DopamineBudget | Screen Detox

Screen time down. Life time up. A simple pause changes everything.

DopamineBudget adds a mindful pause between you and your distracting apps.

Simple but powerful: a 5-second intervention breaks the autopilot habit loop. You stop opening apps unconsciously — and start choosing deliberately. Designed to rewire your habits permanently, not just block apps temporarily.

🤳 Balanced social media use
App usage drops significantly when you add a moment of friction. Most users dismiss 70%+ of urges after just one week.

🧑‍💻 Productivity
Reclaim hours every week 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. A simple pause breaks the cycle.

⚡️ ADHD relief
The pause intervention creates a gap between impulse and action — exactly what ADHD brains need.

🛌 Sleep better
Prevent scrolling mindlessly before bed and right after waking up with scheduled night profiles.

💰 Save money
Prevent impulse purchases by pausing before opening shopping apps.

With DopamineBudget, you'll notice both a short-term and long-term effect on your app usage:

1. Unconscious phone habits are prevented right away ("Why did I even want to open that app?")
2. Long-term habits change because these apps appear less appealing to your brain (their "dopamine on demand" effect fades away)

FEATURES

🫁 Focus Intervention
A calming 5-second pause appears before any blocked app opens. Fully automated.

👤 Focus Profiles
Different rules for different times. Work profile blocks socials. Night profile blocks everything. Auto-schedule by time & day of week.

🎯 Daily Budget
Set a max number of bypasses per day. When your budget runs out, you simply can't open the app. Resets daily.

📊 Dashboard & Streaks
Track your resist rate, per-app breakdown, 7-day trends, current streak, and estimated time saved.

⏱️ Session Timer
After bypassing, a notification counts how long you've been scrolling. Awareness is everything.

📱 Home Screen Widget
See today's resist rate without opening the app.

💬 Custom Intent Message
Set a personal message on every overlay — "Is this worth your time?"

🔔 Daily Summary
Evening notification with your stats and encouragement.

PRIVACY

🔒 100% offline. No accounts. No cloud. No data collection. All data remains on-device.
We do not collect personal information. The Accessibility Service is used solely to detect blocked apps — nothing else.

FREE TO USE

DopamineBudget is free with up to 2 profiles and 3 blocked apps per profile.

Upgrade to Pro for unlimited profiles, unlimited apps, custom durations, auto-scheduling, shake to bypass, full history, and no ads.

Privacy policy: https://codeshipping.org/apps/dopaminebudget/privacy-policy