# Heed: Dopamine Detox — Pause before you scroll

> Pause before you scroll (iPhone/iPad app by Sendoa Sola Osorio.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heed-dopamine-detox/id6824220748 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sendoa Sola Osorio](https://appshunter.io/developer/6812332007)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 27.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: English, French, Spanish
- Released: 2026-10-23
- Data updated: 2026-10-26

## What is Heed?

Heed stands before the apps you choose. The first times you open each one in a day, it offers a moment first: a question, a breath, a fact about your day. As the day goes on, it asks less and less. Then you choose. "Continue" is always there.

It is not a blocker. It's a way of noticing, so the phone becomes a little less automatic, day by day.

A MOMENT THAT FITS
• Windows written for each kind of app: what you feel before a food delivery app is not what you feel before a video feed.
• Morning, day, evening or night, and how many times you've already opened it this hour.
• Twelve kinds of moment: what you're here for, a short body check, your own sentence, something else to do, a fact about you, what you were feeling, how long you think you'll stay, a trade, ten seconds face down, and, at night, the person who wakes up tomorrow.
• The first five openings of each app in a day always get a moment. After that, more and more often a four-second pause, and later in the day, often nothing at all.

FIRMER WHEN YOU CHOSE IT
• Digital sunset: in the hours you choose for rest, every opening asks, and "continue" is held for three seconds.
• Focus blocks from 5 to 180 minutes, on the Lock Screen: as at night, every opening asks, and the moment tells you the minutes left. Start one from the widget without opening Heed.

IT LEARNS WHAT HELPS YOU
• Heed notices which windows lead you to "I'm done" and shows them more often. All of it on your device.
• Statistics: openings per app and hour, what Heed showed, how long you took to decide, and what Heed has learned: what you felt before each app and what helps you leave it.

THE DAY
• A different phrase each day, chosen for what matters to you.
• A short closing of the day, and a weekly review that slowly asks for less.
• A body programme of four stretches: notice, breathe, steady yourself. Eyes open or closed.

YOUR APPS
• Around forty apps by category, with search, and any other app as your own. Heed guides you through Shortcuts, step by step.
• Back into the app by itself when it can.

HEED PRO: ONE PURCHASE, FOR GOOD
The moment for two apps, the phrase of the day, closing the day, the first stretch of the programme and your week of statistics are free. Heed Pro, a one-time purchase shared with your family, adds:
• As many apps as you like.
• Focus blocks and the digital sunset.
• The whole body programme and the weekly review.
• 30 and 90 days of statistics, the hours and the time to decide.
• The focus widget, Control Center and colour themes.
Try it free for 30 days, once per Apple ID. Nothing is charged: when it ends, Pro closes and everything you wrote stays yours.

PRIVATE
No account, no analytics, no ads. Your settings and what you write travel through your iCloud; the record of your openings stays on your device. Apple Health is optional, write-only and off by default: mindful minutes and the day's mood.

A wellbeing tool, not a treatment. No streaks, no points, no blame.

Works with Shortcuts automations (iOS 27). iPhone and iPad.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Heed Pro | $17.99 | one-time |
| 30-day Trial | Free | one-time |


## Is Heed safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Heed.

## Is Heed legit?

Heed: Dopamine Detox appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Heed is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 0.0.12 — 2026-10-24

Focus now asks at every opening, as at night, and lasts as long as you choose, from 5 to 180 minutes. The Heed widget starts a focus block with a tap, without opening the app, and counts down to zero. Heed asks at the first openings of each app in the day, and less and less as the day goes on. On Today, a different phrase each day.

### 0.0.11 — 2026-10-23

No release notes.

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All apps by Sendoa Sola Osorio: https://appshunter.io/developer/6812332007

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