Stake against → Facebook
You did not open Facebook to scroll. You opened it to RSVP, message your aunt, or check the church group. Then Marketplace ate forty minutes. Lockin attaches a real dollar cost to that drift.
Suggested starting contract
$5/day against a daily limit of 15 minutes on the apps you choose.
Free on Google Play and the App Store. On Android, grant the screen time permission so the app can read your Facebook minutes from the OS counter. On iPhone, grant Screen Time access so Lockin can read your daily app usage.
Choose the Screen Time contract template. This is the format that reads Digital Wellbeing to verify whether you stayed under your limit each day.
Pick Facebook from the app picker. Optional: also select Messenger separately if it is a major time sink — it lives in its own app bucket.
15 minutes. Facebook's utility checks (RSVP, message, group ping, Marketplace search) are fast. Set the limit tight enough to defeat the scroll trap that follows them.
Default 5 dollars per day. Pick an amount that would actually sting if you forfeited it tomorrow. Too low and your brain ignores it. Too high and you skip the contract.
Pick from Lockin's vetted list. If you fail, your stake funds the charity you chose. Lockin charges a small platform fee to cover payment processing and operations.
Review the contract, confirm your card on file, and start. The clock begins at midnight local time. Every minute over the limit is tracked on-device; if you cross, the stake transfers automatically.
From Lockin's data
Verified on-device on both Android (Digital Wellbeing reports total Facebook-app time) and iPhone (Screen Time). Feed, Marketplace, Groups, Stories, Reels, and Watch all count in the Facebook bucket. Messenger is a separate app and is tracked independently. Lockin only reads usage for the apps you select.
"I kept telling myself I needed Facebook for the neighborhood Buy Nothing group and my kid's school parent page. True. Also true: I was on Marketplace for an hour every night looking at canoes I will never buy. Fifteen-minute limit, five-dollar stake. I forfeited twice the first week, zero times since."
— Anonymous beta user, Facebook challenge, 6 weeks active
Lockin tracks. On Android Digital Wellbeing counts the minutes you spend in the Facebook app and Lockin reads that number on-device. On iPhone the same contract uses Screen Time — Lockin gets a breach signal if you cross your daily cap. The accountability is financial — cross your limit and your stake forfeits — not a hard block at the OS level.
Yes. On iPhone the same contract runs through Screen Time — Lockin reads your daily app usage and the contract settles automatically at end of day. Verification is hands-off. iOS shows progress in 5% increments rather than literal minutes during the day, but the daily pass/fail outcome is just as binding.
Set a generous-enough limit — 15 minutes a day is enough to RSVP, scan a Group, and check Marketplace listings if you are intentional. The discipline is real, not punitive, and most community-group activity batches cleanly into one daily check-in window.
Forfeited stakes go to a registered charity from Lockin's vetted list. You choose the charity from categories including climate, mental health, animal welfare, and digital literacy when you set up the contract. The bulk of your stake funds the charity you chose. Lockin charges a small platform fee to cover payment processing and operations. Refer to the transparency page inside the app for charity-by-charity tallies.
No. Facebook Messenger is a separate Android app with its own time bucket in Digital Wellbeing. If Messenger is a major use-case, set a second Lockin contract for it — or include both apps under a combined Screen Time category if your phone supports grouping them.
Free to download. You set the limit, the stake, and the charity.
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The Lockin Team — Lockin Editorial
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