Cut the scroll. Build something better instead.
Social Break helps you set real limits on the apps that eat your time, reflect on how it's going in a private journal, and turn the time you get back into daily habits that actually stick.
Screen Time
Pick a strategy - a complete break, a daily limit, or a weekly allowance - for the specific sites and apps that pull you in, and track how much time you're actually reclaiming.
Journal
A private, encrypted space to reflect on how it's going - or publish an entry to the community once it's ready to share.
Habits
Turn the time you get back into daily habits you actually keep, with streaks that track your consistency, not just your intentions.
Long-Term Goals
Set the big goals you're working toward and break them into milestones, so progress stays visible instead of abstract.
Skills Practice
Put your reclaimed time toward something real - guided practice in chess, piano, coding, and more.
Diet & Nutrition
Plan meals, track what you're eating, and build habits around food the same way you do around screen time.
Community
Share a journal entry, react to someone else's, and see how others on the same strategy are actually doing.
Notes
Quick, glanceable notes for the thoughts too small for a journal entry but too worth keeping to lose.
Articles
Guides on rebuilding focus, breaking the scroll habit, and everything else this project is built around.
Social Break exists to help you live more, and scroll less.
How often the average person checks their phone, per 8 years of research by psychologist Larry Rosen. (California State University, Dominguez Hills)
For every extra hour of screen use before bed. (BMC Medicine, 2024 - review of 30+ studies)
For teens spending 3+ hours a day on social media. (JAMA Psychiatry)
Limiting social media to 30 minutes a day significantly reduced loneliness and depression in three weeks. (Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 2018 - University of Pennsylvania)
No ads, ever
The free tier stays free through simplicity, not through selling your attention to advertisers.
You own your data
Download your full habit history anytime, in CSV or Excel - it's yours, not ours.
Private by design
Your journal is encrypted. Sharing an entry to the community is always your choice, never the default.
Built by one person who needed this himself
Social Break started as a personal project, not a corporate product looking for engagement metrics.
Works everywhere you do
Website, mobile app, browser extension, and desktop app - your limits follow you, not just one device.
Try it free for 7 days
A real trial with full access, not a watered-down demo - you'll know if it's for you before you're ever charged.
The people in your life don't need you to have your phone in your hand.
Reclaimed time only counts if you actually spend it - on a walk, a conversation, a sunset you'd otherwise have watched through a five-inch screen. That's the point of Social Break: not just less scrolling, but more of everything else.
Articles
27/07/2026
Reclaiming Your Time
5 healthy habits to build when you take a break from the feed.
27/07/2026
Rewiring Your Brain: How to Regain Deep Focus
5 actionable strategies to transition from endless scrolling to intentional, deep work.
27/07/2026
The Multitasking Myth: Why Doing It All at Once Gets You Nowhere
Why working with the TV on in the background hurts both — and what actually helps when working in silence feels unbearable.