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Nudge: Stop Doomscrolling

LivePolyhistor30 apps · 110K installsProductivityFreeIn-app purchases: $2.99 per itemcom.polyhistor.nudge

Doomscrolling app: gentle friction cuts screen time without blocking apps.

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Total installs
766
exact · Play shows 500+
Installs / day
0
7-day avg · last day 0
Rating
—★
— ratings · — reviews
Released
23 Jul 2026
3mo ago
Last update
9 Oct 2026
v1.0.6 · 4d ago
Countries
—
not checked yet

Install history

exact counter from Google Play
748.2811.2874.1937.11K11 Oct12 Oct13 Oct
748.2811.2874.1937.11K11 Oct12 Oct13 Oct

Installs per day · last 90 days

00.30.50.8112 Oct13 Oct13 Oct

Change timeline

Full history

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Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

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App manifest

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Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • Shares data with third parties Location, App activity, and Device or other IDs
  • No data collected
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • No way to ask for data deletion

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

7 in 1 group
1 Sensitive1 Notable5 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are using
OtherSensitive7

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are usingdraw over other apps · SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
  • Read Google service settings stored on your deviceread Google service configuration · com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
Nudge is a doomscrolling app that makes endless feeds gently harder to scroll, without blocking a thing. Social feeds are designed to feel effortless. Nudge quietly changes that. The longer a session runs, the more weight your swipes carry, until a small pull control appears and asks for one deliberate gesture before the feed continues. Put the phone down for a few minutes and the weight fades away again. No lockouts. No countdowns. No guilt. WHY PEOPLE USE NUDGE • Stop doomscrolling without deleting the apps you actually like • Reduce screen time on social media, short video and news feeds • Choose exactly which apps to guard • Decide when friction starts and how quickly it builds • Feel the resistance fade when you pause to read • See your swipes and nudges for this session and the last one • Pause Nudge whenever you want AN ALTERNATIVE TO DOOMSCROLLING BLOCKERS Most screen time tools are built around blocking: a hard lock, a timer counting down, a wall between you and the app. That works right up until you tap "give me five more minutes", and then it stops working at all. Nudge is the gentler alternative. There is no timer to beat and no blocker to switch off. Doom scrolling simply stops being frictionless, so continuing becomes a decision instead of a reflex. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the feed you tend to lose an hour in. 2. Scroll normally. Your first swipes are completely free. 3. As the session goes on, the scrolling weight builds gradually. 4. Every so often a small pull control appears at your finger. One short, deliberate pull upward continues the feed. 5. Pause for a while and your next session starts light again. Your first guarded app is free. Nudge Plus is a one-time purchase, never a subscription, and unlocks unlimited guarded apps. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your guarded apps, scroll counts and friction settings stay on your device. Nudge never reads messages, passwords, typed text or screen content, and it only pays attention to the apps you picked. Accessibility access is used for exactly one purpose: noticing that a guarded app is open and that you are scrolling. That is the entire feature. If blocking apps has never stuck for you, try the calmer way to stop doomscrolling. Spend less time trapped in endless feeds and more time doing what you actually picked up your phone to do.

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