BOSTON (WHDH) – A new iPhone app is looking to help users take a step toward better health.
The app “Steppin” blocks your social media apps unless you take a walk.
Boston-based tech entrepreneur and computer scientist Paul English says he wants to help people who might have trouble putting down their phones.
“It’s shocking for people, they’ll say, ‘I only spend five minutes a day on Tiktok.’ And then you look at the stats in front of you, when they open their phone up and they’re spending 30 minutes or 45 minutes or 60 minutes or whatever,” Paul English said.
Paul English, who is also the founder of Kayak.com, says his team’s research shows young people spend over six hours a day on their phone. Studies confirm Americans are less fit than ever.
“I think that the connection we’ve found with something in the real world, and something physical, …