Using phone addiction to enforce hydration
Description
An app that leverages phone addiction to encourage regular water intake. By locking addictive apps until the user drinks water, the app uses the user's phone habits to enforce hydration.
Implementation
The app uses the selfie camera to verify that the user is actually drinking water. Once verified, it unlocks the addictive apps for a set period. This method is designed to be annoying enough to be effective but not so restrictive that it becomes unusable.
Potential
This idea has the potential to significantly improve users' hydration habits by leveraging their existing phone usage patterns. It can be particularly effective for individuals who struggle with traditional habit trackers and app blockers.
Key Features
- Locks addictive apps until water is consumed
- Uses selfie camera to verify drinking
- Customizable unlock duration
- Fully on-device operation
- No account or registration needed
Related Problems (1)
Description
Many individuals struggle to maintain adequate hydration throughout the day. This problem is particularly prevalent among those who spend significant amounts of time on their phones, often leading to dehydration and its associated health issues.Impact
Dehydration can cause various health problems, including fatigue, headaches, and decreased cognitive function. Despite these risks, people often forget to drink water regularly.Sources (1)
(to the mods: I'm acknowledging you deleting my posts, I just don't know how else I could rewrite it. I read the sticky post at the top and I think I believe adhere to it) I built an iOS app instead of fixing my habits. Please roast. It’s called ThirstTrapp. It locks the apps I doomscroll on until I drink water on camera. Not a reminder, not a checkbox. Instead, the selfie camera checks there’s a face and a real glass or bottle and that I’m actually drinking for 15 seconds (customizable). Drink -> apps unlock for 2 hours (customizable). Timer ends -> locked again. This exists because I can lose hours to TikTok but forget to drink water like a normal person. Personally for me habit trackers are useless. App blockers are easy to turn off. So I flipped it and let my phone addiction force me to hydrate. It’s annoying. It works BEACAUSE it's annoying. Yes, you can cheat it if you really want to. But if you’re engineering ways to avoid drinking water, that feels like a separate problem. (Talk to your therapist) The apps is already built (iOS, still waiting for Apple review approval), runs fully on-device, no account or registration needed, no cloud nonsense, no internet connection. I’m not raising money. I just want to know if this is or stupid. Because again: personally I'm really drinking more water because of the app. Roast the idea or the fact that I thought this was worth building. If you hate it but would still use it, I won. If you want to see how it works there's a short demovido on my [landingpage](https://www.thirsttr.app/)