Your phone, without the distractions.

Detox quiets the scroll, the reflex opens and the hundred quick checks, with a tool for each.

Download for iPhone

Get Detox on your iPhone

Scan this code with your iPhone's camera, or open the App Store.

QR code to download Detox on the App Store
Open the App Store
Add to Chrome, free
Find your habit

Everyone loses time differently. Detox meets you where you do.

You choose exactly which apps and websites each rule covers.

The Session limit editor in the Detox app: 10 min in a row, then blocked for 5 min
On iPhoneOur signature tool

When one quick look becomes an hour

Detox notices when you've been scrolling without a break. After the time you choose, the app takes a short pause. The streak breaks, and you get to decide for real.

In the app: Session limit

On iPhone

When you open apps without thinking

Pick the hours that matter, like your mornings or your work time. Apps stay closed then. Really need one? Wait a few seconds first. That's often enough to change your mind.

In the app: Scheduled block

On iPhone

When quick checks add up

It's never long, it's just all day. Give an app a budget, like 1 hour a day. When it's used up, the app stays locked until tomorrow.

In the app: Daily limit

On your computer

When one video turns into twenty

The free Detox extension hides Shorts, Reels and endless feeds on websites. Search and the videos you came for still work.

On your iPhone, Detox pauses whole apps. In your browser, it can remove just the Shorts.

Browser extension for Chrome · free

On your computer

When one site eats your afternoon

Give any website a daily time limit, or block it outright. You add the sites, and Detox keeps count.

Browser extension for Chrome · free

On iPhoneOur signature tool

When one quick look becomes an hour

Detox notices when you've been scrolling without a break. After the time you choose, the app takes a short pause. The streak breaks, and you get to decide for real.

In the app: Session limit

The Session limit editor in the Detox app: 10 min in a row, then blocked for 5 min
On iPhone

When you open apps without thinking

Pick the hours that matter, like your mornings or your work time. Apps stay closed then. Really need one? Wait a few seconds first. That's often enough to change your mind.

In the app: Scheduled block

The Scheduled block editor in the Detox app: apps locked from 10:30 PM to 7:00 AM, every day
On iPhone

When quick checks add up

It's never long, it's just all day. Give an app a budget, like 1 hour a day. When it's used up, the app stays locked until tomorrow.

In the app: Daily limit

The Daily limit editor in the Detox app: 1 hr a day, then blocked until 6:00 AM
On your computer

When one video turns into twenty

The free Detox extension hides Shorts, Reels and endless feeds on websites. Search and the videos you came for still work.

On your iPhone, Detox pauses whole apps. In your browser, it can remove just the Shorts.

Browser extension for Chrome · free

On your computer

When one site eats your afternoon

Give any website a daily time limit, or block it outright. You add the sites, and Detox keeps count.

Browser extension for Chrome · free

Built to hold

As firm as you need it to be.

When an app is blocked and you open it anyway, Detox can still let you in. You choose how hard that is, rule by rule.

The first time is quick. Each time you open a blocked app again today, the wait grows, up to a minute.

Works with any level

Strict mode

While a block runs, you can't get around it either: no changing the rule, no deleting it, no uninstalling apps.

Strict mode in the Detox app: changing the rule, deleting it and uninstalling apps are all locked while the block runs
The science

Built on three ideas from behavioral science.

CUEURGEOPEN APPREWARD

Catch the urge

Detox steps in the moment the urge starts.

Wood & Rünger, 2016 ↗
WITHOUTOPENWITH DETOXWAIT 3sSTOPOPENSCHEMATIC, NOT DATA

A little friction

A short wait stopped part of the openings.

Kim et al., 2019 ↗
SET LIMITCALMTEMPTED23:00LIMITHOLDS

Decide ahead

Limits set ahead of time cut use of those apps.

Allcott et al., 2022 ↗
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What people did predicted their next step better than what they said.
Peña-Albert et al. · 2026 · JMIR Formative Research
Read the research
Private by design

What happens on your phone stays yours.

