Ransom: Exercise Screen Time
Do push-ups, then scroll
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Get your evenings back. Keep your apps.
Ransom locks Instagram, TikTok and whatever else eats your day, and asks for push-ups, squats or steps before it opens them. Most of the time you'll decide it isn't worth ten push-ups. That is the whole trick.
WHAT CHANGES
You stop opening apps by reflex. A set standing between you and the feed makes you notice your hand reaching for the phone, and noticing is most of the battle.
The hour before bed comes back. Set a wind-down rule and scrolling takes twice the reps right when you'd normally lose the evening to it.
You get a bit stronger without meaning to. Ten push-ups a few times a day adds up faster than you'd think.
You watch the number drop. The Progress tab shows today against this time yesterday, and your whole week.
HOW IT WORKS
1. Pick the apps that eat your day.
2. Rex, a buff T-rex with tiny arms, locks them.
3. Do a set. The front camera counts push-ups and squats. The pedometer counts steps.
4. A set earns coins, and coins are minutes, one for one. 15 coins opens your apps for 15 minutes.
Spend them on whatever you like. When they run out, your apps lock again until your next set.
NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE
No account, no sign-up. Your screen time never leaves your phone. The camera looks at your form on the device and never records, saves or uploads a frame. Your screen time is your business.
EVERY DAY IS A FRESH START
Coins clear at midnight, so unspent minutes never pile up. Had a bad day and scrolled through all of it? Tomorrow starts at zero, and Rex is not going to bring it up.
REX COUNTS PROPERLY
Half a push-up is not a push-up. The camera looks for real depth, so a bounce doesn't earn a minute. It also means the minutes you do earn actually feel earned.
RULES FOR THE HOURS THAT MATTER
Name an hour. Dinner, gym time, wind down. During it, opening your apps takes twice the reps. You still can, it just takes more work.
PICK YOUR LEVEL
Chill, Standard or Beast. Start easy. Move up when ten push-ups stops being a reason to put the phone down.
WHAT IT DOESN'T DO
It doesn't delete your apps. It doesn't shame you. It doesn't nag.
Full access is a subscription that renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Manage it in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions.
Terms: https://lucascoles.github.io/ransom/terms/
Privacy: https://lucascoles.github.io/ransom/privacy/
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Information
- Seller
- Lucas Coles
- Size
- 82 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Ransom Pro Yearly $39.99
- Ransom Pro Yearly $24.99
- Ransom Pro Monthly $9.99
- Ransom Pro Yearly $24.99
- Ransom Pro Weekly $4.99
- Ransom Pro Weekly $3.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Lucas Coles