# LoopCut: Screen Time & Focus

> Reduce screen time and stop doomscrolling with progressive friction

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.loopcut](https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.loopcut)

## Overview

- **ID:** `io.loopcut`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Cerevio Technologies
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 81
- **Version:** 3.4.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-12
- **First published:** 2026-05-18
- **Publisher country:** DE
- **Size:** 15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.loopcut)
- **Website:** [https://loopcut.cereviogroup.com/](https://loopcut.cereviogroup.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://loopcut.cereviogroup.com/privacy](https://loopcut.cereviogroup.com/privacy)

## Description

Spend less time in distracting apps. Leave when you meant to.<br><br>LoopCut helps you reduce screen time, avoid mindless scrolling, and stay focused—without giving up the apps you still need.<br><br>Before a guarded app opens, choose why and for how long. If you continue past your plan, LoopCut gradually increases the friction—from a simple check-in to a real reset.<br><br>🧠 Pause Before Autopilot<br>Before TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, Chrome, or another guarded app opens, LoopCut asks whether you really need it now.<br><br>🎯 Open With a Plan<br>Choose your purpose and planned duration. Turn an impulsive opening into a conscious, time-limited session.<br><br>🪜 When One Pause Isn’t Enough<br>When your planned time ends, stopping remains immediate. If you keep going, LoopCut’s Escalation Ladder makes continuing progressively more deliberate:<br>• Check-in — notice that your plan has ended<br>• Pause — wait before extending<br>• Recommit — define one specific task<br>• Final check — hold to continue once<br>• Reset — step away after repeated extensions<br>Choose Gentle, Balanced, or Strong protection for each guarded app.<br><br>⚡ Finish One Quick Task<br>Reply, check a link, scan a QR code, or handle something urgent with short, limited access—without turning protection off.<br><br>🌙 Protect Your Sleep<br>Sleep Guard keeps distracting apps blocked during your bedtime window while essential apps remain available. Urgent access is still possible when genuinely needed.<br><br>🔒 Privacy First<br>LoopCut uses Android Accessibility Service only to detect when selected apps open and display the correct intervention.<br>It does not read your messages, typed text, browsing history, or personal content.<br><br>⚗️Research based: behind the anti-addictive app design are a peer-reviewed PNAS study on app-opening self-nudges and a 2024 MuC study on design friction in infinite-scroll feeds.<br>•	PNAS: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2213114120<br>•	MuC 2024: https://doi.org/10.1145/3670653.3677495<br><br>LoopCut combines screen time control, focus support, and app blocker protection for more intentional phone use.<br><br>🌍 Available in English, German, and Chinese.

## Rankings

- #2,063,557 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.BIND_ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS`
- `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES`
- `io.loopcut.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/io.loopcut)