Meadow App Lets Users Block Social Media While Keeping Phone Essentials

A startup called Meadow has developed an app aimed at reducing smartphone dependency without requiring users to ditch their devices entirely. Founded by 25-year-old Shreyas Narlanka, the app allows users to block distracting features like social media and web browsing while retaining core phone functions. The product targets people who want a more intentional relationship with their smartphones rather than abandoning them altogether. Narlanka emphasized that the goal is not to reject technology outright, but to give users greater control over how they engage with it.