Latch: Scan to Unlock

Latch is an app blocker that does not ask for your willpower. It asks for your legs. Pick a real object, leave it in another room, and the apps that eat your screen time stay locked until you walk to it and scan it.

Your keys, a mug, a book, a plant: that object is now the key to Instagram.

Tap unlock and nothing opens. A wait starts. When it ends, you have to stand up, walk to your object and scan it with the camera. Latch checks it is that exact object, not another mug.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Ask. Tap unlock and a wait begins. You sit with the urge instead of feeding it.
2. Walk. When the wait is over, a short window opens. Go to your object and scan it with the camera.
3. Open. A good scan buys you the time you chose. Then the latch shuts again.

WHY A REAL OBJECT

Most blockers ask your self control for a password you already know. Three taps and you are back in the feed.

Latch asks for your legs. Standing up is what breaks autopilot and doomscrolling, not another timer and not another streak you can fake. By the time you have crossed the room, the urge is usually gone.

The further the object sits from where you scroll, the stronger the latch. Within reach is weak. Another room is strong.

WHAT YOU GET

- Block the apps that pull you in: Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Reddit, whatever opens itself.
- Pick your key, and how far it lives from your couch.
- An emergency unlock, because life happens. One a day, for five minutes. It is meant to feel scarce.
- A dashboard of the time you won back and the urges you held, so focus and discipline turn into a habit you can see.
- Invite friends to latch their phones with you.

THE PART THAT ACTUALLY COUNTS

Latch does not count unlocks. It counts the times you tapped unlock, sat through the wait, and then decided not to go. That is an urge held. It is the number worth growing, and a digital detox that fits inside a normal day.

HONEST NOTES

On Android, Latch uses the Accessibility service to see which app comes to the front, so it can close the apps you latched and send you to Latch instead. It does not read what is on your screen, does not record what you type, and never sends which apps you open anywhere. You turn it on yourself, and you can turn it off in your phone settings at any time.

What your camera learns about your key stays on your phone.

Latch is a subscription. You can cancel anytime in your Google Play subscriptions.

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