What if I try to open Instagram in Safari?

The websites are part of the problem, so domains get blocked too. If the app is locked, the mobile site should not be the back door. On a computer, that is the Chrome extension.

Can I use STFU for bedtime?

That is one of the main jobs. Set a bedtime lock so the short-form apps cannot eat the last hour of your night. STFU is a habit boundary, not a sleep clinic.

Can I challenge friends?

Yes. Claim a username, add people, and send a 30-minute to 4-hour dare. If they accept, their selected STFU apps lock. Weekly protected time is the board. This is not a social network for posting. It is a reason to stay offline.

How do rewards and STFU Points work?

Stay off the locked apps and you build streaks and points. Challenges and bounties are how that scoreboard can turn into rewards later — including sponsored ones. Points are not cash, and nothing here is a guaranteed income program.

Is this a medical app?

No. STFU is a wellness and productivity tool. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or mental health condition. If you need clinical care, talk to a licensed professional.

Is STFU available on iPhone?

Yes. STFU is on the App Store. The website is marketing. Phone first. Chrome if the computer is the problem.

Is there a Chrome extension?

Yes. Same account. iPhone locks the apps. Chrome locks the tabs. Get it on the Chrome Web Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/stfu/hilnmfnjfpdbjmbhidkkihmhapgnfljm

How much does it cost?

STFU is a subscription. iOS is sold through the App Store. Chrome and web Pro are billed through Stripe. Weekly and annual plans, plus any trial, are shown before you confirm. Prices may vary by region.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. iOS: Apple ID subscription settings. Chrome and web: Stripe, from the email on the receipt. See Billing & Refunds.

iOS + Chrome blocker · attention · sleep · rewards

Your phone
needs to
STFU.

Block the apps stealing your attention, reclaim your time, build better habits, and earn rewards for staying off social media.

Download the App See How It Works

Also on Chrome

Built for people who are done pretending Screen Time is enough. No fake user counts. No medical claims.

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Blocked

Shorts + Reels

App + domain

Reclaimed

2h 14m

This week

Streak

12 nights

Bedtime lock

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The punch

Tap the phone. Watch the feed get STFU’d.

A lock should feel physical. Drag to tilt. Tap once and Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube bounce off the glass. That’s the product, not a metaphor.

Why STFU exists

Social apps are designed to keep you coming back. STFU puts the boundary back.

This is not a personality failure. It is a product doing its job. You feel mentally fried because the machine is good at its job.

Compulsive checking

You unlock for one thing and come up twenty minutes later in a feed you did not choose.

Short-form overload

The clips are engineered to never end. Your night is the inventory.

Sleep that never starts

Bed becomes a second commute through other people's content.

Hours you cannot find

The cost of scrolling is invisible until a Tuesday is gone.

How it works

Four moves. Then your phone is quieter.

1 / 4
Pick the apps that need to STFU
Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X — plus the websites that pretend they are not the same thing.
2 / 4
Start a session or schedule a lock
Work block. Bedtime. Weekend. You choose the window. STFU holds it.
3 / 4
STFU blocks the apps and domains
The icon still sits there. The feed does not. Safari is not the escape hatch.
4 / 4
Reclaim time, beat your friends, earn rewards
See the hours come back. Keep the chain. Challenge someone. Points now. Bounties as the network grows.

What it does

The features are locks. The point is your life.

Block social apps

Shut the apps that own your thumb. Not a lecture. A lock.

Block the websites too

Same feed, smaller window. Domains get the same treatment.

Strict modes & schedules

If you will negotiate with yourself, make the negotiation expensive.

Streaks and stats

See the hours you got back. Keep a chain you do not want to break.

Points, rewards, bounties

A scoreboard for staying off the thing that usually wins.

Bedtime locks

Protect the last hour. Morning-you will notice.

Challenge friends

Dare someone to STFU. Their apps lock. Losing is worse than scrolling.

A clean modern lock

Looks like a product you chose. Not parental-control software from 2011.

Friends

Other apps help you use your phone less. STFU makes it competitive.

More friends is not more content. More friends is more reasons to get offline. Challenge someone. If they open Instagram, they lose to you.

The network effect is putting the phone down.

Weekly board. Protected time. Who shut up more.
Send a 30-minute to 4-hour dare.
They accept. Their apps lock. You both stay quieter.

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STFU

8h 42m

protected this week

Streak

9 day

STFU

4,820

Friends

1KKelly11h 22m
2CYou8h 42m
3DDan7h 05m
4FFaisal3h 18m

You’re #2. Kelly is 2h 40m ahead.

Demo loop. Not a live leaderboard.

Health / science

Brain rot is a meme. The attention problem isn’t.

This is not productivity theater. There is a real conversation in the research about compulsive use, fragmented attention, late-night scrolling, and short-form overload. STFU exists to put a boundary on apps designed to keep you checking — not to treat a diagnosis.

Explore the Science

Comic-print illustration of a brain rotting into pixels — a joke about the meme, not a medical image.

Get paid to STFU

Earn points. Keep streaks. Unlock rewards for staying off the apps.

Earn points, complete challenges, and unlock rewards for staying off the apps that usually steal your time. This is not guaranteed cash income. It is a scoreboard that can grow into sponsored bounties.

Points

Stay off the locked apps. The scoreboard notices.

Streaks

A chain of quiet nights is more persuasive than a TED Talk.

Challenges

Solo windows or a dare to Kelly. Same lock. A friend who notices when you fold.

Bounties

Sponsored challenges later. Real rewards for real time off. Not a side hustle pitch.

What you get back

Less scrolling. More life.

Better mornings
Fewer doom-scroll spirals
More focus at the thing you sat down to do
Less compulsive checking
More sleep
More time with people in the room
More real life

FAQ

Practical questions. Straight answers.

Yes. You pick the apps that need to shut up. During a session or schedule, STFU blocks those apps so opening them is not a one-thumb reflex. Strict modes add more friction if you know you will bargain with yourself.

Tell your apps
to STFU.

Stop scrolling. Start living. iPhone for the apps. Chrome for the tabs.

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