Kindgate quiets YouTube and Instagram in Safari. No Shorts, no Home feed, no ads, only the people you follow. Every so often it asks one kind question: keep going, or that’s enough?
iPhone and iPad · Everything stays on your phone
Why not just block it?
Kindgate is built on five findings from behavioural research. Each one shaped a screen.
Forbidden fruit
Restriction makes the restricted thing more attractive. Psychologists call it reactance. A hard block is a red-food rule.
Jansen, Mulkens & Jansen, 2007 · Kindgate never blocks; it asks.
The doughnut study
Restrictive eaters given one doughnut and a short self-compassion prompt ate less afterwards than those left to feel bad.
Adams & Leary, 2007 · The check-in logs a feeling with no verdict.
Urges pass
Riding an urge out beats fighting it. So instead of a flat no, Kindgate offers ten minutes.
Bowen & Marlatt, 2009 · The 10-minute delay button.
Decide earlier
Implementation intentions have a medium-to-large effect on follow-through across hundreds of studies.
Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006 · Evening cards show your pre-set plans, one tap each.
Friction, not force
A review of 367 digital self-control tools found that sweet spot is where tools actually help.
Lyngs et al., CHI 2019 · A short countdown on “continue anyway”.
Opens on Subscriptions. No Home feed, no Shorts, no recommendations, no autoplay. Search, channels and playlists keep working.
Locked to the Following feed. Reels, Explore, suggested posts and sponsored posts are gone.
Every 15 posts a card shows how many posts and minutes went by. Keep going, or that’s enough. Your call.
For the first half hour after waking, the phone shows your own morning steps instead of a feed. Nothing to decide.
After your set hour every page eases toward candlelight. Contrast survives, layouts never break.
Any button can run a shortcut of yours. Timers, reminders, whatever you already trust.
No account. No server. Nothing leaves the phone. The check-in log names only two sites, so it can never become a browsing history. You can copy it or clear it any time.