Step away from the scroll. Block problem apps, build better habits, and reset your relationship with your phone. Learn to be present in life & get back to your roots.
Reclaim Your Focus with Digital Detox
Phones are designed to pull attention away from the things that matter. Digital Detox helps you push back by creating intentional boundaries around your apps, your time, and your habits.
Instead of fighting constant distraction, you choose when and how to disconnect. Many users think of this as a modern dopamine detox. Lower your cortisol in the mornings. Not eliminating technology, but reducing the constant stimulation that fragments attention. Whether you want to block problem apps, schedule recurring breaks, or run a quick focus session, Digital Detox gives you practical tools to stay present, stay unplugged, and regain control. Fix your relationship with your phone
Whether you want to block problem apps, schedule recurring breaks, or run a quick focus session, Digital Detox gives you practical tools to stay present, stay unplugged, and regain control.
Block What Distracts You Most
Digital Detox lets you select the apps that cause the most distraction and temporarily block them, for one sec or for seven days. This targeted approach helps you avoid mindless scrolling, reduce screen time, and prevent digital overload without locking you out of your entire phone. This kind of phone detox is flexible by design. You stay reachable while still protecting your focus.
Many people use Digital Detox to clear space, reduce noise, and avoid the kind of brain rot that comes from endless feeds. The result is a calmer, more focused experience that supports real life instead of interrupting it.
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Flexible Detoxes That Fit Real Life
Set up detoxes that match your routine:
- Run quick detoxes when you need immediate focus
- Schedule detoxes in advance for workdays, weekends, or evenings
- Create recurring schedules so breaks happen automatically
- Run multiple detoxes at once, up to 19 active or scheduled periods
When a detox is active, a detox lock keeps boundaries in place so you don’t have to rely on willpower alone. This flexibility makes it easier to refocus throughout the day and build habits that last.
You are not forced into a single rigid system. You choose what works.
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Build Healthier Habits Over Time
Digital Detox is not about willpower alone. It is about structure.
The Detox Ladder Challenge encourages gradual progress by rewarding longer and more consistent detoxes. Over time, you build roots instead of relying on short bursts of motivation. Many users describe this process as a sustainable dopamine detox that fits into real life rather than fighting against it.
Users often report feeling more grounded, more present, and less reactive after sticking with a consistent routine.
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Designed for Calm, Not Guilt
Digital Detox avoids shame and pressure. There are no constant alerts, no streak anxiety, and no punishment loops. The app is designed to help you unplug, reset, and focus with clarity while reaching your zen state.
If your goal is freedom from constant checking, space to think clearly, or simply being present again, this app supports that direction.
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A Better Relationship with Your Phone
Digital Detox helps you:
Reduce screen time naturally
Stay focused during work or study
Be present with family and friends
Create space for rest, creativity, and clarity
And all it takes is one sec
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You do not need to eliminate your phone. You just need better boundaries.
Digital Detox helps you create them.
EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy: https://www.thedigitaldetoxapp.com/privacy
Terms: https://www.thedigitaldetoxapp.com/terms-conditions
The graphs and numbers on the home page are effective in seeing how each second adds up to an unproductive day. The badges are also useful. I wish there were more badges because they are really motivating. If I clear the detox history it ends up reloading anyways. Also the whitelisting doesn’t work. I can bypass that another way.
Great idea but no schedules
pearllocket
I love the idea that you can’t just bypass the block session and you have to pay. This could’ve been the best screentime limiting app I have on my phone. However, you can’t schedule sessions. I don’t need my apps to be blocked for 24 hours or two weeks straight??? I just need them to be blocked for certain hours of the day so I don’t procrastinate any work i’m trying to get done. Like if i had the option to block apps from 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm (and other specified times) that would be amazing. Again, I absolutely love the idea and how strict the app is but I can’t use it, and if you’re looking for an app with scheduled blocking this isn’t one unfortunately.
Half ssa
For what is it worth?
When I used this app about a month and a half ago it was a A1 app and recommended to everyone I know. It was free and I could block my apps for 2 weeks free, and wouldn’t unlock until the time was up. Now you charging me for commitment mode for only 23h 45min? And I can’t even add other apps to lock while on commitment mode? I’m so dissatisfied now and now mad expensive for half the features it used to have. The mf who created this app became greedy all the sudden? For half what it was worth? Please. This app was so great I was even willing to pay but now it’s so trash. SMH. I’m getting a different one and actually pay the price for the one I chose for simple pettiness. Don’t recommend.
Developer Response
Unfortunately we were forced to change the business model & style of the app. Sorry that you are dissatisfied with the update but our hands were forced. Commitment mode is still available for up to 7 days, it can be accessed by scheduling a one-time detox in the schedule view.Please reach out to support@thedigitaldetoxapp.com & we can discuss further & hopefully come to a resolution on the issue.
Completed 2 so far
PrincesssPaigey
Have completed two 24 hour detoxes so far. No issues
- Visual improvements
- Other bug fixes & improvements
Version 2.0.2
The developer, John Baker, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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