This App Locks You Out of Your Social Media Accounts Until You Hit Your Step Count
Find yourself mindlessly scrolling through social media apps? Want to get more steps in? There are plenty of apps aimed at helping you meet each of those goals. WeWard, a free French fitness app backed by tennis star Venus Williams, has a new feature that tries to help you tackle both at once.
On Wednesday, the app introduced "walking mode," which attempts to help you cut down your screen time by blocking select apps until you reach your personalized step count. In other words, you have to earn time scrolling on your favorite apps like TikTok or YouTube by going on walks.
The app is available on iOS and Android and already offers a gamified experience, letting you earn points by playing games and joining challenges and redeem those points for cash, gift cards or charitable donations.
If you opt for the walking mode function on WeWard, you'll be...
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