ScrollOff: Short Video Blocker

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About this app

For anyone who opens an app to answer one message and looks up 40 minutes later: ScrollOff closes the short-video screen and leaves the rest of the app alone.
Pick an app, turn ScrollOff on in Android's Accessibility settings, and you are done. No account, no sign-in.

WHY SCREEN-LEVEL, NOT APP-LEVEL
Many blockers lock the whole app. That also locks the parts you need: messages, search, the channel you follow, the tutorial you saved. ScrollOff works one level down. When a supported app opens its short-video player, ScrollOff takes you out of that screen. In DMs, search, the regular feed or a long video, it stays out of the way.

Works with
• the Shorts player in the YouTube app
• the Reels viewer in the Instagram app
• TikTok (the whole app is a short-video feed, so ScrollOff closes it as soon as it opens)
• the Reels tab in the Facebook app (beta)
ScrollOff recognises these screens by how each app is built. Apps change with updates, so a screen can sometimes be missed. If that happens, tell us with Send feedback in Settings and we will update ScrollOff.

FREE PLAN
Block one: YouTube Shorts or Instagram Reels, your choice. No time limit and no ads. When the upgrade screen appears, close it and keep the free plan for as long as you like.

PRO
• Block all four at the same time.
• Mindful break: once a day, open short videos on purpose for 5 or 10 minutes. When the time runs out, blocking comes back on by itself, so a quick look does not turn into an evening.
• Weekly report: a daily chart of blocked short-video screens, a by-app breakdown and an estimate of the time you got back.
Choose monthly, yearly (7-day free trial for new subscribers) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Tired of subscriptions? Pay once and you are done.

HOW THE ACCESSIBILITY SERVICE IS USED
ScrollOff needs Android's Accessibility Service permission and explains it in the app before you turn it on. It uses it for one job: to recognise when a short-video screen is open in a supported app you chose, and to leave that screen. To do that it taps that app's own Home tab or presses Back; if you are still on the short-video screen after a few tries, it goes to your phone's Home screen. It looks only at the screen layout of the supported apps, never types for you, does not change settings in other apps, and does not save or send what is on your screen. All it keeps is a count of blocked screens per app, on your phone. You can turn the service off at any time in Android Settings > Accessibility.

PRIVACY, IN PLAIN WORDS
• No account, no login, no ads.
• Screen content is checked on your phone only. It is never stored or sent, and ScrollOff does not collect your viewing history.
• To find and fix bugs, ScrollOff sends usage statistics (which features are used, how many screens were blocked in which app) and crash reports through Firebase. They are not linked to your name or an account. One switch in Settings, "Share usage statistics", turns both off.
• Purchases go through Google Play and are verified with RevenueCat.

ANDROID ONLY
iOS does not allow an app to see which screen is open inside another app, so ScrollOff is made for Android.

YouTube, Shorts, Instagram, Reels, TikTok and Facebook are trademarks of their respective owners. ScrollOff is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

What’s new

First release: block short-video screens and keep the rest of the app.