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BetterScreens makes it easier to stop doomscrolling and cut your screen time — even if timers and blockers haven't worked for you.\n\nThe longer you scroll, the longer the next post takes to load. Each Micro Pause interrupts autopilot, so putting your phone down stops feeling like a fight with yourself. You keep every app you already have.\n\nBlockers and timers ask you to fight the urge. BetterScreens makes the feed itself less rewarding, so you stop on your own. Once your plan is calibrated, reaching your daily goal pauses supported feeds until the next day, so the session has a real ending.\n\nBetterScreens requires an auto-renewing subscription. Eligible accounts start with a 14-day free trial.\n\nNO WILLPOWER BATTLES\n- No timers to start or sessions to schedule.\n- Keep every app on your phone.\n- Works quietly in the background. Nothing to open or start.\n\nHOW IT WORKS\n- Adaptive Micro Pauses. New feed content takes a little longer to load as a session stretches on, and eases off after you take a break.\n- Works inside the feeds that pull you in most, including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Threads, X, Reddit, Snapchat, and Twitch.\n- A daily goal built around you. BetterScreens starts from your own estimate, then calibrates to how you scroll.\n- A clear daily stopping point. After calibration, supported feeds pause when you reach your daily goal and resume after the next daily reset.\n- A 5% weekly taper. Your daily goal edges down each week instead of dropping all at once.\n- Progress you can see. Daily usage, goal progress, trends, and streaks for supported social and video feeds.\n- Pause when you need to. Turn Micro Pauses off briefly and they return on their own.\n\nWHAT PEOPLE SAY\n“I was astonished by how quickly I wanted to put my phone down during the tiny pauses. It didn’t take willpower — scrolling just stopped being satisfying.” — Brandi N.\n\n“It stops you from scrolling on autopilot and makes you more mindful — and because the change is gradual, it’s the kind that actually sticks.” — Debbie S.\n\nPRIVACY FIRST\n- Micro Pauses run on your device through a local VPN configuration. Your traffic is never routed through BetterScreens servers.\n- BetterScreens does not receive what you browse or watch.\n- No account required.\n- Limited app-use analytics and subscription status are handled as described in our Privacy Policy.\n\nBETTERSCREENS PREMIUM\nA subscription unlocks Micro Pauses, your daily goal, and your progress dashboard:\n- Individual Annual\n- Family Annual, including Apple Family Sharing for up to six people\n\nApple determines introductory-offer eligibility. After the trial, the localized annual price shown before purchase is charged unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends; the subscription then renews annually. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. 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