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CLUSTER TIME-BEFORE-DISTRACTING · 8 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2020-09-29

Screen time delay apps

These apps reduce screen time by inserting intentional delays, pauses, or scheduled blocks before users can open distracting apps, and some provide usage insights. The dated history before the index shows isolated single entries spread across 2020-09, 2020-12, 2021-07, 2024-01, 2025-10, 2025-12, and 2026-07, with no clear trend. Traction is led by yixi with 91 stars, while Defang and Pause each have 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

SEP 2020: 1DEC 2020: 1JUL 2021: 1APR 2023: 1OCT 2025: 1DEC 2025: 1APR 2026: 1JUL 2026: 1
SEP 2020JUL 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 8 unlabelled

Operator · 2 indie · 3 commercial · 2 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 8 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01Defang0★19 daysliveopen sourceAnti-distraction launcher that adds friction to time-wasting apps through session gates, cool-downs, grayscale screens, and batched notifications.
  2. 02ScreenZen- Screen Time Control0★1 molivecommercialMobile app that reduces screen time by adding delays, interruptions, and scheduled blocks before opening distracting apps.
  3. 03Clema: Screen Time Companion0★15 daysliveMobile app that reduces screen time through empathetic chat guidance, gamified progress, and gentle reminders when opening distracting apps.
  4. 04one sec | screen time + focus0★28 dayslivecommercialMobile app that adds a deliberate delay before opening chosen distracting apps, reducing compulsive social media and screen time over time.
  5. 05Reclaim: Screen Time & Focus0★1 moliveindieMobile app that reduces screen time by setting intentions, adding pauses before distracting apps, and providing insights into phone habits.
  6. 06DetoxDroid: Digital Detox by Default0★25 daysliveopen sourceAndroid app that reduces phone overuse by grayscaling the screen, interrupting endless feeds, and blocking distracting apps.
  7. 07Unpluq: Reduce Screen Time0★3 molivecommercialMobile app that blocks selected apps behind a distraction barrier so users must make a conscious choice to open them, reducing screen time.
  8. 08Intentional: Screen Time Ctrl0★5 moliveindieScreen time control app that adds a pause before opening distracting apps and enforces time limits to help users reclaim hours from phone use.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.