Don't Scroll: App Blocker

You lie down to sleep, and somehow it's 2 AM and you're still swiping through Shorts and Reels. Don't Scroll is a bedtime app blocker that breaks the habit of opening apps without thinking. It doesn't lock your whole phone. It puts a pause between you and the apps you picked, and that pause is what ends the nightly scroll. Short-form video is built to make "just one more" feel reasonable. Don't Scroll steps in at exactly that moment. [ How it works ] When your lock time starts, the apps you picked don't open. Still want in? You rest for three minutes first, with calm sleep sounds playing. Finish the three minutes and you get two minutes in the app. The lock stays on through the night. Nothing expires on its own — you unlock it yourself in the morning. Most nights it ends at those three minutes. Instead of opening the app again, you put the phone down. [ Features ] ■ Bedtime app blocking At the time you set, your chosen apps stop opening, so your screen time before bed drops on its own. ■ Pick your apps Lock only what keeps you up — YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, whatever it is for you. ■ The three-minute pause Before an app opens, you wait three minutes with sleep sounds and let the urge pass. ■ Morning unlock The lock holds all night. In the morning you open it with one tap from the home screen, and you see how many times you reached for your phone the night before. ■ A lock you can't undo (Plus) Hand the unlock code to someone you trust. The code goes only to them — it never reaches you. At 1 AM, when you're the least reasonable version of yourself, you can't quietly undo your own lock. If you do get it opened, they'll know. And the note they wrote you sits right there on the lock screen. ■ Locks with a purpose (Plus) Nights aren't the only problem. Set separate locks for work hours, or for delivery apps after dinner, each with its own schedule. ■ Focus sessions Write one line about what you're doing, start the timer, and distracting apps stay locked until you're done. Once a day on the free plan, unlimited on Plus. ■ Sleep sounds and timers Fall asleep to rain, waves, or brown noise. Set a timer, or let it run until your wake-up time. ■ Your night report See how many times you tried to open something, and how many nights in a row you've held the line. Every night you resist becomes part of the record. [ A pause, not a wall ] If you genuinely need an app, it's there after three minutes. But those three minutes are what break an automatic scroll and make sleep the easier choice. And for the nights when you know you can't trust yourself, there's a lock you can't undo. [ Who it's for ] People who keep swiping through Shorts in bed Anyone who stays up too late on Reels or TikTok People who installed a blocker before and turned it off themselves Anyone who wants certain apps blocked during work hours too People trying to cut screen time before sleep [ Plus subscription ] The core app is free. Plus unlocks the lock you can't undo, multiple purpose locks, unlimited focus sessions, the full sound library, and detailed reports. Monthly and yearly are available, and a free trial if you're new. [ Accessibility permission ] Don't Scroll uses Android's Accessibility Service to detect which app is currently open, so it can show the block screen when you open an app you chose to limit during your lock hours. It reads only the name (package name) of the app on screen. It never reads, records, or collects your screen content, your messages, or what you type, and nothing leaves your device. Less screen time before bed, and a much better shot at falling asleep. You can start tonight.