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Your phone shouldn't be free. Earn it.

Earnit keeps the apps that eat your day locked until you walk, study or do pushups. Every effort turns into minutes you choose how to spend.

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The pause

A timer asks you to stop. Earnit asks you to trade.

When your thumb lands on a locked app, Earnit doesn't nag or argue. It gives you one slow breath and one honest question: what will you do to earn it?

  • No snooze button, no fifteen more minutes
  • No guilt, streak shaming or red warning screens
  • The only way through is effort you actually did
One evening, two ways

Same evening. Very different endings.

At 9:41 your thumb lands on the same app. Watch where the next ninety minutes go when opening it is free, and when it has to be earned.

Without EarnitJust one video. Then another.
on social
With EarnitA walk first. Then ten minutes, on purpose.
on social, earned
  1. The pause asks for a walk
  2. 2,000 steps earn 10 minutes
  3. Ten minutes on social
  4. The shield comes back on its own

An example evening at a rate of 1,000 steps for 5 minutes. You choose your own rate.

Move first. Scroll later. Every minute on your screen is a minute you earned on your feet, at your desk or on the floor.

How it works

Set it up once. Then it runs on its own.

01

Pick the apps that eat your day

Choose them once with Apple's Screen Time picker. They stay shielded by default, all day.

02

Earn minutes by doing something

Steps from Apple Health, a focused study session or a set of pushups counted on device.

03

Spend them on purpose

Start a 5, 10 or 15 minute session. When it ends, the shield returns without you lifting a finger.

Ways to earn

Three honest ways to earn it.

Pick whatever fits your day. Every one of them turns real effort into real minutes.

Apple Health1,000 steps = 5 min

Walk to unlock

Steps come straight from Apple Health. Set a rate that suits you and every walk quietly refills your balance.

Study to unlock

Run a focused session and bank the time you put in. Built for students who need the phone out of reach until the work is done.

Pushups to unlock

The camera counts every rep on your iPhone. No wearable needed, and the video is never saved.

Spend it deliberately

Minutes don't leak away in the background. You open a session on purpose, and you know exactly when it ends.

See what changes

Screen time goes down. Effort goes up.

A 30 day journey, a daily ledger and monthly totals show the trade adding up. Calm numbers, no lectures.

30 day journeyDay 18
Today
Walk2,000 steps
+10 min
SessionSocial
−10 min
Walk1,000 steps
+5 min
This month
Screen timeEffort
Built private

What you do stays on your iPhone.

Earnit runs on Apple's Screen Time framework, so it can block apps without ever seeing which apps you picked.

Health data stays local

Steps and motion are read on device. They never travel to a server.

Camera video is never saved

Pushups are counted frame by frame on your iPhone, then the frames are gone.

Hidden even from us

iOS keeps the list of apps you blocked private, even from Earnit.

Questions

Good questions, straight answers.

How does Earnit block apps?

It uses Apple's Screen Time framework. The apps you choose stay shielded until you start a session with minutes you earned. When the session ends, the shield comes back automatically.

What counts as effort?

Three things today: steps from Apple Health, focused study sessions, and pushups counted by your iPhone camera.

How many minutes do I earn?

You set the rate. A common starting point is 1,000 steps for 5 minutes, and you can make it stricter or gentler whenever you like.

Can I just skip the block?

There is no snooze and no one more minute button. Earnit adds honest friction rather than a cage, so the way through is always a walk, a study session or a few reps.

Is the pushup camera recording me?

No. Reps are counted on device and the video is never saved or uploaded.

What does it cost?

App blocking and time earning are part of an Earnit subscription. You'll see the current price in the App Store, and you can cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings.

Which devices does it support?

Earnit is built for iPhone.

Move first.Scroll later.

Your phone shouldn't be free. Give it a reason, and give yourself the evening back.

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