Your screen time stays on your devices

How long you spend in each app is never uploaded, unless you send us a bug report.

Detox can't see which apps you pick

Apple only shows them to Detox as coded tokens, never by name.

Nothing leaves your browser

The Chrome extension has no account and no tracking. Your settings stay on your computer.

What people say

Real reviews from the App Store.

★★★★★Apr 2024
Social Media Cleanse :D

HONESTLY, if you’re looking for a real review: here it is. social media was driving me INSANE, to the point that my mental health was drastically declining. :/ as a person with a social media following, i so badly wanted to fix this problem. but the biggest problem was… i was still addicted. i started looking for a solution to maybe help me lessen the time i spent scrolling through pointless posts & figured i would give some screen-time-reducing / screen-time-control (whatever you might call them) apps a try. there are other apps out there on the market with similar features, but FILOS by far tops all of them. i am a girl who loves to procrastinate & i sometimes allow myself leniency when it comes to things like the time i spend on my phone. however, Filos makes sure that after I set a goal in the morning, I fulfill that goal. & that was actually exactly what i didn’t know i needed. it was a biiigggg struggle at first tbh but day by day, staying off of my phone became a lot easier. as i continue to make my relationship with social media healthy again, i know i can count on this hardworking lil app to be there every step of the way (& every single day :D ) ALSO— i think it’s super cool that the founders of the app are college-level young. It makes it so easy to communicate or ask questions. & i just found out they have tiktok & instagram reels which i think are very entertaining & REAL. it makes me appreciate this app even more on a relatable level. :)

AbiRose2002App Store ↗
★★★★★Apr 2024
Social Media Cleanse :D

HONESTLY, if you’re looking for a real review: here it is. social media was driving me INSANE, to the point that my mental health was drastically declining. :/ as a person with a social media following, i so badly wanted to fix this problem. but the biggest problem was… i was still addicted. i started looking for a solution to maybe help me lessen the time i spent scrolling through pointless posts & figured i would give some screen-time-reducing / screen-time-control (whatever you might call them) apps a try. there are other apps out there on the market with similar features, but FILOS by far tops all of them. i am a girl who loves to procrastinate & i sometimes allow myself leniency when it comes to things like the time i spend on my phone. however, Filos makes sure that after I set a goal in the morning, I fulfill that goal. & that was actually exactly what i didn’t know i needed. it was a biiigggg struggle at first tbh but day by day, staying off of my phone became a lot easier. as i continue to make my relationship with social media healthy again, i know i can count on this hardworking lil app to be there every step of the way (& every single day :D ) ALSO— i think it’s super cool that the founders of the app are college-level young. It makes it so easy to communicate or ask questions. & i just found out they have tiktok & instagram reels which i think are very entertaining & REAL. it makes me appreciate this app even more on a relatable level. :)

AbiRose2002App Store ↗

Questions

Can Detox remove Reels inside the Instagram app?

No. iOS doesn't let any app change another app, so on iPhone Detox pauses or blocks the whole app. On your computer, the browser extension can hide just the Reels on instagram.com.

How much does Detox cost?

The iPhone app is free to try, then it's a subscription through the App Store. You see the exact price for your country in the app before you start, and you can cancel anytime in your iPhone settings.

Is the browser extension free?

Yes. It's free, and nothing leaves your browser.

Which tool should I start with?

Think about the last time you lost track of time. If it was one long scroll, start with a session limit. If it was a hundred quick visits, start with a daily limit.

Is Detox on Android?

Not yet. It's coming.

Take your time back, on every screen.

The iPhone app for your apps. The free extension for your browser.

Download for iPhone

Get Detox on your iPhone

Scan this code with your iPhone's camera, or open the App Store.

QR code to download Detox on the App Store
Open the App Store
Add to Chrome, free

Android coming soon

Detox App: Screen Time & Social Media Blocker for iPhone