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Hacker News has a feature they call “<a target="" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=814695">noprocrast</a>”, which works like this:<ol><li>The first time you visit the site, it starts a timer. The duration of this timer is configurable (the setting is called “maxvisit”). You’re allowed to use the site unrestricted until this timer is up. The timer keeps ticking even when you’re not using the site.</li><li>After that hour is up, it locks you out of the site and starts another timer. The duration of this timer is also configurable (called “minaway”). It only unlocks the site after this second timer is up.</li></ol>It’s simple, but I’ve found it’s the most effective tool I’ve ever found for controlling usage of this kind of site. It is so useful that I deliberately created a custom iOS Shortcut (using the Global Variables feature from <a target="" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://toolboxpro.app/">Toolbox Pro</a>) that mimics its behaviour, and haven’t yet bought one sec pro largely because one sec will conflict with it.<h1>Why is it so useful?</h1><h2>Makes you think before you open</h2>Because the timer starts right when you first access the site, it forces you to think hard before you access it: “I’ve budgeted only an hour per day for this, am I sure I want to blow that hour now, or am I just opening this out of habit/impulse?”This strikes me as exactly the kind of response one sec is aiming for.<h2>“Defragmenting” of time</h2>The fact that the timer keeps going even when you’re not using the app/site makes you use those apps/sites differently. If you open the app and then go off to do something else, too bad, your time limit is going to be over anyway.This shifts your usage pattern of the app. It goes from something you might check semi-randomly for 5 minutes at a time, to something that you intentionally choose to access and spend dedicated time on.And if it’s not worth spending dedicated time on? Then why are you using it in the first place?<h2>Flexibility</h2>Lastly, it’s flexible. If you want to limit it so that you’re accessing the site an hour a day, set “maxvisit” to an hour and “minaway” to 12-20 hours. If you want to allow yourself to have a longer period twice a day, set “maxvisit” to 2-3 hours, and “minaway” to something like 8 hours. This is a lot more flexible than blocking sites/apps at specific times of the day. It lets you adapt your usage to whatever you need that day, and still lets you be somewhat spontaneous, but in a less-damaging way.<h1>How might this feature look like within one sec?</h1>I picture this as an app/site-specific setting that lets you define a “session length” and “gap between sessions”. The intervention would then have a “start session” button that starts the timer. Once the session timer is up, the app would be blocked until the “gap” timer runs out, either by graying it out or by presenting you with an intervention that cannot be bypassed.This would also pair really well with one sec pro’s existing features like re-interventions. Re-interventions could help enforce the session timer, kicking in when it’s over.I think this could be a really great addition to the app overall, and would likely push me over the edge towards buying a lifetime subscription.

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Add an option for "session length" enforcement (inspired by Hacker News)

Kronopath

If i have an active task on Structured, one sec should be able to block all apps, not only the ones I have a Shortcuts automation for, like it is working right now. This could maybe be done by <ul><li>integrating the Block Sessions feature </li><li> or starting a Focus mode for a “softer blocking”-approach: Structured activates a focus in which the apps are already selected to be blocked. We could use the Structured Color-Coding for different Focuses.</li></ul>The idea is to make the process less complicated to and work intensive to set up.

Structured Integration <> Block Sessions

Lucas @ one sec

Randomize the sort order of Close and Continue, this would also interrupt the brain's natural memorized flow of what to click on

Randomize where Continue appears

onesecuser

Sometimes i find myself changing the app block schedule right before the next hour (for example at 16:58) to unlock the app for the following hour. It would be great if something like super strict block existed that would only allow me to change block shedule for the next day.

♾️ All Platforms

Super strict block

Tomas Blechta

I would love to add my individual prompts to the journal feature. So that I can also choose my own prompts as pre-configured prompts as journaling questions in the morning and evening.

Option to create personal journaling prompts

fraumilla

DONT READ IF YOU DONT WANT TO ABUSE THIS BUGI’ve been loving one sec and have saved myself a lot of time off of Instagram, but I’ve discovered a bug and have been abusing it for quite a while.If you slide down the control center in the app switcher, close it, open Instagram quickly, then quickly open the control center again, you completely bypass the interruption from one sec closing the control center; you are free to scroll without interruption or anything. I was hoping there’d be a fix, but if not, I would love recommendations to fix the settings in a way to avoid this habit I’ve developed abusing this.**A video recreating the bug is below**

