Back in 2021 I was really frustrated with how much of my time and energy was being sapped by my phone. I had tried all the screen time solutions at the time. Daily limits, didn't work. Deleting the apps, didn't work. Giving my screen time passcode to someone else, didn't work.   
  
All of these solutions felt too restrictive and the expectation that I wasn't going to just use up my whole daily limit in one sitting when these apps are designed to keep you endlessly scrolling was just so unrealistic to me. I wanted a screen time app that let me scroll whenever I wanted but would cut me off before it turned into a doomscroll.   
  
So I searched for it on google, "Screen time limit that resets hourly". [This was the first result](https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/mto2t4/opinion_screen_time_app_limits_would_be_way_more/). Yet no one had an answer. Then 5 years went by... and still no one had an answer. [I mean people are still asking this question regularly](https://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/comments/1v6twqs/looking_for_an_app_blocker_that_resets_each_hour/).

So the same month I graduated I decided to put my newfound spare time and every educated braincell I had together to build Precursor, the first screen time app on iOS (that I know of) that doesn't lock you out for the whole day but rather lets you scroll whenever you need a break, without the worry of that break turning into a few hours.

I was happy that I got the thing working for myself, and tbh even just that milestone made Precursor a success in my mind.  
  
But I am genuinely just so proud of myself and happy that Precursor seems to be helping others. From adults who want to be more productive to parents trying to keep their kids from falling into the same social media traps.

This is my first ever app and it's only week 2, I know this kind of growth is not the norm so I feel incredibly lucky to be here right now. Thanks for reading homies!

Precursor has 1.5k people trying it out, I cannot believe I sat on this idea for 5 years