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RECESS - Stop Doomscrolling
The newest way to limit your app use, without full lockouts.
RECESS is built around a simple idea: use your apps for a set time, take a short break, then come back. While most app blockers fully lock you out. Recess just asks you to take a breather. Reply to a friend, post that story, have your 5 minutes of scrolling — then get back to your day. No hard blocks, no guilt — just gentle structure that helps you stay in control and stop doomscrolling. Recess helps you stay mindful without feeling punished.
As a medical student who is swamped with study, I kept finding myself get lost doomscrolling on social media (instagram, tiktok) in between my study breaks.
I wanted to be able to set myself a short limit of phone use, without locking me out for the whole day.
This helped me become more productive in my study, and now all my friends are using it too!
I'm sharing it in case you may also find it helpful for your phone addiction :)
the "take a breather" framing is such a smart shift from the usual hard-block approach. feels way more like a friend tapping your shoulder than a screen timeout.
About RECESS - Stop Doomscrolling on Product Hunt
“The newest way to limit your app use, without full lockouts.”
RECESS - Stop Doomscrolling was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #44 on the daily leaderboard. RECESS is built around a simple idea: use your apps for a set time, take a short break, then come back. While most app blockers fully lock you out. Recess just asks you to take a breather. Reply to a friend, post that story, have your 5 minutes of scrolling — then get back to your day. No hard blocks, no guilt — just gentle structure that helps you stay in control and stop doomscrolling. Recess helps you stay mindful without feeling punished.
RECESS - Stop Doomscrolling was featured in Android (57.3k followers), Productivity (655.7k followers), Meditation (12.7k followers) and Social Networking (1.7k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 192.4k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted RECESS - Stop Doomscrolling?
RECESS - Stop Doomscrolling was hunted by recessapp. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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