Detoxly - Screen Time Blocker

Screen time control that takes your side — and names the apps designed to keep you hooked.

Pick up your phone for a "quick check" and lose 20 minutes? You're not weak — you're in the Scrolling Trance. The feed was engineered to pull you under: rational mind offline, algorithm on autopilot.

Your phone's built-in pause is neutral — it has to be, because the apps it pauses are its own store's customers. Detoxly isn't neutral. We show you how Instagram, TikTok, and dating apps are designed to keep you scrolling — something the platform never will.

REALITY CHECKS THAT NAME THE TRAP
Generic timers count minutes. Detoxly matches the moment to the loop pulling you in — the Comparison Trap on Instagram, the Slot Machine Effect on dating apps, the endless short-form loop behind TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. You see why you reached, right as you reach.

HOW IT WORKS: ADAPTIVE FRICTION
Hard blocks breed resistance and workarounds. Detoxly works with your brain: a conscious pause where it matters, adapting to your patterns. A digital detox that doesn't run on willpower:

🛑 The Gatekeeper
Intercepts impulsive opens of distracting apps — a split-second for your rational brain to say "no" before the dopamine hits.

🤖 Cortex AI™ — Learns Your Weak Moments
On-device AI learns when you're most vulnerable and surfaces grounded facts like "you closed Instagram 14 seconds ago." Cortex AI Pro goes deeper — sharper Reality Checks, weekly Insights, daily notification catch-ups.

📊 Health — Your Digital Wellbeing Score
One score for screen time, compulsion, sleep and recovery, with app usage stats and an 8-week habits trend: winning or drifting?

🔒 Focus Block — Deep Work Mode
Lock in for deep work and productivity — or schedule the same hours every week, free. Apps stay launchable but turn into Reality Checks the moment you reach. Premium adds strict mode and grayscale.

🌑 Sensory Dampening
Exceed your daily screen time limit and Detoxly dims the screen and fades audio, stripping the triggers that keep you hooked.

📱 Minimalist Launcher — Distraction-Free
A clean, text-only minimalist launcher: the calm of a dumb phone, on the phone you own. Unlike other minimalist launchers and dumb phone apps, it knows why you pick it up.

🔔 Smart Notification Filter
Batch and hide non-urgent pings. Cortex AI Pro adds TL;DR summaries — skim a day in seconds.

WHO DETOXLY IS FOR
• Anyone tired of doomscrolling social media — Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts
• Students and remote workers chasing focus and productivity
• Adults serious about digital detox, dopamine detox, and phone addiction recovery
• Anyone who wants to reduce screen time and block distracting apps for good

Tried a basic app blocker, a screen time limit, a digital detox app, or your phone's built-in distraction blocker and slipped right back? Every blocker treats the symptom. Detoxly has a point of view.

WHY DETOXLY?
• On your side: Names the patterns the platform legally never will
• AI-Personalized: Reality Checks adapt to your patterns
• 100% Private: Fully on-device — your usage never leaves your phone
• Battery Optimized: Runs all day without denting the battery
• Swiss-Engineered: Built in Zurich
• Free, and it stays free: No trial clock. Cortex AI Pro unlocks personalized Reality Checks, Health detail, weekly Insights, unlimited Focus Blocks

Your phone's pause is on the apps' side. Detoxly is on yours.
Download Detoxly — take back control and break the loop today.

ACCESSIBILITY SERVICE (OPTIONAL)
Detoxly works without it. Turn it on and Android's AccessibilityService lets Detoxly spot the foreground app instantly and close it when you tap Exit. Never typed text, passwords or keystrokes. All on-device, revocable anytime.

Recent changes:
✨ Your Detoxly Score now counts time in the apps that pull you in, and finishing a Focus Block earns points back.