Fix Bug Bypassing Interruption with the Control Center

Quinn

Custom backgrounds (image from photos or files) on intervention screens

Bea Nguyen

Most of the time, I find myself stuck doom-scrolling through YouTube Shorts. However, when I watch a full YouTube video, the intervention ends up being more annoying than helpful.One way I find this issue resolvable is by detecting whether the phone’s orientation is horizontal or vertical, since Shorts are always viewed vertically.Current solution is shown below, but it has its limitations:<img src="https://fb-usercontent.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/0194eb47-9a5f-7ed7-b241-d1cccbb04404.jpg" data-width="100%" data-align="left">

Intervention only triggers when phone is vertical

Henrik Klemetti (Henrik klemetti)

Although the settings description of ‘Customization Lock’ within ‘Cheat Lock’ claims to put us “through and extra-long breathing exercise to unlock one sec’s settings,” I find that the duration is fixed and very short. Right now, it is too easy to change or even disable interventions on a per-app basis from the “Overview” page. It would be nice if we were able to change the duration of the ‘Customization Lock’ or adjust other options of that intervention. To clarify: I am not talking about how to change any specific app intervention from the overview page, nor am I asking how to enable the Cheat Lock. I am asking for the option to adjust the Cheat Lock qualities, such as the duration, exercise type, etc.

Allow for adjustable intervention settings of the "Customization Lock"

sbrick00

I love this app, but the manual app adding is such a pain in the butt. It’s too bad you can’t just auto-import all apps (is there a technical reason why not?) on iOSI need the following added:Freeform (built in iOS drawing app)The following games: Doodle Jump, Cut the Rope, Magic Tiles 3

Apps to add

rwajkkejsaklr;

I sometimes find myself doing re-intervention after re-intervention. It would be great if users could set a daily app budget, limiting how many times an app can be opened per day. This would encourage more mindful app usage, making users think twice before opening an app to avoid wasting their limited sessions on mindless scrolling.

Daily App Budget / Daily Limit for App Opens

CallMeLucky

Love the app, it’s super annoying but I can already see the value it’s adding to my day and headspace.I quite like the LENGO integration and thought some sort of flash card for re enforcement learning would be a neat feature I would use.

Custom Flash Card intervention

peter coroneo

<h3>Issue</h3><ul><li>The current <a target="" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://www.lengo.io/">Lengo</a> integration is mostly manual</li><li>Words/phrases in the intervention are hard-coded or manually imported</li><li>Progress made in the intervention does not sync back to Lengo</li><li>Lengo statistics and learning progress are therefore incomplete</li><li>The intervention does not use Lengo’s spaced-repetition algorithm</li></ul><div data-type="horizontalRule"><hr></div><h3>Goal</h3><ul><li>A seamless, automatic integration with Lengo</li><li>One shared learning progress and statistics</li><li>Consistent spaced repetition across Lengo and the intervention</li></ul><div data-type="horizontalRule"><hr></div><h3>Suggested Direction</h3><ul><li>Treat Lengo as the single source of truth for:<ul><li>Vocabulary</li><li>Progress</li><li>Spaced-repetition logic</li></ul></li><li>Automatically sync:<ul><li>Words and phrases</li><li>Progress in both directions</li></ul></li></ul><div data-type="horizontalRule"><hr></div><h3>Question</h3>Are there plans to support full auto-sync, shared progress tracking, and reuse of Lengo’s spaced-repetition algorithm in the intervention?

Deeper, Bi-Directional Lengo Integration count Progress

patrick

Idea:Expand the irreversible Adult Content Detox feature by integrating an optional block for online web proxy services (excluding VPNs). This aims to close one of the most accessible loopholes users might use to bypass content filters.Why:Web proxies are often the easiest workaround, especially for less tech-savvy users. Blocking them strengthens the integrity of the irreversible detox feature and helps users stay committed to their goals without easily falling back.How:Start by collecting and maintaining a list of the most popular free and paid online web proxy domains (e.g. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="http://Hide.me">Hide.me</a>, CroxyProxy, KProxy, etc.). These domains can be included in the blocklist applied during detox mode. Ideally, this list would be updated regularly — e.g. manually, via user suggestions.

