I built an app that forces me to drink water before I can open TikTok

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I wasn’t trying to reduce screen time but trying to drink more water.So I built an iPhone app (SwiftUI) that locks selected apps using Apple’s Screen Time APIs. To unlock them, ThirstTrapp activates the front camera and watches for ~15 seconds while I drink.On-device vision checks for: - a face - a drinking container (glass/bottle) - and a plausible drinking gesture (container overlapping mouth region over time) If that sequence is detected for ~15 seconds, the apps unlock for a configurable window (e.g. 2 hours). Then they lock again until the next drink.It doesn’t try to stop me from scrolling. It just makes hydration the entry fee. And since I'm addicted to scrolling I will actually drink

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Website: www.thirsttr.app