In closed beta · Android · launching this month

Veto is the circuit breaker for doomscrollers.

It blocks Instagram, TikTok and YouTube until your daily habits are done. Cut the loop. Earn your screen time back.

Veto blocking an app: the lock screen shows your habit list instead of the app you opened
Real beta testers are using Veto right now. Production release on Google Play is weeks away.

How Veto breaks the loop

01

You open the app

Reach for Instagram, TikTok, the usual. Veto opens instead of it.

02

You do the habit

Read, train, study, whatever you set. The thing you actually meant to do.

03

You get your time

Finish the habit and the app unlocks. Skip it and it stays shut.

Built strict on purpose

Screen-time apps show you the damage. Veto stops it.

Your habits answer the door

Open a blocked app and this screen appears instead. It stays until you've earned your way past it.

The Veto block screen listing today's habits over a blocked app

Earn time your way

Per habit: each one you finish unlocks a chunk of screen time. All habits first: nothing opens until the list is clear.

The Today tab with daily habits, streak and earned screen time

Honest streaks AI VERIFY · PRO

Streaks count the days you follow through. AI photo verification checks you actually did the habit, not just tapped a box.

Choosing which apps Veto blocks

Every other blocker has a snooze button. Veto doesn't.

Built for students, late-night scrollers, and anyone who's outsmarted every soft app blocker they've tried.

Fair questions

How is this different from other app blockers?
Most blockers make you wait, breathe, or tap through a guilt screen. All of those have an exit. Veto's only exit is doing the habit you set for yourself. A 30-second delay is easy to outlast. Thirty pushups are not.
Can't I just uninstall it?
Today, yes. Veto isn't a prison and won't pretend to be one. The point is friction: tapping "5 more minutes" takes nothing, while deleting an app you installed on purpose takes a deliberate decision. And for people who want the door welded shut, a strict commitment mode with uninstall protection (Max Veto) is on the roadmap.
What does it cost?
The core is free: block any apps, up to 5 habits, streaks. Veto Pro adds unlimited habits, custom unlock durations, AI photo verification and full history, with a 7-day free trial. No ads either way.
Is there an iPhone version?
Android first. iOS comes after, and how fast depends on demand: pick iPhone above when you join the waitlist and you've cast your vote.
What can Veto see on my phone?
Veto uses Android's Usage Access permission to check which app is in the foreground. That's it. No keylogging, no screen recording, no reading what you do inside apps. Digital wellbeing starts with not abusing the permissions you're given.
When does it launch?
Closed beta is running now and finishes within weeks. The waitlist gets one email the day Veto is live on Google Play, before anyone else hears about it.

Stop scrolling your day away.

Join the waitlist and get in before everyone else.

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You're on the list.

You'll get one email the day Veto goes live.