...enter 49/7..."). This removes the "Ignore Limit" button and stops you from turning off your limits—you don't know the password anymore. 3. The password is saved without being shown to you. To access it later, you’ll face a “willpower wall”—entering, say, 600 random words to retrieve it. Tedious enough to stop you, but still accessible for emergencies. Beat the attention economy, stop doomscrolling, and make 2025 the most productive year you've had yet—www.shutout.app. 👉 Just $14.99 for life, or $1.99 per month—only for launch. That's 26x cheaper than Opal's lifetime plan ($400), and 4x cheaper than their monthly plan ($8.29)!

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2yr ago

Shutout

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@kalai_n Responded to your other comment

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2yr ago

You can also use a hammer to smash your phone but your solution is much more economical. Good luck w the launch & congrats

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2yr ago

Shutout

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@terrence_kelleman Ha! Thanks, Terrence!

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2yr ago

Persana AI for Prospecting

You're definitely doing a great deal with this Aditya. I think it is really important for people to understand how bad doomscrolling is - It is important to have a foolproof way to make sure that people don't bend the rules and instead follow them!

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2yr ago

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@rohan_pathak2 Thanks, Rohan!

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2yr ago

This is awesome, I have used similar products recently. And this by far looks most promising, awesome work Aditya!

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2yr ago

Shutout

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@saurav_laxmikant Thanks, Saurav!

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2yr ago

Looks cool. I've instead had to ask my wife to set a screentime password that I cannot guess. This would have been much appreciated back then...

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2yr ago

Clico

Congrats on the launch! Been using time limit product for a while and would def have a try on this one!

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2yr ago

Shutout

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@alex_tao Thanks, Alex!

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2yr ago

Interesting product! I tested it and I was able to by-pass the word typing quite easily though (I'm not explaining how over here to avoid people misusing it). I suggest you find an alternative to the word typing. Perhaps you could automate an email that will send the password 24hrs after they requested and if they need it urgently, they need to pay an x amount like 10 dollars to a charity.

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2yr ago

Shutout

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@santiago_lobo1 Thanks for the feedback, Santiago! Those are great ideas, added to the roadmap. Could you shoot me an email at help@shutout.app to talk about how you got past the word typing?

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2yr ago

@adityasaravana I sent you an email.

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2yr ago

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