I built an app because I couldn’t stop scrolling before bed — today the iPhone version is live

A few months ago, I woke up at 2 AM to the glow of a phone in the dark.

My wife was lying next to me, scrolling Instagram. Half-asleep, I mumbled:

“babe… don’t scroll…”

and fell back asleep.

The next morning, that sentence was still stuck in my head — because I’m exactly the same.

I get in bed at 11, tell myself “just one video,” and suddenly it’s 2 AM again.

I’m not a developer. I’d never written a line of code — just a regular 9-to-5 office worker.

But I use AI a lot at work, and it made me wonder if someone with zero coding experience could actually build an app.

So I tried.

The idea is simple:

Most blockers just lock you out and make you feel like you failed.

But I didn’t want another “blocked” screen. I wanted something that would help me stop scrolling and actually fall asleep.

So Don’t Scroll works more like a bedtime alarm than a harsh blocker.

You choose the apps that keep you up, set your bedtime, and when the time comes, it gently pushes you away from scrolling and toward sleep.

It’s live on Android, and now the iPhone version is live too.

I built the whole thing with AI as a non-coder, and honestly I’m proud of how it turned out.

I’d love feedback from this community.

Also, one honest question:

For those of you who launched your first app with zero audience, how did you get your first real users?

That’s the part I’m trying to figure out now.

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dontscroll.app&hl=en_US&gl=US

iPhone:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dont-scroll-app-blocker/id6781255206