one sec 3.0.1

Take a deep breath and stop scrolling! one sec is the screen time limit app with science behind it: 57% fewer app openings on average, confirmed in a peer-reviewed study in collaboration with Max-Planck-Institute.

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Most social media use happens on autopilot. one sec interrupts it right at the root by breaking the dopamine loop behind every mindless scroll. This is effective in two ways:
1. Unconscious app openings are prevented right away (“Why did I even want to open that app?”).
2. Long-term habits change because your brain gets rewired: apps appear less appealing.

🔒 Privacy by design: one sec does not sell or analyze your data.

🛠️ FEATURES
- Breathing pause: take a deep breath before distracting apps open
- App blocker: block Instagram, TikTok, or any other app instantly or on a schedule
- App time limit: block apps and websites after a set amount of time
- YouTube Shorts blocker & Instagram Reels blocker: remove in-app features while keeping the rest of the app
- Focus times: schedule phone-free hours during work, study, family time or bedtime
- Porn blocker: block porn sites and lock the setting so you can't switch it off on a whim
- Screen time stats: track how often you reach for an app and how much time you’ve saved
- Desktop Browser extension: set up one sec on your desktop web browser to block websites
- …and more!

📊 WHAT RESEARCH SHOWS
- 57% fewer app openings on average, in a study with the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Heidelberg University (published in PNAS)
- 36% less social media use among teens, in a field experiment by the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority
- Friction-based apps like one sec have the strongest evidence of all screen time tools, according to a University of Cambridge report.
- one sec is part of research projects with 30+ universities and federal institutions, like the University of Cambridge, LMU Munich and the German Federal Agency for Child and Youth Protection.
- one sec users save more than 3,000 years of scrolling every week.

Read the PNAS study: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2213114120
Read the Cambridge report: theprudencetrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Smartphone-and-Social-Media-Interventions.pdf

💪 WHERE ONE SEC HELPS YOU
Reduce your screen time and stop doomscrolling – you benefit in various ways:

🤳 Balanced social media use
App usage drops by 57% on average thanks to one sec – proven by science!

🧑‍💻 Productivity
Get two weeks a year back from social media – to work on your projects & to recharge!

🙏 Mental health
High social media usage is often related to depression and anxiety symptoms.

⚡️ ADHD relief
Users praise one sec as the “holy grail for ADHD relief”.

🏃 Sports
Studies have shown that reduced social media use leads to increased physical activity.

🚭 Quit smoking
Studies have shown that reduced social media use leads to reduced smoking behavior.

💰 Save money
Prevent impulse purchases with one sec.

🛌 Sleep better
Stop scrolling mindlessly before you go to bed and right after waking up.

🔒 PRIVACY
This app uses the Accessibility Service API to detect and interrupt user-selected target apps. We do not collect personal information. All data remains offline and on-device.

⭐ FREE & PRO
Try one sec for free with one app. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited apps, additional features, and all customization options.

one sec is covered by U.S. Patent 12,468,828 B2.

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