the iOS app that locks the apps draining your day until you've talked to someone real. you earn your access back with proof, not willpower.
the average time a 25 to 35 year old man spends scrolling every day. that's six full years of a normal lifespan, gone, looking at people you'll never meet.
based on industry screen time research
you didn't sign up for this. you can interrupt it.
block instagram, tiktok, x, reddit. whichever app is eating your day. apple's native screen time, so nothing leaves your phone.
apps go dark. your phone becomes a tool again, not a feed. you set the block, then a real-world rep earns it back.
wave at a stranger. have a conversation. take a selfie at the spot. four tiers, your choice.
submit proof. your apps come back. your streak grows. tomorrow you do it again. until it's who you are.
you choose your block list. these are just the usual suspects.
every feature exists to get you off your phone and into a conversation. nothing you'll just stare at.
apple's native screen-time blocking, wired to your action. set your block, then earn your access back with proof of a real interaction. built on action, not willpower.
35 social challenges across 4 tiers. start small with a wave at a barista. work up to full conversations. matched to where you actually are.
exact conversation openers for any situation. coffee shop. gym. bookstore. grocery line. stop guessing what to say. start saying things.
days of consistent action. visible proof you're becoming someone different. break it and you start over. that's the point.
selfie verification at the location where you talked to them. on-device. EXIF-stripped. never uploaded. privacy-first by design.
mood and lesson at the end of the day. track what actually moved you. seven rotating prompts, mon to sun. a quiet daily check-in.
your approaches, your streak, your presence score, your points. today's challenge sits front and center, sized to your level.
gio waits in the corner for when you freeze. evening reflection appears at 6pm. one screen, the whole loop.


wave log unlocks 30 minutes. rejection log unlocks an hour, because rejection is proof you showed up. audio reflection unlocks three. photo proof unlocks everything.
do the smallest thing you can today. tomorrow it's slightly bigger.
tell him where you are and who you see. he gives you openers that sound like a human, not a script. each one comes with why it works and what to say next.
not pickup lines. real conversation, calibrated to the actual moment.

frozen at the coffee shop. don't know the opener. tell gio where you are and who you see, and he hands you the play. right then, right there.
not a chatbot to live inside. the nudge that gets you off the wall and into the conversation.
gio · tell me the situation, i'll give you the move.this is the kind of rep iNTRPT puts in front of you. one a day, matched to where you actually are. from a five-second glance to a full saturday off the grid.
hold eye contact with a stranger for 5 seconds without looking at your phone.
walk into a room and introduce yourself to someone before you check instagram.
ask someone at the gym what program they're running. not through text. face to face.
sit at a coffee shop for 30 minutes with your phone on airplane mode. start one conversation.
at the grocery store, ask someone in the aisle what they're cooking tonight.
ask someone on the street for a restaurant recommendation. not google. a person.
walk up to someone at a party you don't know and say, "i don't think we've met."
tell someone you find interesting that you wanted to introduce yourself before you talked yourself out of it.
go an entire saturday with your phone locked. the only way to unlock it is by proving you had one real conversation.

i'm bello. moved from nigeria to the U.S. in 2018. struggled with social anxiety for years. built three businesses that failed because i couldn't get over the fear of being seen.
then i started doing cold approach. that fixed me. now i coach men through forgedEveryday, and i built iNTRPT to do at scale what i wish someone had built for me when i started.
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