one sec | app blocker, focus

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About this app

one sec forces you to take a deep breath whenever you open distracting apps.

It’s as simple as effective: You will reduce your social media usage just by becoming aware of it. one sec is the focus app that tackles the problem of unconscious social media use at its root. It is designed to change your habits on a long-term basis.

one sec works so great because it is fully automated – and forces you to reflect on your actions – while they happen.

🤳 Balanced social media use
App usage drops by 57% on average thanks to one sec – proven by science!

🧑‍💻 Productivity
Having two more weeks per year not spent on social media – to work on your projects & to recharge!

🙏 Mental health
High social media usage is often related to depression and anxiety symptoms.

⚡️ ADHD relief
Users praise one sec as the “holy grail for ADHD relief”.

🏃 Sports
Studies have shown that reduced social media use leads to increased sport activity.

🚭 Quit smoking
Studies have shown that reduced social media use leads to reduced smoking behavior.

💰 Save money
Prevent impulse purchases with one sec.

🛌 Sleep better
Prevent scrolling mindlessly before you go to bed and right after waking up.

With one sec, you‘ll notice both a short-term and long-term effect on your social media usage:

1. Unconscious phone habits are prevented right away (“Why did I even want to open that app?”) and
2. Long-term habits change because these apps appear less appealing to your brain (their “dopamine on demand” effect fades away).

one sec is also available for your desktop web browser: https://tutorials.one-sec.app/browser-extension-installation

We have made one sec free to use with one app!

If you would like to use one sec with multiple apps, please upgrade to one sec pro. You’ll also get access to lots of additional features and customization options.

This effect has been confirmed in a study with the University of Heidelberg and Max Planck Institute where we detected a reduction of social media usage by 57% thanks to one sec. Read our peer-reviewed paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2213114120

Accessibility Service API
This app uses the Accessibility Service API to detect and intervene user-selected target apps. We do not collect personal information, all data remains offline and on-device.

Privacy policy: https://one-sec.app/privacy/
Imprint: https://one-sec.app/imprint/

Ratings and reviews

was great a few months ago, not worth it now. It just did the intervention on me when I was actively reading an article. Also I can't choose how long to be on an app anymore like I could a few months ago. They stuck, bottom of the barrel, basic features behind a paywall which sucks. My doc and therapist thought it was super neat and asked me what it was and then started recommending it to their clients. Now we are on the hunt for a new one instead and they have stopped recommending it.

I would have considered paying for more than a month, but it was very disappointing that many of the paid features I would find most useful (scheduling times for interventions, different intervention types, etc) are only available for iOS. I'd be interested in the app if more functions were available for Android, but for now, I won't be continuing my subscription.

It recently pops up sometimes when an ad is using Facebook's ad server, which means I have to go through the whole process to get past a five second ad on a game. Otherwise, I like having the reminder to not doomscroll on the main three apps I get stuck on; I pay for premium because I figure the time it saves me is worth the couple dollars a month.

What’s new

- Redesigned onboarding flow
- Resolved an issue where interventions were falsely triggered
- Add support for French, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Korean and Chinese