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You check your phone
96 times a day.

Most of those times, you don't even know why. The secret to breaking digital addiction isn't willpower — it's friction. Make bad habits harder, and they disappear.

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Willpower doesn't work.
Friction does.

Behavioral science is clear: we don't quit bad habits through discipline. We quit them by making them harder to start. Adding just a few seconds of resistance before opening an app is enough to interrupt the reflex — and let your brain decide consciously.

96×
Times we check our phone per day — most are unconscious reflexes, not real needs
68%
Of impulsive app openings abandoned the moment a small friction appears
23 min
Lost to regain deep focus after every single distraction — friction prevents that

01
Choose your apps

Select the apps you open out of habit — social media, news, anything that steals your focus.

02
Set your friction

Pick a type of intentional resistance: a countdown, a mental math question, a moment to state your intention.

03
Watch the habit break

Most of the time, you'll close the window. The app tracks how often you choose not to open — and it's eye-opening.


Three types of friction.
You choose.

Countdown
Wait a few seconds before accessing the app. Deceptively simple — the pause alone is enough to break the reflex.
Mental math
Solve a quick calculation before entering. It activates your prefrontal cortex — the part of your brain that makes conscious decisions.

PAUSE
Dashboard
App Store 1
Games
Notes 2
Settings
Today
100%
SCORE
2
ATTEMPTS
2
BLOCKED
MOST ATTEMPTED
App Store
MOST BLOCKED
App Store
TIME SAVED — THIS WEEK
mar.
mer.
jeu.
ven.
sam.
dim.
lun.
App Store
1 ATTEMPTS  ·  1 BLOCKED
Friction enabled
A resistance screen appears before opening the app.
Compte à rebours
Attends quelques secondes avant de pouvoir entrer
f(x)
Calcul mental
Résous un calcul avant d'accéder à l'app
Miroir
Regarde-toi dans les yeux avant d'ouvrir l'app
15s
Games
0 ATTEMPTS  ·  0 BLOCKED
Friction enabled
A resistance screen appears before opening the app.
Compte à rebours
Attends quelques secondes avant de pouvoir entrer
f(x)
Calcul mental
Résous un calcul avant d'accéder à l'app
Miroir
Regarde-toi dans les yeux avant d'ouvrir l'app
Facile
Addition, soustraction, multiplication simple
Moyen
Fractions, puissances, multiplication à 2 chiffres
Difficile
Équations, fractions complexes, puissances
Expert (L1)
Dérivées, limites, trig, logarithmes
Notes
2 ATTEMPTS  ·  1 BLOCKED
Friction enabled
A resistance screen appears before opening the app.
Compte à rebours
Attends quelques secondes avant de pouvoir entrer
f(x)
Calcul mental
Résous un calcul avant d'accéder à l'app
Miroir
Regarde-toi dans les yeux avant d'ouvrir l'app
30s

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