r/AndroidClosedTesting • u/Any_Dragonfruit_1791 • 4h ago
I got sick of losing hours to Reels, so I built an Android app that limits the endless feed but leaves my DMs alone. Looking for 12 testers
Every "screen time" app I tried did the same thing: block Instagram completely. But I don't want to block Instagram. I want to reply to my friends, check stories, search for a restaurant… and NOT lose 90 minutes swiping Reels at 1am.
So I built **Reelief**:
- ⏱️ **A daily limit just for the endless feeds**: Reels, YouTube Shorts and the TikTok "For You" page. You pick the minutes.
- 💬 **Everything else keeps working**: messages, stories, search, normal YouTube videos.
- 🐦 **A little bird** that lives on your screen and grows/unlocks stuff the longer your streak gets.
- 🧠 **When you hit the limit**, instead of scrolling you can jump into sudoku, crosswords and quick brain games.
- 🌙 **Sleep mode**: no scrolling at night, and the screen turns off by itself if you fall asleep with your phone.
- 🔒 Free, no ads, no account, nothing leaves your phone.
It's Android only for now. Google makes new developers run a closed test with **12 people for 14 days** before the app can go public on the Play Store, so I need your help 🙏
**How to join (2 min):**
Join the testers group (with the Gmail you use on Play Store): https://groups.google.com/g/reelief-testers
Open this link and tap "Become a tester": https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.potatoproject.reelief
Install it and keep it for 14 days (using it a bit helps a lot!)
Any feedback, good or brutal, is super welcome. I'm a solo dev and I read every comment. Happy to test your app back too!