What is Scroll Break?

Scroll Break helps you develop a healthier relationship with your phone by sending little interventions at moments when you might be mindlessly scrolling. Instead of blocking specific apps or setting harsh time limits, it offers a little jolt to help you make conscious choices about your phone usage.

Getting Started

Initial Setup

• Download and Install: Get Scroll Break from the App Store or Google Play
• Select Your Language: Choose your preferred language for interventions
• Pick Your Tone: Choose between "Fun facts" (educational tidbits) or "Kinda quirky" (playful, thought-provoking messages)
• Set Your Danger Zones: Define the times when you know you're likely to get lost scrolling (e.g., 8-10 AM, 7-9 PM). These are when Scroll Break will send you messages

That's it! You can change your settings anytime.

How It Works

Once set up, Scroll Break works quietly in the background. During your danger zones, it randomly sends intervention notifications. Remember, Scroll Break doesn't track any of your phone or internet activity, so having it work well depends on accurately setting your danger zones.

When you receive a notification: Tap the notification to open the app's intervention screen, or tap-and-hold the notification to respond directly. Read the message - Depending on what tone you've chosen, this could be an interesting fact or a funny thought.

Choose your response:

Remember, there's no good or bad response - simply choose whatever feels right for you at the moment.

The goal isn't to block you from using your phone, but to create brief moments of awareness that help you use it more intentionally.

Do Not Disturb and Focus Modes

Important: Scroll Break sends silent, text-only notifications. If you aren't looking at your phone (sleeping, working, focused on something else), you won't see them or be disturbed by them. So don't worry about interruptions when you don't want them - if you're sleeping, for example, you'll simply see a notification whenever you next look at your phone, which you can clear away.

However, Scroll Break interventions may not appear if your phone actively blocks notifications through Do Not Disturb or Focus modes, which can reduce the app's effectiveness during your danger zones. To allow Scroll Break to send messages when you're in these modes:

This ensures interventions can reach you even during focused work periods or right before going to bed, when mindless scrolling habits often emerge.

Adjusting Your Settings

You can modify your Scroll Break experience anytime:

• Danger Zones: Adjust the times when you receive interventions
• Tone: Switch between fun facts and quirky messages
• Language: Change your preferred language

Access settings via the "Change my settings" button on the stats page, which pops up when you open the app.

Your Privacy Comes First

Scroll Break is built with privacy at its core:

Your intervention responses are recorded locally only to help the app learn your preferences and avoid repeating messages too frequently.

Keeping Messages Fresh

Scroll Break includes a diverse library of intervention messages, and we regularly release updates with new content to keep your experience engaging. Updates are delivered through standard app store updates.

The app intelligently rotates through messages to avoid repetition while respecting your tone preference. You can easily switch between the message tones as part of your Settings.

Tips for Success

• Give it time: Allow a few days to establish the habit of engaging with interventions
• Experiment with settings: Try different frequencies to find what works for your lifestyle
• Make it work for you: The custom time possibility lets you dial in the times when you need Scroll Break interventions the most

Troubleshooting

Not receiving interventions?

• • Check that notifications are enabled for Scroll Break
• • Verify your danger zones include the current time
• • Ensure Do Not Disturb isn't blocking the notifications

Need to adjust your danger zones?

• • Modify your settings if you find interventions coming at unexpected times
• • Remember, accuracy depends on honestly identifying when you tend to scroll mindlessly

App not responding?

• • Force close and reopen the app
• • Restart your phone if issues persist

Deleting Your Data

Starting Fresh:

You can use the "Clear all data" button on the stats page to simply start back clean with Scroll Break while keeping the app.

Complete Removal:

If you want to stop using the app and ensure that all of your data is deleted, just delete the app from your phone. Our privacy and data collection policies ensure that all of your data is housed only on your device, so deleting the app removes everything - no additional steps needed.

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