one sec — better screen time

The best Screentime alternative for your iPhone – to actually keep you away from distractions

Apple‘s intention with Screentime-features like “Downtime” and “App Limits” is to help you gain more control over your phone usage. However, Screentime terribly fails at that job. It‘s always just one tap away to get “15 more minutes” – for me, that’s already in my muscle memory: The best app for app and website blocking Luckily, there’s a great app that’s way more effective than Apple’s Screentime: just install one sec (free, on the AppStore) and enable the App automation (the app will guide you through the setup).

Feb 10, 2022

How to Block Websites in Safari on your iPhone

Have you ever had the urge to block a certain website on your iPhone? Like social-media pages when you want to study? The app “one sec” (free with in-app purchases) was invented for that exact reason! The best app for website blocking Luckily, there’s a great app for that: just install one sec (free, on the AppStore) and enable the Safari extension: Once you have one sec installed, open Safari settings on your iPhone: Scroll down to “extensions”: Select “one sec” (if you don’t see one sec listed here yet you might need to open the app once): Enable the one sec Safari Extension: “Allow” on all websites: Now, when you visit a certain website you‘d like to block, one sec will ask you to enable it.

How to disable Shortcuts Automation notifications

Avid users of Apple’s Shortcuts App know the problem: Automations always trigger annoying notifications that pile up in your notification center. A good example is one sec: the app triggers a breathing exercise whenever you open social media apps to force you to reflect on your habits. But also a ton of annoying notifications. Luckily, there’s an easy way to fix this. The new “Notify When Run” Toggle In iOS 15.

10 Hacks to Fight Social Media Distractions

Over the years, I have collected phone habits that can help to reduce screen time and to establish healthier phone habits. You might ask yourself, why is high screen time, especially on social media bad? There are many reasons, I just want to scratch the tip of the ice berg here: Social media apps sell your attention to advertising companies. They need your attention that‘s why they do everything to make you spend time in the app.

Why Boredom is Good For You

When you’re bored your brain wants to be busy. But nothing is happening. So what’s the cheapest solution for that? Opening social media and scrolling. Small dopamine hits immediately make your brain happy. But this is just short term. As soon as you close the app, you’re back where you started. Should you just open the app again? No! It‘s time to reflect on that! Boredom is good! It helps you to sort your thoughts, reflect on yourself, and maybe even come up with new ideas.

How ‘one sec’ lowers your screen-time effectively & long-term

My new app “one sec” helps you to lower your screen-time in a new unique & innovative way using Shortcut Automations. Small breathing exercises force you to reflect on your habits while they occur. Why can yet another app solve app-addiction? “one sec” is not just another app that was built to spent (a lot of!) time in it. It is quite the oposite. One sec is designed so you spent as little time possible within the app.