If you’ve ever had a hard time staying off of your phone, Sapien’s Lightdogs app might help.

Cam Crain, the founder of technology startup Sapien, said the app is like “Pokémon Go meets with Focus Timer.”

“Basically you earn points [called joules] by spending time unplugged from your smartphone and then use them to build a collection of these virtual super dogs,” he said. “You set a time and while the timer’s counting down, you’re earning points. But if you leave the app before your timer’s done, you lose all those points.”

The virtual dogs are called Lightdogs, which users can care for. They start as eggs that can then evolve into adult Lightdogs. If you’re a 90s kid, this might be reminiscent of playing Tamagotchi, except users can also breed the Lightdogs.

Crain said he had been worried about the amount of time people spend on their smartphones for a few years. When he came across Cryptokitties, collectable cats created by Ethereum to get people involved in cryptocurrency, an idea was sparked.  . . . 

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