Pailtime: Stop Doom Scrolling

Doom-scrolling steals time in tiny pieces. Five minutes turns into twenty. Twenty turns into an hour. And suddenly, the time you meant to spend reading, moving, creating, resting, or being with people you care about is gone.

Pailtime helps you take that time back.

Instead of banning the apps you love, Pailtime gives your scrolling a limit you can actually feel: a daily bucket of scrolltime. Choose how much time you want before you start. Watch the bucket drain while you scroll. When the time is gone, the apps lock again.

And when you spend time doing things that actually make your day better, you can earn some scrolltime back.

No guilt. No cold turkey. No endless blocking. Just a calmer, more intentional way to use your phone — and slowly scroll half as much.

HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps you tend to doom-scroll. Pailtime locks them using Apple’s Screen Time framework. 2. Want to scroll? Choose your limit first. Pour out 5, 10, or 15 minutes. 3. Your apps unlock, and your bucket drains live on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. 4. When time runs out, the apps lock again. Done is done. 5. Recharge to earn scrolltime back.

THE HALF PLAN You don’t have to quit scrolling. You just need it to take up less of your life. Tell Pailtime how much you scroll today, and the Half Plan builds a gentle path toward cutting that time in half. Your daily limit decreases a few minutes at a time, making the change feel achievable instead of extreme. You’ll see the full projection from day one and watch your progress build every day after.

WHY IT WORKS - Intention before impulse - Choosing your limit before opening an app turns automatic scrolling into a conscious choice. - Time becomes visible - A draining bucket makes every minute feel real instead of disappearing unnoticed. - Earned, not banned - Recharge rewards the things you want more of in your life instead of punishing you for scrolling. - Recharge with brain games - Small steps are easier to keep - The Half Plan reduces your limit gradually, helping you change without feeling deprived.

FEATURES • Scrolltime Bucket — your daily scrolling budget, visualized as living liquid • App Blocker — chosen apps stay locked until you intentionally start a scroll session • Live Countdown — see remaining time on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Recharge — earn scrolltime through focus, meditation, reading, workouts, walks, learning, creating, and connecting and also by playing brain games • Half Plan — a gradual path toward scrolling 50% less • Resist — turn the urge to scroll into a challenge and climb the ranks as you resist • Insights — track today’s scrolltime, weekly trends, and urges resisted • Streaks — build momentum over time • Satisfying haptics and fluid bucket physics • Dark, calm, distraction-free design

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

Your attention is personal. Your data should be too.

Pailtime uses Apple’s Screen Time framework. Your app choices are protected by Apple, and Pailtime cannot see what you do inside your apps.

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