Make more than you take

Create more than you consume.

Unfetter blocks the apps that drain you and turns the time you save into something you build.

  • Local-first
  • Free on Android
Unfetter blocking a distracting app

Two ways to spend a life

Every hour is a vote: take, or make.

The consumption loop

OpenScrollSpikeCrashREPEATfor hours

Dopamine vs. time

baselinespikecrashTime scrolling →Dopamine

Grounded in research on variable rewards and dopamine - Harvard Medical School, “Dopamine, Smartphones & You” (2018)

If you only consume

  • Open the app before you've had a thought
  • Scroll feeds someone else designed
  • React, like, forget - then scroll again
  • Hours gone, nothing built, nothing kept

When you create

  • Decide what's worth your attention
  • Write, build, record, ship something
  • Learn a skill that compounds over time
  • End the day with more than you started

The story that started it

The people who change the world are builders, not scrollers.

The people you admire didn't get there by watching more. Making beats taking.

“Make more than you take.”
Elon Musk
A close-up portrait of a boy with curly hair intently looking at a screen indoors.

The kids

Raised to consume.

56%of waking hours

8h 39m a day on screens. Over half a teen's waking hours.

0h2h4h6h8h1hAdvised limitWHO · ages 2–45.5×the limit5.5hTweensactual · ages 8–12the limit8.7hTeensactual · ages 13–18

Advised vs. actual.

Five to nine times the recommended limit.

WHO (2019) · Common Sense Census (2021)

The research

The evidence, with receipts.

8h 39m

Teens, every day

Common Sense Census, 2021
46%

Almost constantly online

Pew Research Center, 2023
≈ age 10

First smartphone

Sapien Labs, 2023
0 min

What's actually recommended

WHO, 2019
2h 23m

Social media, per person, per day

DataReportal - Digital 2024

The cost

It shows up everywhere.

Fractured attention

Stolen sleep

Anxiety & low mood

Less real-world play

Passive consumption

Time that never returns

The app

A layer between you and the chaos.

Block what pulls you in

Catch the launch. Stop it in real time.

See where time goes

Per-user tracking. Nothing leaves your phone.

Replace the loop

Scripts, teleprompter, and a private AI coach.

See it in action

Every screen built for one thing: to make more than you take.

Block distracting apps

Block distracting apps

Choose your mode

Choose your mode

See where time goes

See where time goes

Write your own scripts and inbuilt teleprompter to create more

Write your own scripts and inbuilt teleprompter to create more

Floating teleprompter

Floating teleprompter

AI recovery coach

AI recovery coach

Watch the demo

Three minutes, start to finish.

A full walkthrough of Unfetter on a real device - blocking distracting apps, choosing a mode, and turning the time you save into something you make.

Stop running on default

Create more than you consume.

Free on Android. Runs locally.

Unfetter app icon on Google Play

100+ downloads

on Google Play

Built with intention.

  • Block porn

    Adult sites and apps stopped before they open.

  • Block apps

    Unfetter catches the launch and stops it in real time.

  • Block reels & shorts

    Kill the infinite feed without losing the whole app.

  • QR code lock

    Blocks stay locked until your QR key is scanned.

  • Local-first privacy

    Your data never leaves your device.

  • Per-user profiles

    Each profile sees only its own usage.