Show HN: CallFirst – blocks socials until you've made a call to someone

Category: other

Tags: digital-wellbeing, social-media-blocker, ios, productivity, privacy

Score: 4.3/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 4, Documentation: 3, Utility: 4)

CallFirst is a mobile app that blocks social media until you've had a real 60-second phone call with a designated person. It aims to encourage genuine connection over passive scrolling, with on-device call verification for privacy. The concept is novel but the implementation appears to be a simple wrapper around iOS/Android screen time APIs.

Target audience: general consumers concerned about social media overuse

Repository: https://callfirst.app/

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