Mindful Shift
Gently Break Your Scroll Habit
Free · In‑App Purchases
The urge to scroll is automatic. Mindful Shift makes the pause automatic, too, replacing doomscrolling and phone addiction with breathing exercises and mindfulness.
Mindful Shift is the only screen time app that helps you regulate, rather than block you out. No account, no data collection, nothing leaving your device.
Most screen time apps punish you for phone addiction. Mindful Shift intercepts the doomscrolling habit and redirects you toward practices that actually help: breathing exercises, grounding, and somatic practices that reset your nervous system in under 2 minutes.
The urge to scroll is automatic. Mindful Shift makes the pause automatic, too.
HOW IT WORKS
Set a time threshold for any app you tend to doomscroll. When you hit it, Mindful Shift steps in like a mindful app blocker that helps instead of punishes. Open the app, and you'll find a full library of guided practices ready to reset your nervous system.
WHAT'S INSIDE
• Behavior Interruption: monitors your most distracting apps and fires a mindful pause when you hit your limit
• Practice Library: 22 guided breathing, grounding, somatic, movement, visualization, and emotional regulation exercises
• Mindful Notifications: scheduled mindfulness check-ins throughout your day
• Custom Reminders: your own mindful moments at times that matter
• Daily Focus: Plan your day around a single practice category
THE SCIENCE
Techniques like the physiological sigh, box breathing, and 5-4-3-2-1 grounding are rooted in clinical research on anxiety and compulsive behavior and designed to work in under 2 minutes.
YOUR PRIVACY
Mindful Shift never creates an account, never collects your usage data, and never sends anything off your device. Everything runs locally using Apple's Screen Time framework. Your habits stay yours.
This isn't about willpower. It's about digital wellness and giving your nervous system a better option.
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Information
- Seller
- Drake Rogers
- Size
- 2.5 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- Copyright
- © Drake Rogers 2026