ScrollBuddy

Every blocker gives you the key to your own lock. ScrollBuddy gives it to your buddy. Free, no subscription.

Every app blocker has the same weakness: you hold the key to your own lock. One stressful evening and the blocker is off, the feed is back, and the only witness is you.

ScrollBuddy is different. Your buddy holds the key.

And all of it is free. No subscription, no paywall, no trial that turns into a charge. Blocking your worst apps should not cost money.

Pick the apps that eat your time. Set a daily limit or a schedule. When the time is up, the apps lock, and more time takes a real person saying yes: a friend, a partner, someone who actually knows you.

HOW IT WORKS

• Choose your worst apps and set a daily limit or a weekday schedule
• When time runs out, the apps lock on your phone
• Want more time? Send your buddy a request with your reason, and attach a photo to show them what you did instead
• They approve or deny in one tap. That is the whole product: witnessed attention.

NO CHEATING

• Your buddy sees your daily totals and your streak
• If Screen Time gets switched off, your buddy sees that too, within minutes
• Safari is not a loophole: block websites alongside apps, and filter adult sites everywhere while a blocker is on

WHY A HUMAN WORKS People with a buddy stick with their goals 52% of the time versus 33% going it alone (our own users' data). Willpower is unreliable at 11pm. A witness is not.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your screen contents, messages, and browsing never leave your phone. Apple's Screen Time framework counts your usage privately on the device. We only store what the accountability needs: daily totals, requests, and the photos you choose to attach (stripped of location data, deleted 30 days after the request, gone forever if you delete your account).

Free. No subscription. Setup takes about 3 minutes, and pairing with your buddy takes one code.

Take your attention back, with a witness.

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