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.

one sec is covered by U.S. Patent 12,468,828 B2.

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.

Update: I appreciate the quick response from the dev - the update seems to have fixed the issue. I was enrolled in the beta, which worked perfectly. When I was rolled over to the live version I considered upgrading to premium, but it became so buggy that it's unbearable. The app says the free version only allows you to select one app to control, but then it keeps randomly adding the OS app without me selecting it, so I can't open my phone at all without having it blocked.

Was great until today. I have used this app for a couple of years and have recommended it to others. It helps me look up instead of down all the time. The pause has been really helpful. All of the sudden today the app started interrupting and doing another wait period in the middle of using the app. I have been interrupted twice AS I WAS TYPING A COMMENT! I'm hoping this is resolved quickly. bc the last update was over a month ago so I have no idea why it freaked out today.

What’s new

- New Tips tab
- You can now view and manage all block schedules
- Improves reliability of interventions