PetGatekeeper

Pet Gatekeeper is a focus tool that overlays a short looping video of your own pet on top of sites you tend to overuse. It is designed for people who lose time on X, TikTok, Reddit, Reels, Shorts, and similar pages, and it replaces generic warning banners with a blocking screen that is harder to dismiss.

The product is offered as a free-to-install desktop app for Mac and Windows plus a browser extension for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. You upload 1–4 photos of your pet on the website, and the service turns them into two short videos: an intro and a loop. You then paste an 8-character code into the app so the pet downloads once and lives on your device. The same code works across the app and extension, and can be reused on another browser or computer.

Once installed, you set scroll limits for watched sites and choose how long the gatekeeper keeps you out. The page is then hijacked when your limit is reached, so the pet appears instead of a banner or guilt prompt. The page text also notes per-domain rules, so the gatekeeper only fires where you actually lose time.

This is aimed at people who want a stronger, more personal way to interrupt doomscrolling without a subscription. The site states that it is local-first, has no tracking, and uses pay-by-the-pet credits that never expire.

Key features:
- Desktop app for Mac and Windows
- Browser extension for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox
- Upload 1–4 pet photos to create intro and loop videos
- Set scroll limits and timeout duration for watched sites
- Uses per-domain rules so the gatekeeper only appears where needed
- Local-first and described as having no tracking
- Pay-by-the-pet pricing with credits that never expire