Think First vs OffScroll

You reach for your phone – and 40 minutes later you no longer know why. Think First puts a short, deliberate moment right before that. No lecturing, no permanent lockout. The app stays closed until you have taken a moment – then the decision is yours. SETUP IN THREE STEPS • Pick your app from the list – around 70 well-known apps are built in • Link it in the system dialog so iOS knows which app you mean • Allow notifications – they take you from the blocked app to your countdown HOW YOUR MOMENT WORKS • You tap the app – it is blocked and shows its name • "Start my moment" sends you a notification • You tap it, the countdown runs, then you decide • Finally you set how long you need: 5, 15 or 30 minutes • The app then opens by itself – and locks again once your time is used HOW LONG DO YOU NEED? After the countdown you set yourself a time budget. Real usage counts, not the clock: if the phone sits on the table in between, your budget doesn't run down. Once it's used up the app locks itself again. YOUR APPS, BY NAME AND ICON Every protected app appears the way you know it: in statistics, in notifications and on the lock screen. So you see which app calls you how often – not just an anonymous total. WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU NEED IT FOR • Before the app opens you type, in one sentence, what you actually intend to do • Apple Intelligence reads along directly on your iPhone and checks that you really answered – not whether your reason is good enough • Later you see which sentence you tell yourself most often • Your text never leaves your device. Requires iPhone 15 Pro or newer with iOS 26 DAILY LIMITS AND FOCUS • Decide how long you want to use an app each day • Hard Mode: unchangeable in the moment of temptation • "Study 8am–3pm, Mon–Fri" – your apps lock themselves • Instant "Focus now" session for spontaneous concentration STAYING WITH IT, MADE REWARDING • Levels, XP and streaks for every impulse you win, 12 badges • Streak protection: once a week a day may drop out • Add friends and compare the week – the first 5 are free AT A GLANCE A home screen widget with your numbers per app – and one for the lock screen, right where you reach for the phone. EMERGENCY? SOS Press and hold the app icon, confirm three times: everything is open for 15 minutes, then every lock returns automatically. PRIVACY • Your statistics stay on your iPhone. No account, no tracking, no ads • Think First never learns which apps you pick – Apple does not reveal that • The friends feature is optional and data-minimal FREE AND PREMIUM Free protects one app. Premium lifts that: • As many apps as you like • Growing wait time: every further reach costs more time today • Impulse quota: "at most 3x Instagram a day" • Daily notice per app: "15 minutes of Instagram – is that enough?" • Time profiles, your own wait time and question per app • Unlimited focus schedules and daily limits • Extended statistics including CSV export • 11 design presets, 10 app icons, widgets • Up to 50 friends 7 days free. Think First Premium is an auto-renewable subscription at EUR 2.99 per month, with the first 7 days free. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://hbj-solutions.com/thinkfirst/privacy

Most screen time apps lock you out and leave you standing there. You see a block screen, close it, open the next app — and keep scrolling. OffScroll doesn't just take the feed away. It puts what you actually meant to do in its place. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set your limits Pick single apps or whole categories and give them a daily limit. OffScroll builds on Apple Screen Time, so it really blocks — it doesn't just remind you. 2. Write down what's waiting A plain list, no folders and no labels. Whatever is at the top is what matters most. 3. At your limit, you see that list When the time is used up, the block screen shows your three most important tasks. One tap takes you straight there. 4. You can unlock — but you have to explain yourself You can always get back into your apps. You just have to write down why. When the time runs out, OffScroll asks whether it was worth it. WHAT SETS OFFSCROLL APART The block screen isn't a dead end Other apps say "time's up" and that's that. OffScroll puts your open list in the same spot. You don't just lose something — you get something back. Unlocking costs you a sentence No password, no forced waiting period, no wall to fight against. Just one question: why now? That's the difference between a decision and a reflex — and it's why you can look back and see where your time actually went. Priority is simply the order No categories, no priority levels, no stars, no points. What's at the top matters. Drag to reorder, that's it. No leaderboards, no trophies The app reports, it doesn't cheer. You see your numbers — not your rank next to strangers. No account, no sign-up Download it, open it, go. There is nothing to register and no email address to hand over. EVERYTHING IT DOES Limits and blocking · Daily limits for single apps or whole categories · Real blocking through Apple Screen Time, not just a notice · Cap your daily exceptions: 1 to 10 · Choose how long an unlock lasts: 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes · A follow-up question after every exception, asking whether it was worth it To-dos · A list where the order is the priority — drag to reorder · The top three appear on the block screen · Completed items are struck through and cleared at the next day change · Swipe to pin Overview · A ring with your real screen time and your daily goal · Weekly overview with per-day bars and a goal line · "Time saved" — measured against your screen time before OffScroll · A streak for every day you kept your limits · Exceptions taken and tasks completed per day Also · Evening recap, Sunday weekly recap — both can be turned off · Two colour worlds: Dark Blue or Black & Orange · For iPhone and iPad PRIVATE, BECAUSE NOTHING LEAVES YOUR DEVICE OffScroll has no account, no sign-in, no server. Your limits, your to-dos and your usage data live on your iPhone only. Apple Screen Time doesn't even hand the app the names of the apps you block — we couldn't read them if we wanted to. SUBSCRIPTION OffScroll is free for 7 days. After that it's 8.99 €/month or 48.99 €/year. There is only one tier: everything is included, nothing is locked behind an upgrade. Cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://offscrollsupport-ship-it.github.io/offscroll-privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/