BeatSocialPick a commitment
Start from a template like At Work or No Social Media, or write your own.
It’s 11 PM.
Reels are one tap away.
BeatSocial blocks the apps you pick, and can hand the unlock code to a friend. Breaking your own rule at midnight now takes a very awkward text.
Free to use, with 50 BeatCoins on signup. For Android.
How it works
A contract with yourself, in under a minute
Every rule in BeatSocial is a commitment. You write it once and the app enforces it, without you opening anything again.
Set the limits
Lock apps for fixed hours, or leave them open until your daily minutes run out.
Choose who holds the key
Keep it to yourself, set a passcode, or let a friend hold it so you can’t back out.
Keep your word, get paid
Finish the day and your streak grows. BeatCoins land in your wallet straight away.
Accountability
Give someone the power to stop you
Willpower is at its worst exactly when you need it. So take the decision out of your hands. Your Beatmate gets the passcode by email, and you never see it.
- Quitting takes a conversation. To unlock or edit a locked commitment early, you have to ask them.
- The code changes every time. With Auto-Refresh on, a new passcode goes out each time you try to stop.
- Your friend needs nothing installed. A passcode by email is all it takes.
Features
The parts you’ll use every day
A block screen that talks back
It tells you how many times you’ve tried to open the app today, and you choose what it looks like.
Quick Focus, for right now
Deadline in an hour? One tap and blocking starts. There’s no commitment, no schedule and nothing at stake.
A leaderboard that can’t be bought
Rank comes from coins earned in the last 7 days, so a big balance doesn’t help and spending doesn’t hurt. The top 3 get bonus coins on Monday.
A streak you can walk
Your days become a path across islands. It’s a surprisingly good reason not to open Instagram.
Rewards
What focus pays, exactly
The app shows the number as you build a commitment, so there’s no maths to do. Here it is anyway.
Signing up50 coins
Each commitment you completeUp to 10
Stake coins and finishStake back + 2× reward
Stake coins and failStake lost
The Rewards Store is still being stocked. Coins you earn today will count when it opens.
Privacy
An app that watches your screen should say what it keeps
Blocking needs Android’s Accessibility permission, and that’s a lot to ask. Here’s where your data goes.
Stays on your phone
- What’s on your screen and your browsing activity
- Your day-to-day app usage history
- Recently visited website domains, used for your statistics
Saved to your account
- Your name, email, coins, streaks and commitments
- Your block lists, encrypted, so they follow you to a new phone
- Your Beatmate’s name and email, if you add one
- Usual daily minutes for apps in a usage-limit commitment, used to work out coins
You can delete all of it from inside the app, or from this website.
What would you do with three extra hours?
Your first commitment takes under a minute to set up.
