Killย Doomscrolling
Walk more.
Stepsie shields your distracting apps until you've moved. Every 100 steps banks real minutes of screen time. Spend them whenever you want.
Free on iOS ยท No willpower required
214 steps to +5 min
The problem
Willpower is a terrible app blocker.
If quitting the scroll were as easy as a pop-up, you'd have done it already. Every screen-time app ships the same fatal flaw: an ignore button.
Time Limit Reached
You've hit your 30 minutes today.
Dismissible warnings don't build boundaries. They build a dismissing habit. The limit becomes a speed bump you stop feeling.
Vault Locked
Walk 300 steps to open it.
186 / 300 steps ยท earns +5 min
No ignore button. Just your legs. The impulsive check-in becomes a lap around the block. The constraint is physical, so it actually holds.
Features
Everything you need to out-walk the algorithm.
The Vault
Pick the apps that eat your day. They stay shielded until you open a session, on your schedule, not your impulses.
Time Bank
Minutes roll over forever. Stack a rainy-day stash all week, then spend it guilt-free on the couch Saturday.
Progressive earning
Every 100 steps banks real minutes, and once you pass your daily goal, the earn rate goes up. Momentum pays.
Streaks & freezes
Keep the chain alive. Miss a day? Freezes and streak repairs protect your progress. No shame spirals here.
The anti-doomscroll leaderboard
Compete with friends on time earned and not spent. The flex isn't screen time. It's the unspent minutes.
Trends
Watch steps climb and screen time fall, week over week. Your momentum, made visible.
How it works
A loop your brain actually likes.
steps, counted automatically
Walk
Live your life. HealthKit counts every step, whether it's a real walk or just pacing during a phone call.
banked today, yours forever
Bank
Every 100 steps converts to minutes in your time bank. It rolls over forever. Nothing resets at midnight.
spend it on purpose
Unlock
Ready to scroll? Open a session and your vault apps unshield. Time only burns while you're actually inside them.
Beat your daily goal and the earn rate climbs. Start the morning with a bonus. The economy is simple, generous, and always on your side.
Made for you
Two kinds of people love Stepsie.
Usually for different reasons. Often both at once.
Walking Warrior
You don't hate your phone. You hate losing an hour to it and feeling worse after. Stepsie flips the trade: the urge to check becomes a reason to move. Cravings turn into laps around the block, and 8,000 steps start happening by accident.
- โ Less screen time without white-knuckling it
- โ More daylight, more steps, better sleep
- โ Guilt-free scrolling: you literally earned it
ADHD & Neuro-spicy
For ADHD and neurodivergent brains, "just use it less" is useless advice. Stepsie is an external executive function: it interrupts the impulse loop with a body-first pattern break, and movement happens to be one of the best dopamine regulators there is.
- โ The impulse check-in hits a real gate, not a nag
- โ Reward up front: morning bonus, visible progress
- โ Never punitive: freezes and repairs, not shame
Real numbers, not vibes
Early days. Real steps.
Our first walkers are already proving the loop works. Every step below is real. Add yours and watch these numbers grow.
0
steps walked together
every one traded doomscrolling for daylight
0 km
walked to unlock
instead of thumbed through feeds
0h
of screen time earned honestly
banked by walking, not by willpower
Live totals from the Stepsie community ยท updated hourly
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