Hey everyone! 👋 Clint here, founder of Roots. We're excited to share a major update — Phone Detox Challenges. 🏆 Join our first challenge: We're hosting our first challenge tomorrow (10/10) for World Mental Health Day — you only get 5, 5-minute unblocks of social media for the day. 🎯How it works: During a challenge you will be limited to a number of app unblocks, once you've used all the unblocks you have to leave the challenge to get into your distracting apps. 🌳Why we built challenges: We all struggle with phone addiction, but it can feel like a lonely problem. It can also be hard to stick to a daily app limits when you start from scratch. Weekly challenges can help you reset and build better habits in an approachable way, alongside your friends and the Roots community. 🧠Reset your attention span: A weekly phone detox can help reset your attention span and serve as a dopamine detox. 💰Special offer for Product Hunt: Try Roots free for 7 days, plus get 50% off our paid plan (so, only ~$2.50 per month) with discount code "PH50". Plus, we offer free and discounted subscriptions through our needs-based program for students, teachers, and other folks who need a little help.

thats a super smart idea to build that social support into screen time, and to tie it to specific events you might want to detox from your phone during! I tried to download on iOS and it said release date is December 1st (I'm in the UK) so will check it out then. Congrats!

Finally someone innovating in this space! Lots of phone-blocking apps but nobody is doing it like you. Keep up the great work!! ✨

Hi everyone! 👋 I'm Pontus, Co-founder and Head of Design at Roots, and we’re thrilled to finally introduce Phone Detox Challenges! We all know how tough it can be to tackle phone habits and with the frightening fact that over 60% of people aged 18-34 admit to being addicted to their phones and simultaneously wish they had more time each day. This is why we built Challenges—to help you reset and take control of your screen time in a way that feels simple and exciting! It’s not just about limiting phone usage — it’s about being intentional with your phone usage. Tackling phone habits bit by bit is so much easier when you’ve got friends and the Roots community cheering you on! Lots of challenges coming up – What other detox challenges would you be excited to see next? Drop your ideas or questions below, and we can’t wait to see you in our first challenge tomorrow for World Mental Health Day! 🌍🧠

Roots has been instrumental to clearing my phone addiction and doing more meaningful work and improving my overall wellbeing

This looks like a helpful way to deal with phone addiction! I love the idea of weekly challenges, it's a nice way to keep it engaging without feeling overwhelming. Can't wait to try the detox challenge!

I'm most excited for the ability to share this around with my close circle. I think the option to gamify your screen time journey makes it easier to stomach and to actually follow through with!

I love the challenges! Roots is such a unique app that it has helped me save 3 hours a day. It balances communicating on apps like Instagram and staying grounded off my phone. My friends and I are doing challenges together. We will see who survives!