Unpluq
p/unpluq
Off Your Screen, Into Your Life.
Ben Lang
Unpluq โ€” A physical tool to stop distractions
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Unpluq helps you to regain control over your smartphone usage, so you can focus on the meaningful things in life.
With the physical key, you have to make a conscious decision to access distracting apps.
Less distraction. More life.
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Nir Eyal
Congrats team! What a great example of using tech to fight tech distraction!
Tim Smits
@nireyal Thanks Nir!
Patrick
Nice idea - tried to solve the same problem years ago by creating a game aka productivity app that blocks you from using your phone for iOS/Android called "Donut Dog" (https://donutdog.club/). The key is a really good idea and a nice other approach! Congratulations ๐Ÿฅณ Damn that there is no iOS support possible, I guess..
Josh Garofalo
Any plans for iPhones? Or do they make it impossible to do the same for their hardware?
Dustin McCaffree
Really cool idea, super clean product implementation. Any plan for iOS?
Julian Jagtenberg
Unpluq saves me 2 hours of wasted of time! I used to spent hours dwelling on social media and my mailbox. Without even knowing it - that sometimes summed up to 3 hours wasted. Not adding any value at all to my life or work and increased levels of stress and anxiety. With Unpluq I reduced that number
Nitin Gupta
Woooww, whatta innovation amazing work guyz. I was quite conscious after watching Social Dilemna, but Unpluq is very fascinating and enabling to get rid of that web. Cheers,
Tim Smits
Hey ProductHunt! ๐Ÿ‘‹ We are very excited to launch Unpluq here today, we've been working on it for the last year fulltime and are only getting started! Our attention is being mined for profit. Big tech is stealing away our time. If you are not paying for the product, your data is the product. With the recent popularity of The Social Dilemma, it looks like these messages are finally finding their way to the main public. That is why weโ€™re thrilled to announce our solution to this problem. At Unpluq, we believe you should control technology, instead of the other way around. Our motto is: Less distraction. More life. With the Unpluq key, youโ€™ll be able to transform your current Android smartphone into a distraction-free device. The key works together with the Unpluq launcher. If you do not have the physical yellow key plugged into the phone, you wonโ€™t have access to distracting apps - and you can choose your distracting apps yourself. With the addition of the physical key, accessing distracting apps now becomes a conscious choice. Also, you can decide the barrier to distraction yourself. If youโ€™re going out, you could leave the key at home - and only have access to distracting apps when you get back home. Eager to answer any questions you have! ๐Ÿ˜„
Jorn Rigter
Hi there everyone! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ˜ With Unpluq, we're trying to empower you to spend your time in the most meaningful way possible. Our vision is that you should control technology, instead of the other way around. So far, our early users have been using their smartphones by 25% less on average, saving about one hour per day of screentime and having one hour per day to spend on other things! Among other things, people have been reading books, meditating, learning new skills and cooking. It's amazing to see these results ๐Ÿ™. If you have any questions, we'd be happy to answer them! Let us know in a comment :)
Sibel Sengul
How is this different than turning off the notifications or putting your phone on mute when need to concentrate?
laurens van Rijssel
I have had the honour to use this product for a while and fully support Unpluq in their mission.
New User
It is a great help especially for youngsters
Arian J
Very useful product. I noticed that other apps trying to stop digital distractions fail since they can just be turned off. Unpluq is different because it makes me more conscious about my mobile habits! Would recommend it for anyone that would like to manage their time more efficiently.
Maikel
Have used it a while and although I started out being a bit skeptical, having a physical key is a really nice addition to the Unpluq launcher! I noticed that I was way less distracted by my phone throughout the day and could focus more on studying and working. Can definitely recommend using the launcher and Unpluq key!
Gijs Spierings
I have been using Unpluq for a while now and after a couple of weeks I started to see a decline in my phone usage. Especially unconsciously grabbing my phone disappeared, because the Unpluq key made it impossible to get distracted in a second. I highly recommend using the Unpluq key and launcher for people who are looking to decline their phone usage and who want to take more control in their phone usage.
Seymur Rasulov
Congratulations, guys! I am super proud and happy to see that you have launched on PH! Great job, way to go and looking forward to working with you more at Y!D! :)
Stijn Smits
Tested this product during the beta. The Unpluq key helped me a lot overcoming distractions and severely mitigating impulse checking.