Buzzkill

Notifications every 5 minutes!

Free · Designed for iPad

Select your time-wasting apps and get customisable notifications every 5–30 minutes to stay in control of your screen time! Buzzkill helps you break out of doomscrolling by sending frequent notifications when you spend too much time in selected apps. Choose which apps you want to monitor and set a custom buzz frequency per app, so notifications match your habits instead of fighting them. Choose your preferred language and the tone you like. You can go from sweet and friendly all the way up to full-on ANGRY CAPSLOCKS when you really want a strong notification. As your usage goes up, notifications gradually become more urgent instead of repeating the same message over and over. Buzzkill uses a large set of around 3,000 notifications in English, Dutch, German and French. Other languages are supported as well, but currently use smaller message sets. You can set a daily buzz-free time so notifications only start after you have used that amount of time. You can also add a daily limit that is easy to change, with optional notifications sent in advance so you can slow down before you reach your cap. Buzzkill keeps your data on your device. Usage history is automatically deleted after seven days. Nothing is sent to a server, and no long-term profiles are built from your behaviour. It’s a privacy-first way to reduce your screen time without blocking your apps, and it’s not another data-hungry tracker.

  • 1.0
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There was an issue with collecting new minutes (and triggering notifications) when new updates were released. This has now been resolved by stabilizing the token ID across updates. If you experience any further issues, please reach out using the contact option in the footer links at the bottom of the app.

The developer, Jens Somers, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Not Collected

    The developer does not collect any data from this app.

    Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

    The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More

    • Seller
      • Jens Somers
    • Size
      • 15.1 MB
    • Category
      • Productivity
    • Compatibility
      Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
      • iPhone
        Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
      • iPad
        Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
      • Mac
        Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
      • Apple Vision
        Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    • Languages
      English and 13 more
      • English, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Turkish
    • Age Rating
      9+
    • Copyright
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