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Re-enter only after a given time

Feature Request🍏 iOS

I think it would be great that if I enter an app too often in a short period of time, that I get completely locked out for a moment. So for example if I check instagram 5 times in 5 minutes, I’d get strictly locked out for 30 minutes.

Maybe the suggestion “Daily App Budget / Daily Limit for App Opens” would achieve a similar effect in an easier to understand fashion. But wanted to post the idea anyway.

Platform
🍏 iOS
Posted by Many-sun ·
Status: In Progress3 comments

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  • Moomin

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    Oct 10, 2025

    We really need something like this! It would also work if we could customize the re-intervention to be much longer than the initial one, but I think a temporary block would be ideal. One sec has helped me a lot in deciding if I want to open an app to begin with, but I find that I go though re-interventions in a trace-like state instead of forcing my brain to cool off.

  • [Deleted User]

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    Jul 18, 2025

    maybe not just like when i try to open it 5times, but like a timeout after an intervention, e.g. i use insta, click intervention get another 5min, but after that i’m force locked out for 10min before i can get another 5min via intervention

    • Austin Gregory

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      Aug 30, 2025

      Yeah this would be great. The Chrome desktop extension Stay Focused / Stay Free has this built in that after the time that you designate to use a website, it’ll go through a “cool off” period (you configure how long this is ahead of time). I’ll use an app for 15 minutes then have it set to cool off for 1 hour afterwards. This would be awesome to see in OneSec