Break Scroll — Earn Your Screen Time
Reclaim your time from the infinite scroll.
Break Scroll — Earn Your Screen Time launched on April 19, 2026 with 2 votes, #4,561 of 21,248 launches that month.
What it does
Stop the infinite scroll. 🛑 We’ve all been there: opening an app for "one minute" and losing an hour. Break Scroll is your digital circuit breaker. It interrupts mindless scrolling loops, giving you back the agency to spend your time intentionally. ✅ Intentional Interventions: Breaks the dopamine loop. ✅ Privacy-First: No tracking, just focus. ✅ Seamless iOS Integration. Reclaim your focus and put the phone down. I’d love your feedback! 🚀
Lock your apps. Earn them back with exercise. Break Scroll uses your camera to count real reps — no reps, no screen time.
Break Scroll locks your most distracting apps. The only way to unlock them? Complete real exercises — your camera counts every rep. Social media apps are engineered to keep you hooked. Willpower alone doesn't work. You need friction. You open Instagram for "5 minutes" and lose an hour. The algorithm is designed to be unbeatable — until now. Each notification and scroll gives your brain a dopamine hit, making it harder to focus on real life. The loop needs breaking. Excessive screen time is linked to reduced focus, poor sleep quality, anxiety, and lower life satisfaction. No complex settings. No willpower required. Just a new rule: move first, scroll later. Choose which apps to block —…from trybreakscroll.web.app
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ScreenBreakDec 2025 · screenbreak.app · ▲125Hi HN, I built ScreenBreak after realizing that most app blockers failed in practice. “Hard blocks” were too rigid — I either locked myself out entirely or tapped Ignore Limit and kept scrolling. There was no useful middle state. In reality, people still need to open apps like TikTok or Instagram for specific tasks: looking something up, replying to someone, checking updates, etc. The problem isn’t intentional use; it’s the unplanned, unconscious scrolling that follows. I wanted a system that interrupts the impulse without fully preventing access. ScreenBreak uses soft blocking plus…
Paced: Focus & Screen TimeApr 2026 · getpaced.app · ▲10Break the scroll trance with movement, not just willpower.
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