Syte

About

Your feed isn't your feed. Syte changes that.

You open Shorts meaning to watch one. An hour later you're not sure why you're still there. Deleting the app works for about a week, then you reinstall. Screen-time blockers feel like punishment more than help.

Syte takes a different approach. On every short-form reel you scroll on YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, or TikTok, your browser's built-in AI classifies it as junk or worth watching based on rules you set yourself. Junk reels get auto-skipped silently. The feed just gets quieter.

YOU PICK THE RULES
• A 1-to-10 strictness slider with pre-written rubrics. Level 1 lets nearly everything through. Level 10 keeps only deeply educational content.
• Or write your own filter in plain English. Things like "nothing about celebrity drama" or "only physics and coding tutorials."

THE DISCIPLINE MECHANIC THAT MAKES IT ACTUALLY WORK
Once you start scrolling, your strictness locks for the rest of the session. You can't loosen it the second a junk reel hooks you. That single design choice is why Syte holds past the first week, when most willpower apps fall apart.

PRIVACY BY DEFAULT
• Every classification runs on your device using Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano model
• No API key required, no OpenAI or Anthropic bill, no third-party server reading your reel titles
• Optional anonymous data sharing, off in one click from the settings page

Requires Chrome 138 or later. YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels are fully supported. TikTok For You support is currently in beta.