doomscroll.aiHow doomscroll.ai works
doomscroll.ai is a screen time app for people who keep losing hours to short video and endless feeds. Here's exactly what it does.
- Pick your cursed apps TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook, Reddit, X, Threads and Pinterest are cursed by default, each with a 30 minute daily limit. You can add any other app or change each limit.
- Every open waits at the door Each time you open a cursed app, the Grim Swiper fills the screen first. Hold a button for five seconds to go in, or walk away.
- At your limit: a text When an app's 30 minutes run out, he texts you a roast written by AI from your real numbers.
- Five minutes later: a call Still on it five minutes later? He calls, full screen, over whatever you're doing. Open the app again once you're over and he calls the moment it opens.
- Then it's locked till midnight After his call, that app is locked for the rest of the day. On the call you can haggle once a day for up to 30 extra minutes. After that: no deals.
- Angels and ghouls A day under your whole-phone limit earns an angel; a day over it, a ghoul. They battle on your calendar, so you can see who's winning.
Privacy
It only sees how long apps are open, and that stays on your phone. It never reads your messages, photos or what you watch.
Phones and launch
Android first, as soon as Google Play approves it. iPhone follows once Apple grants the special permission that lets apps watch other apps' usage. Pricing is announced at launch; the first 1,000 on the waitlist get their first 3 months free.