Block Web Proxy/ VPN with Adult Content Detox

Like maybe a message at the end of the day that says, you clipped Instagram this many times, but after pausing you realized you only had to use it __- many times. Maybe have a leaderboard or highscore that is based off of overall percentage. idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Some sort of reward or incentive to not clicking continue

Aaron Woods

I know this isn’t really a one sec issue, but since a feature page was created titled “Making one sec truly bullet-proof with iOS 26.4” and it stated y’all worked with Apple on the feature, I figured I post here and maybe y’all can work with them again.While the toggle for Apps with Screen Time Access is locked behind the Screen Time passcode in Settings &gt; Screen Time, if you go to Settings &gt; Apps &gt; one sec, you can just turn off Screen Time Restrictions which just needs your iPhone passcode/Face ID (not the Screen Time passcode). I hate that I found it but hopefully y’all can work with Apple and they can fix soon.

one sec isn’t really bullet-proof w/ iOS 26.4

CuriousDumbo

An option to go into a strict block after using an app for a set amount of time. When one-sec intervenes and asks me how long i want to use the app, i would like an option where i can not just ask for a re-intervention after (lets say) ten minutes, but the option to full block the app after those ten minutes.

Block after X minutes.

Isabel Louise

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.

Re-enter only after a given time

Many-sun

I love this app, and I feel like it would be even more compelling for me if it showed me how much time I spent on whatever app I’m trying to access over the course of that specific day. Like I would love to log onto Instagram and have it tell me I that I’ve spent 42mins on Instagram already that day during the intervention. Thanks for considering and thanks for doing what you do!

Daily usage visible during intervention

katherine

As seen on Hacker News: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://touchgrass.now/">https://touchgrass.now/</a>Would be cool to add something like this to one sec as well! Don’t unlock the apps unless you take a photo of yourself touching grass (or dirt, depending on the season).Seems to be popular! I saw this on the chyron of a waiting room TV:<img data-width="100%" data-align="left" data-featurebase-content-key="67a2a5955e92fab9e3aa313b/post/67cdfbff5b76f92f195e140c/01957ca0-3b0d-7e53-9031-50252e8c285e/b64u-MjAyNS0wMy0wNyAyMS40OS4yNi5qcGc.jpeg" data-featurebase-content-filename="2025-03-07 21.49.26.jpg" src="https://67a2a5955e92fab9e3aa313b.featurebase-attachments.com/c/post/67cdfbff5b76f92f195e140c/01957ca0-3b0d-7e53-9031-50252e8c285e/b64u-MjAyNS0wMy0wNyAyMS40OS4yNi5qcGc.jpeg?X-Amz-Expires=3600&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260430T160000Z&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=DO801TYC4FCVNNEKURKM%2F20260430%2Ffra1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Signature=fd2b0dd6795cc5fb9cf57b55d52159d675ff1b6605d4557ef0fb16dd87f9c790">

"Touch Grass" as an intervention

strident-grass

Unfortunately I found an easy way to disable the Screen Time Settings, even if you block the shortcut app and go into a strict block. You can just swipe down in the menu, press WLAN settings and open the settings this way. If you do it like that, you can disable the Screen Time Lock which is very unfortunate.<img data-width="100%" data-align="left" data-featurebase-content-key="67a2a5955e92fab9e3aa313b/post/683fe35b0ba35be85261dc18/0197398f-2efe-7971-ba64-52835d895f62/b64u-SU1HXzAwNzUuanBlZw.jpeg" data-featurebase-content-filename="IMG_0075.jpeg" src="https://67a2a5955e92fab9e3aa313b.featurebase-attachments.com/c/post/683fe35b0ba35be85261dc18/0197398f-2efe-7971-ba64-52835d895f62/b64u-SU1HXzAwNzUuanBlZw.jpeg?X-Amz-Expires=3600&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260430T160000Z&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=DO801TYC4FCVNNEKURKM%2F20260430%2Ffra1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Signature=45e8c10b2cc3c0d04f86449429e71c0613f08edcfd4d8449049f7b9b0b0b9407">

Easy way to surpass locking the Screen Time settings.

Nobroo282

^ intervention to set x amount of steps before opening app

Intervention idea: set x amount of steps

Wessel Endtz

If we had an intention screen you had to think about, just a simple maths question to answer correctly (+-*/), would force you to think about something else and break that doom scroll zombie effect. In my experience, Setting an intention for an app is good but it doesn’t break you from what you are thinking about in the app. When I am hyper focused on scrolling i will just write what I am wanting to continue watching or random letters without really having to think about it. Thank you!

Add Maths to interventions

Rona Rose

If I create a block lasting 22 hours it works as expected, but a block lasting 23 hours doesn’t work.I understand this may be a screen time issue, but even if it is it would be helpful for One Sec to warn you if a block may not take effect.For a strict block it is impossible to retry with a shorter timeframe - my ploy workaround was to uninstall and reinstall the app.I can reproduce this consistently with a block lasting exactly 23 hours.

