Dayo 2.0 - April 7th!

The world will meet Dayo on April 7th, 2025. We have been heads down on turning our MVP into our true BETA. We will have alot more information to share on the launch but wanted to share some of the changes we made and how excited we are about these new features.

The first thing we did was get rid of points, and change everything to dollars. While traditional apps want to obfuscate costs, we want users to know how much every app is costing them every minute. 1 minute on Tik Tok equals pennies out of your pocket, and we want you to be thinking this way.

In addition we have added a streak! Users who spend no more than 30 minutes a day on social media, for 5 days in a row, will earn a cheat day. Scroll as much as you like and face no penalties. Like dieting we need release valves and cheat days to stay on our goals.

BREAK THE TRANCE

The trance of scrolling makes time feel non existent. Has it been 2 minutes or 20 since I opened up Instagram? So we have put brakes in everywhere. Sheild screens will pop up at 30, 90 and 150 minutes taking over your phone and asking you “DO YOU WANT TO STOP NOW.” If you say you would rather get paid than scroll, then all the apps you track will now be greyed out and locked. Simply click on the app to unlock it, but you will once again face a question, open it and lose, or stay off and get paid? This is the best defense against picking up the phone just minutes after you agreed to stop.

THE MORE YOU KNOW

We have completely overhauled our homepage. Now you will see an amorphous blob that changes color as your time ticks down. Don’t let it get to red!

TIME BANK

Sure you are earning money, but what about all the time you are getting back? Our new version tells you how many hours and days you have saved to date, and at this rate how many years of your life you wil get back. Pretty motivating!

YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF YOUR APPS

We added control over your app selection to your Profile. Now you can select which apps you want to track at setup, but can also select and un select apps after the fact. Apple considers Social Media to include Messages for instance, perhaps you use that for work or some other purpose. Perhaps you have to be on What’s App because your client or employer reaches into other countries. Now you are in the driver seat.

MORE TO COME

We are going to be announcing partners, new brands, events and all the fun stuff shortly. The product itslef is ready for prime time and we appreciate everyone who participated in giving us feedback and helping us get there.

We can’t wait for you to try it!

xo, Corey & Patrick