Rewire your brain to hate scrolling.
It helps you interrupt or block social media, apps, and websites in a way that fits your habits (and doesn't work against them). Whether you want to limit your social media use, stay away from YouTube, or stop doomscrolling news sites, one sec helps you take back control of your time.
More than 50% screen time reduction, on average.
2 hours more sleep per week, on average.
Fix the problem, not the symptoms. Based on scientific evidence.
one sec interrupts the instant dopamine hits from Instagram or TikTok – and puts you back in control.
one sec interrupts the toxic loop of social media dopamine hits – scroll, like, repeat.
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Our interruptions are developed by top psychologists around the world – to help you use apps intentionally.
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Structured integration
Structured integration
Lengo integration
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You just wanted to check that one message – and ended up scrolling on Instagram for 30 minutes?
Social media is designed to keep you hooked.
Time that could be spent so much better – with your family and friends, getting work done or for your hobbies and wellbeing.
When you need absolute focus, you can block distracting apps to your schedule.
Set a time limit for your most addictive apps. one sec helps you to not get lost.
Replace bad habits with good ones: one sec can nudge you towards healthy behavior.
Write down your thoughts and feelings to reflect and stay grounded.
Set an intention for opening apps. By thinking ahead, you spend less time fooling around.
Check in with yourself to reflect how your app usage affects your state of mind.
Distractions are everywhere. And all too often, disrupting your habits on your phone, makes you look for alternatives on the big screen.
Don't worry, we got you covered. Our browser extension keeps your attention where you really want it.
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StructuredWith Structured connected, one sec will block you from opening distracting apps during uncompleted tasks.
LENGOOur integration with Lengo helps you transform your toxic phone habits into productive language learning sessions.
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As we are striving to make one sec as effective as possible, we have a dedicated in-house scientist doing research with universities across the globe. Their findings are unanimous: one sec works.
View our research →Not just symptoms. Our app is designed to change your habits – and free you from social media distractions in the long term.
Unlike other apps, we don‘t sell or analyze your data. Your usage data is yours, either offline or in a private cloud.
Convince yourself of one sec’s effect before spending a dime. It is not our goal to get rich over your phone addiction.
With over 100K 5-star reviews, we're confident that one sec helps.
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Yes! With one sec's browser extension, you can set interventions for any website you like. By the way: There's an adult content filter to interrupt opening all kinds of adult websites.
Yes, you have loads of possibilities to adapt one sec to your personal needs! - Schedule interruption timings: when and for how long should the intervention appear? - Choose from a variety of interruption types: what happens when an app or website is intervened?
Absolutely. one sec focuses on building a high-quality product, not tracking or monetizing your data. All intervention logic runs locally on your device—there's no profiling, no data selling, and no investor pressure to push ads or analytics into the app.
Yes! You can set up blocks so that configured apps or sites can't be opened at all during a block session or scheduled time—giving you full focus with zero distractions.
Yes, one sec works cross-device. You can set up the app for iOS and Android devices, and use the browser extension on Windows, macOS and Linux computers. With the same account, you can log in to different smartphones, tablets and computers and use them simultaneously. Pay once, use on all your devices.
Yes, you can! We offer team licenses for as low as 83ct per user per month (billed annually). Proceed to the checkout on our website, select "Multi-Seat Plan" and add as many licenses as you need.
Otherwise wasted to doom-scrolling and unwelcome distractions.
Regain control of your time, today.
