In contrast to Screen Time, one sec delays access to apps and websites instead of blocking them completely – this is fundamentally different than any other screen time tool you’ve tried before!
Have you tried a digital detox? And it did not work, because you fall back into your habits immediately?
Well here is the solution:
one sec solves our unhealthy phone relationship at its roots: by making distracting apps less appealing, our brains lose interest to open them all the time without proper intention.
The effectiveness of one sec has been confirmed in a peer-reviewed scientific study with the Max-Planck Institute and Heidelberg University: app usage drops by 57% on average! Long-term!
Fight the social media algorithms and win back control over your phone usage & your subconsciousness!
“one sec” uses Shortcuts Automation to toggle a deep breath animation whenever you open one of the configured apps (Instagram, Twitter, YouTube…). This breaks unconcious social media habits short-term (literally, as soon as you have set it up) and even helps long-term by adding more friction when opening these apps.
Did you really want to open Instagram? Or was it just because you're bored waiting for your bus?
This app helps you to reflect your actions, thoughts, and feelings; disrupting harmful social media habits with mindfulness.
On top of that, “one sec” also contributes your mindful moments to the Health App via HealthKit.
Especially for people with ADHD one sec is a great tool to gain back control for incredible focus and concentration.
Integrations and collabs:
- You can set up one sec to sync tasks with Structured, so you won't be able to access social media apps during ongoing unfinished tasks.
- You can set up one sec to learn a new language with LENGO, so every time you open social media, you have to answer a handful of vocabularies.
Available Subscription Options:
one sec pro (annual / monthly / lifetime unlock)
One of the few apps that has genuinely changed my life for the better. With all the recent updates to the pro version I highly reccomend it. My muscle memory constantly takes me to distracting apps but that’s no longer an issue with this app. Highly recommend it.
great app
i instantly feel better and ready to get back to studying 😄
Works well
Doesn’t allow you to move off the app and reopen it within a grace period without paying.
Opened Instagram, got presented with the delay, then before I could enter it kicked me into one sec to ask me to rate/review - which restarted the Instagram delay. 🙃
Wow
This app is pretty great, easy to use and a good reminder to not waste time!
Cool, but…
My breathing exercise is apparently “medium” (6 seconds), but takes 14 before I can click through to open an app. Someone forgot to count?
Good app
Works really well
Finally Broken Free ❤️
I couldn’t believe how many times I tried to open social media until I installed this app. Having ADHD I wasted about 5-6 hours a day on scrolling social media, and now I feel like I have my life back. Finally something that works!! Thank you!!!
SAVED MY LIFE
THIS APP IS SAVING HOURS OF MY LIFE THAT WOULDVE BEEN LOST TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
So helpful
This app has saved me so much time and helped break my habit of being late. Do I want to wait 3 seconds to open Instagram, or do I wanna continue getting ready to leave? It’s such a simple app but it’s such good value, highly recommended
Incredible
I tried this app out on a whim and now all my friends use it too. Sick of being chronically online and this app helped break a lot of habits. Delaying instead of preventing is far more effective since it just makes opening twitter, reddit, or instagram that much more inconvenient. I bought a year of the full version and haven’t looked back. My screen time over the past 3 weeks has plummeted.
I would appreciate a bit more customization with some apps outside of social media. Like preventing me opening Slack outside of work hours, or similar. But as it is, this app is still very effective and packs a whole lot of features, and the price is extremely affordable. I’m sick of apps which offer wellbeing improvements charging an arm and a leg, and this app is a breath of fresh air.
I wish their web browser extension for PC had a few more features, but thats a minor nitpick.
Incredible app, incredible value.