Stop losing hours to doomscrolling.
ScrollCheckpoint is live and available now on the Apple App Store! Set mindful scroll alarms, complete quick checkpoints (breathe, reflect, learn, or journal), and break the doomscrolling loop. Android version coming soon.
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Planned for Android and iOS, with native implementation tailored to each operating system's specific features.
The Doomscroll Loop is Engineered to Trap You
Standard screen limiters are too easy to skip. You click "ignore for 15 minutes" and keep scrolling. ScrollCheckpoint changes the rules.
Standard Screen Limits
- Blocks you from using the app entirely, which causes resistance and makes you want to scroll even more
- No redirection of your focus to something meaningful
- The limit ends, but nothing was gained from it. No record of growth, no trace of the moment
- Sells your attention and your data to advertisers
The ScrollCheckpoint Way
- Detects when you open Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube and gently prompts you to set a scroll alarm before you continue
- Gentle pauses with mindful reflection and interactive checkpoints across learning, fitness, faith, and creativity
- Scroll Journal to capture your thoughts and track your growth over time
- Never blocks the app. You stay in full control. 100% private, we never read your screen
Why checkpoints work
Most people do not need another hard app blocker. They need a moment of awareness before continuing. ScrollCheckpoint creates a short pause between impulse and action, helping you notice your habit, reset your attention, and decide what to do next.
Pause
Interrupt automatic scrolling before it becomes another lost hour.
Reflect
Answer a quick question or complete a short activity.
Reset
Use breathing, movement, journaling, or learning to regain control.
Choose
Continue intentionally or step away from the app.
Try a checkpoint before the app launches
Experience how ScrollCheckpoint works. Choose an app, set a timer, and complete a short checkpoint before deciding whether to continue scrolling.
Set Checkpoint Rules
Configure alarms to trigger after 5, 10, or 15 minutes of app usage.
Complete Checkpoint
Reflect on your mood or complete a focus exercise. Once you are done, you decide whether to continue scrolling or move on to something else.
1. Select App to Monitor
2. Select Checkpoint Style
Everything You Need to Reclaim Your Focus
Built around proven behavior-change principles: pause, reflect, reset, and choose intentionally.
Custom Alarm Rules
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Custom Alarm Rules
Create alarms for specific apps or app categories. Customize the interval time (e.g. every 10 minutes) and enable native sound/vibrations.
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Interactive Checkpoints
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Interactive Checkpoints
Solve math quizzes, answer deep reflective prompts, or complete digital breathing steps to complete your checkpoint.
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Scroll Journal
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Scroll Journal
All your checkpoint responses are automatically saved in a beautiful, offline-secure markdown journal to track your scroll history.
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Detailed Screen-Time Stats
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Detailed Screen-Time Stats
Track your mindful completions, count active streaks, see daily time saved, and monitor your long-term wellness progress.
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Private by design
ScrollCheckpoint is designed to detect when selected apps are opened and when checkpoints should appear. It does not read your messages, posts, photos, comments, videos, or screen content.
We do not read your social media content.
We do not access your messages or photos.
We do not sell your personal data.
You choose which apps to track.
You can turn checkpoints off anytime.
Help shape the first version of ScrollCheckpoint
Download the app today for iOS to start mindfully pausing your screen time, or join the waitlist for Android updates.
Why we’re building ScrollCheckpoint
"We built ScrollCheckpoint because most screen-time tools are too easy to ignore or too strict to keep using. Our goal is different: help people pause before they spiral, reflect before they continue, and use their favorite apps with more intention."
Download the App Today
ScrollCheckpoint is live on the iOS App Store! Download it now for iPhone, or pre-register below to get notified when we launch on Android.
App Store
Live now for iPhone. Native iOS Screen Time integration and premium focus features.
Live Now
Google Play
Releasing soon for Android. Built-in accessibility service window state app detection.
Coming Soon