bright start ✨
limit your fav apps in the morning until you scan sunlight 🌞
WATCH HOW IT WORKS 📱
Check out how you actually use the app in the video below
HOW IT WORKS 🔍
Pick the apps you want to block in the morning 📱
Go outside + scan real sunlight ☀️
Wait out your custom timer ⏳
Your apps unlock. Morning won! 🎉
THE SCIENCE 🧪
"Morning sunlight improves sleep quality by 50%." 💤
— Huberman Lab
"People who get morning light feel 80% more focused during the day." 🎯
— Journal of Psychiatric Research
"The #1 habit for energy, mood & sleep? Early light exposure." ⚡
— Sleep Foundation
BENEFITS OF SUNLIGHT 🌟
Improved Sleep Quality
Morning sunlight exposure helps regulate your circadian rhythm, leading to better sleep quality and duration.
OUR MUSINGS 📝
📝 How Dopamine Hijacks Your Mornings (And What You Can Do About It)
Your phone is rewiring your brain before you even get out of bed
Without realizing it, you've triggered a powerful dopamine spike that hijacks your brain before the day even begins. Learn how to break the cycle.
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📝 Why You Feel Like Crap in the Morning (And How to Fix It Without Caffeine)
Tired in the morning? Your body is missing its most important wake-up signal
Millions of people experience morning fatigue, even after 8 hours of sleep. The real problem? You're ignoring the most important factor in your body's wake-up system: light.
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📝 The Science-Backed Benefits of Morning Sunlight
Learn how morning light exposure can transform your sleep, mood, and energy
According to neuroscientists and sleep experts, morning light exposure is one of the most powerful ways to improve your overall wellbeing.
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🌅 Why Bright Start Exists
because sunlight > screenlight
Humans evolved to wake with the sun — not with TikTok. Find out why we built an app that forces you to get morning light.
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FEATURES 🚀
Built For Real Humans:
your favourite apps stay locked until you scan real morning sunlight.
choose exactly which apps to limit — social, games, doomscroll traps.
after scanning sunlight, wait out a timer (you set) before your apps unlock.
visualise how many days you've won your morning.
log how you feel after getting sunlight — spot patterns over time.
see the perfect time to step outside, based on your location & weather.
friendly push that says: time to get outside.
built directly into your device's native screen time features.
all sunlight scans stay on your device — or processed securely with google vision (optional).
no newsfeeds. no likes. no distraction. just better mornings.