1 Choose your app
Select the app you want to open intentionally.
Android app to reduce social media time
Stop doomscrolling. Keep the apps you need.
Scroll Hush adds a short pause before Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and other social apps open. Name your reason, set screen time limits, understand your habits, and choose something else when you need a break from the feed.
Coming soon for Android
01 / How it works
Three steps before the feed opens.
Choose which apps to monitor, name your reason and planned time, then take a short pause before Instagram, TikTok or any other monitored app continues. Most mindless scrolling starts with an automatic opening, so that is where Scroll Hush steps in.
2 Name your reason
Before the feed loads, choose why you are opening and how long you plan to stay.
3 Take a short pause
Take a little pause, so the opening stays deliberate.
02 / Your boundaries
Your apps.
Your screen time limits.
Set shared limits or tune them per app — daily time, session length, visit frequency and breaks between openings. Unlike a daily app timer, session limits stop a single visit from taking the whole evening.
- Time
- Daily budgets and maximum session duration.
- Frequency
- Sessions per day and minimum breaks between visits.
- Flexibility
- Choose enforcement settings and configure grace periods.
Planned time is your choice for one visit. A session limit is the maximum session duration you configured.
Set daily time, session length, visit counts and minimum breaks for the apps you monitor.
Adjust enforcement, grace periods and finer controls when you need tighter boundaries.
03 / Understand your habits
See what your
scrolling looks like.
Social media screen time, sessions, opening reasons and the breaks in between — reports keep your recorded use in one place.
Where does your time go?
See daily social time and how it is split among your monitored apps.
How did today look?
A day-by-day view of time, openings and how your usage unfolded.
Why are you opening?
See the reasons you selected, their share of openings and average time for each.
How long between visits?
See your current quiet interval, your longest interval and the gaps between sessions.
When do you tend to open?
See session counts, average duration and the hours when you use monitored apps.
How do visits compare with your limits?
Compare recorded sessions with your limits and see when grace periods were used.
Overview
04 / Something else to do
Read, meditate or stretch instead of scrolling.
When you decide not to open the feed, Scroll Hush has something else ready: a library of classic books, guided meditations and short stretches.
Library
Classic titles ready when you want to read instead of scroll.
Guided meditations
Each meditation on a theme is unique with a myriad of versions per theme, so there is always a new session waiting.
Stretch
A short stretch you can do when the urge to open social apps shows up.
Library
Classic titles ready when you want to read instead of scroll.
Guided meditations
Each meditation on a theme is unique with a myriad of versions per theme, so there is always a new session waiting.
Stretch
A short stretch you can do when the urge to open social apps shows up.
05 / Quiet time
Your quiet time becomes a collection.
Time away from the apps you monitor earns points and unlocks Orbits — a collection that grows with your quiet intervals.
Quiet time means time away from monitored apps.
06 / Privacy
Your usage is yours.
Scroll Hush does not read your posts, messages or passwords, has no advertising SDKs and does not sell your usage history. Android permissions let it measure app usage and support the limits you choose. If you sign in, a copy is saved to your account so you can restore it, and you can delete it anytime.
A few things you might want to know.
Can I reduce scrolling without deleting social media?
Yes. You keep your social apps and accounts. Scroll Hush adds a pause, a reason and a planned time before you continue, so you use them on purpose instead of on autopilot.
A digital detox without quittingIs this just an app blocker?
No. It combines intentional openings, session controls, usage reports and alternatives to scrolling. You can configure limits and enforcement settings.
How is it different from Android's app timers?
Digital Wellbeing app timers cap your daily total for free. Scroll Hush works at the moment of opening: a pause, a reason, a planned time for that visit, plus session limits, minimum breaks between visits and reports by opening reason.
How to set app time limits on AndroidWhich apps does Scroll Hush support?
Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, X, Threads, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Discord, Messenger and WhatsApp, when they are installed. You choose which ones to monitor.
Does Scroll Hush work on iPhone?
No. Scroll Hush is an Android app only.
What Android access does it need?
Usage Access supports reports. Accessibility supports Launch Protection. Display over other apps supports session notices. Before asking for Usage Access or Accessibility, the app explains what each one reads and asks for your consent. Features depend on the access you grant and Android's background behavior.
Read how each permission worksDoes quiet time mean no phone use?
Quiet time is time away from the apps you selected for monitoring. It does not mean time away from your phone or every screen.
07 / Guides
Learn how to reduce screen time.
Practical guides that work with or without Scroll Hush, starting with the free tools already on your phone.
- Doomscrolling
How to stop doomscrolling
Why the feed is so hard to put down, and nine practical steps to break the loop without deleting your accounts.
Read the guide - Screen time
How to reduce screen time on Android
Use Digital Wellbeing, app timers, Focus mode and Bedtime mode, then fix the habits that keep the numbers high.
Read the guide - Digital detox
A digital detox without quitting social media
Why reducing usually beats quitting, how to set boundaries you will keep, and a 14-day plan.
Read the guide - Scroll Hush for Android
An Android app to reduce social media screen time
What Scroll Hush does, which apps it supports, which Android permissions it needs and what it does not do.
Read the guide
08 / Stay in the loop
Register your interest.
Leave your name and email. We'll write when Scroll Hush is closer to launch.
A little space before you scroll
Make your next opening a choice.
An Android app for intentional social use — pause, set limits, and see your habits.
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Coming soon for Android