SpeedBump: App Timer
Pushscroll Productivity
The intentionally annoying app timer to limit addictive apps like social media
- Downloads
- 4K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- No in-app purchases
- Updated
- Aug 30
- 2025 · v1.57
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About SpeedBump: App Timer
Like speed bumps on the road that make you slow down, SpeedBump helps you reduce time spent on addictive apps. Set an app time limit when opening TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, or anything else you find yourself scrolling mindlessly.
How it works:
1. When opening addictive apps, set a time limit
2. If time's up, SpeedBump will annoy you
3. Take a 15-minute break before next use
Features:
- Limit screen time for any app on your phone, including social media, Netflix, and games.
- Build healthy habits: no need to completely block apps like social media - connect with friends without doomscrolling for hours.
- Be intentional: the more you want to use, the more you wait before opening. This prevents compulsive behavior without getting in your way.
- Affordable: we don't have to "maximize shareholder value"
- Simple: set an app limit when actually opening it, based on your needs (including ADHD).
- Fun annoyances to help you stop scrolling: the screen time police, endless privacy policies, or fake cookie banners.
- Coming soon: Block specific features within apps (Reels, Shorts, etc.)
SpeedBump helps you break the cycle of phone addiction while promoting digital wellbeing. You can connect with friends and use apps you enjoy - just without the endless scrolling. Because gentle reminders don’t work anymore. Neither do fixed timers or motivation quotes. Sometimes, you need something more… direct.
Take control of your screen time with SpeedBump - the speed bump for your phone.
How it works:
1. When opening addictive apps, set a time limit
2. If time's up, SpeedBump will annoy you
3. Take a 15-minute break before next use
Features:
- Limit screen time for any app on your phone, including social media, Netflix, and games.
- Build healthy habits: no need to completely block apps like social media - connect with friends without doomscrolling for hours.
- Be intentional: the more you want to use, the more you wait before opening. This prevents compulsive behavior without getting in your way.
- Affordable: we don't have to "maximize shareholder value"
- Simple: set an app limit when actually opening it, based on your needs (including ADHD).
- Fun annoyances to help you stop scrolling: the screen time police, endless privacy policies, or fake cookie banners.
- Coming soon: Block specific features within apps (Reels, Shorts, etc.)
SpeedBump helps you break the cycle of phone addiction while promoting digital wellbeing. You can connect with friends and use apps you enjoy - just without the endless scrolling. Because gentle reminders don’t work anymore. Neither do fixed timers or motivation quotes. Sometimes, you need something more… direct.
Take control of your screen time with SpeedBump - the speed bump for your phone.
User reviews
I went out of my way to track down and review this app because I appreciate it so much. This is exactly the tool I needed to help me handle my smartphone addiction. It introduces a tiny bit of friction any time I go to use a brain candy app, which is just enough to get me to think "do I actually want to look at this...
sufficiently annoying to actually stop me from opening some time draining apps at all
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