SocialZen: Stop Doomscrolling

The people, not the feed

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

Keep the people. Lose the slot machine. Your networks, with the feeds and Reels surgically removed. SocialZen opens the social apps you already use, with the parts built to keep you scrolling taken out. Messages, profiles, search and posting all work exactly as they did. Reels, Shorts, Spotlight, For You and Explore do not appear at all. WHAT GETS REMOVED • Short-form video — Reels, Shorts, Spotlight and the For You feed • Explore, trending rails and "suggested for you" injected between real posts • Ads and trackers, refused at the network rather than hidden after they load • Like and view counts, comment sections and story trays — each one optional WHAT STAYS • Direct messages and group chats • Profiles, followers and search • Posting, replying and reacting • A video someone sends you in a chat plays once, then takes you back to the conversation instead of sliding into the next one OPEN THE REAL APP, LAND IN THE CALM ONE Turn on interception and opening Instagram brings you to the filtered version instead. iOS enforces it with Screen Time, so it survives a reboot and cannot be killed in the background. DECIDE IN ADVANCE • Sleep Mode locks the apps overnight, on a window you set while you are not tired • Daily limits give each network a budget. Lowering one applies at once; raising one you have already spent waits until tomorrow • Schedules turn interception on for work hours, evenings or weekends • Strict Mode commits you to a window with no early exit SEE WHERE THE TIME WENT SocialZen shows how long you spend inside the filtered apps, per platform, per day. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION There is no account and no server. No analytics, no crash reporting, no ad SDK. Your logins belong to the sites themselves, exactly as they would in a browser, and SocialZen has no way to read them. Every number is computed on your device and stays there. FREE, AND PRO Every platform, every content filter, the scroll-stop and the ad blocking are free forever. Pro adds the enforcement and the depth: blocking the real apps, Sleep Mode, daily limits, unlimited schedules, a home-screen widget per network and thirty days of history. SocialZen Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Monthly or yearly, billed to your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://socialzen-cwb.web.app/privacy

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    Information

    Seller
    • Christian Brown
    Size
    • 5.9 MB
    Category
    • Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    16+
    • 16+
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    • Contains
      Unrestricted Web Access
      Messaging and Chat
      User-Generated Content
      Social Media
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © 2026 CWB Digital
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