23 hour screen time block doesn’t take effect

mattguk

Whenever I activate the manual block using the lock screen toggle, it’s always displayed with a wrong background. I sometimes get it to correctly use the dark version, but I have yet to figure out why it works some of the time. See attached screenshot. <img data-width="100%" data-align="left" data-featurebase-content-key="67a2a5955e92fab9e3aa313b/post/68e4daf0cfebf9213662f067/0199bdf6-da17-79c1-8700-2dda52b292d0/b64u-U2NyZWVuc2hvdCAyMDI1LTEwLTA3IGF0IDExLjE0LjE5LnBuZw.png" data-featurebase-content-filename="Screenshot 2025-10-07 at 11.14.19.png" src="https://67a2a5955e92fab9e3aa313b.featurebase-attachments.com/c/post/68e4daf0cfebf9213662f067/0199bdf6-da17-79c1-8700-2dda52b292d0/b64u-U2NyZWVuc2hvdCAyMDI1LTEwLTA3IGF0IDExLjE0LjE5LnBuZw.png?X-Amz-Expires=3600&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260430T160000Z&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=DO801TYC4FCVNNEKURKM%2F20260430%2Ffra1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Signature=f611e4ba913ed1fa970463e41d6dac714a16e1ec0ef2dbab96dbcaedd0659c78">

Live activity broken UI

kris

You can only add Apps to the re-intervention feature, not websites. It would be so useful to be able to add websites to the re-intervention feature too.

再介入機能に追加できるのはアプリだけで、ウェブサイトは追加できません。再干渉機能にウェブサイトも追加できるととても便利です。

ウェブサイトへの再インタビューをお願いします！

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Please Re-Interventions possible for websites!

klausklaus

Use Re-Intervention without initial intervention

frederik

A certain time (customisable) after sharing your intent and entering the app, you get a reminder of your intent. E.g. “Your initial intent was to post something, is this still true?” Could be accompanied with a breathing moment as a pause.

Reminder of intent

Simke O

I’m proposing another option to the ‘don’t get lost’ notification setting, to allow a notification X minutes before the app will be blocked (aka before intervention or whatever else). This could be nice as a ‘You have X minutes left in APP, wrap things up!’

X Minutes Left Notification

Silk3724

When adding additional websites to the Adult Content Detox, an easy bypass is simply removing the website from the list, so maybe make added websites unremovable?

Additional Websites in Adult Content Detox

MajiBoy

Hi one sec devs,When I get a Slide Finger intervention, the screen lights up with the app colour. However, the colours are often very, very bright (see Reddit example screenshot). I have an iPad Pro M4, and the colours are excessively bright. Could you tone down the colours a bit? Maybe clamp to sRGB or just reduce that saturation.Cheers,Guy<img data-width="100%" data-align="left" data-featurebase-content-key="67a2a5955e92fab9e3aa313b/post/67dbd9d61a9911762424ebf0/0195b2c9-d8fa-7b9a-aa8a-73792de19aa4/b64u-SU1HXzAwMDEucG5n.png" data-featurebase-content-filename="IMG_0001.png" src="https://67a2a5955e92fab9e3aa313b.featurebase-attachments.com/c/post/67dbd9d61a9911762424ebf0/0195b2c9-d8fa-7b9a-aa8a-73792de19aa4/b64u-SU1HXzAwMDEucG5n.png?X-Amz-Expires=3600&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260430T160000Z&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=DO801TYC4FCVNNEKURKM%2F20260430%2Ffra1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Signature=b8e7df806da40fda188d862cc854e9453da50fcfdf92964205310c2b31fbc88c">

Colours less bright on intervention

thatguy

I subscribe in iphone but no email address were given. then I cant get access with the desktop pro version

Steven

I loved when I could see the timer of the time I’ve been using the app for. Was it called Dynamic Island timer or something? I can’t remember but I NEED it it helps me track my time… and it’s not in my app’s settings as it used to, help!?

I need the timer back

Nicole M. Zayas Santiago

I’m using one sec app on my iPhone. I added an app and some websites using the Safari extension. The blocking and interventions work perfectly with both apps and websites. Unfortunately only the app stats is visible on the app dashboard. I cannot see the websites and their stats on the app dashboard. Can we have both apps and websites on the app dashboard?

Websites not visible on the iPhone app dashboard

JakubLipinski

No idea how the days to have one sec scheduled is missing Saturday.

Saturday Scheduling

Arman Ghotra

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onesec

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