If ADHD affects your focus, endless feeds can feel almost impossible to put down. This is about a gentler kind of blocker, one that adds a pause instead of a wall.
Most screen time blockers wall your phone off. For a lot of ADHD brains, that backfires. You bypass the block, or you feel shame when you break it. A gentler approach adds a small pause and a bit of friction right at the moment you reach for the feed. Anása steps in with one breath when you open an app you chose, then offers a calmer path. It works with the impulse instead of punishing it. It is free, private, and runs on your phone.
An ADHD brain is drawn to novelty and instant stimulation. Endless feeds are built on exactly that. Every swipe brings a new, unpredictable thing, and the pull toward the next new thing is hard to resist. There is no natural stopping point, so the scroll just keeps going.
This is not a lack of willpower. The feed is designed to hold attention, and it is even stickier for a brain that seeks out novelty and quick rewards. You are not failing at something simple. You are up against a design that was made to be hard to leave. If ADHD affects your focus, naming that can take some of the shame off. For more on the pull itself, see why you cannot stop scrolling.
The instinct is to reach for the strictest tool you can find. Lock the app. Wall it off. Make it impossible. And for a few days it can feel great.
Then the ADHD brain that wants stimulation now finds the way around it. You disable the block, delete the app and reinstall it, or you push through the wall and then feel worse for breaking your own rule. The blocker turns into one more thing to fight, and one more source of shame. A hard stop assumes a level of steady, all-day self-control that is exactly the thing ADHD makes harder. That is why a lighter touch tends to hold up better. You can read more on this in breaking phone addiction and the truth about dopamine detox.
The goal is not more willpower. It is to shift where the friction sits: less friction on the good habits, more friction on the feeds. Small changes to your setup do more work than a big harsh block.
Anása does not lock or wall off your phone. You choose which apps to guard. The moment you open one of them, it steps in with a single breath and a calmer path. That is the whole idea. One breath, right at the point of the reflex.
That tiny pause works with the impulse instead of punishing it. You still get a choice. Sometimes you will open the app anyway, and that is fine. There is no wall to break and no rule to feel bad about. Because Anása guards only the apps you pick, you can protect one feed without blocking everything, so calls, maps, texts, and the essentials always work.
It runs fully on your device. No camera, no trackers, no account, nothing sent anywhere. It is free on iPhone and Android. To be clear, Anása is not a treatment for ADHD and does not claim to be. If ADHD affects your focus, professional support is a separate and worthwhile thing. Anása is just a small, kind tool for the moment you reach for the feed. If you want a wider view, see how to think about a screen time app and ways to stop doomscrolling.
The best one is the one you will not fight or turn off within a week. For many ADHD brains, a hard all-or-nothing lock backfires because you learn to bypass it or you feel shame when you do. A gentle blocker that adds a small pause and a moment of friction at the point of the reflex tends to fit better. Anása does this by stepping in with a single breath when you open a chosen app, then offering a calmer path, without walling the phone off.
Endless feeds are built on novelty and instant stimulation, which is exactly what an ADHD brain seeks out. Each swipe brings a new, unpredictable thing, and that pull toward the next new thing is strong. The scroll never resolves, so there is no natural stopping point. This is not a lack of willpower. The design is working as intended, and it is stickier for brains that chase novelty.
Sometimes, but often not for long. Strict blockers rely on a wall, and an ADHD brain that wants stimulation now will find the way around it, delete the app, or feel worse after breaking the rule. The blocker becomes one more thing to battle. A lighter approach that adds a pause and a small amount of friction, rather than a hard stop, tends to hold up better day to day.
Anása does not lock your phone. When you open an app you chose to guard, it steps in with one breath and offers a calmer path, right at the moment of the reflex. That tiny pause works with the impulse instead of punishing it, giving you a real choice before the feed takes over. It runs on your device, it is private, and it is free. It is not a treatment for ADHD, and professional support is a separate thing worth having.
Free on iPhone and Android. Everything stays on your phone.