one sec | delay apps & focus Hack 3.5.1 + Redeem Codes
Screen Time Impulse Blocker
Developer: riedel.wtf GmbH
Category: Productivity
Price: Free
Version: 3.5.1
ID: wtf.riedel.one-sec
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Description
In contrast to Screen Time, one sec delays access to apps and websites instead of blocking them completely – this is fundamentally different than any other screen time tool you’ve tried before!
The effectiveness of one sec has been confirmed in a peer-reviewed scientific study with the Max-Planck Institute and Heidelberg University: app usage drops by 57% on average!
Fight the social media algorithms and win back control over your phone usage & your subconsciousness!
“one sec” uses Shortcuts Automation to toggle a deep breath animation whenever you open one of the configured apps (Instagram, Twitter, YouTube…). This breaks unconcious social media habits short-term (literally, as soon as you have set it up) and even helps long-term by adding more friction when opening these apps.
Did you really want to open Instagram? Or was it just because you're bored waiting for your bus?
This app helps you to reflect your actions, thoughts, and feelings; disrupting harmful social media habits with mindfulness.
On top of that, “one sec” also contributes your mindful moments to the Health App via HealthKit.
Available Subscription Options:
one sec pro (annual / monthly / lifetime unlock)
Terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://riedel.wtf/privacy
The effectiveness of one sec has been confirmed in a peer-reviewed scientific study with the Max-Planck Institute and Heidelberg University: app usage drops by 57% on average!
Fight the social media algorithms and win back control over your phone usage & your subconsciousness!
“one sec” uses Shortcuts Automation to toggle a deep breath animation whenever you open one of the configured apps (Instagram, Twitter, YouTube…). This breaks unconcious social media habits short-term (literally, as soon as you have set it up) and even helps long-term by adding more friction when opening these apps.
Did you really want to open Instagram? Or was it just because you're bored waiting for your bus?
This app helps you to reflect your actions, thoughts, and feelings; disrupting harmful social media habits with mindfulness.
On top of that, “one sec” also contributes your mindful moments to the Health App via HealthKit.
Available Subscription Options:
one sec pro (annual / monthly / lifetime unlock)
Terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://riedel.wtf/privacy
Version history
3.5.1
2023-05-21
Fixes an issue where the "always type intention" option would end up in an endless loop when opening an app.
Sorry about the trouble!
Sorry about the trouble!
3.5
2023-05-19
May 18 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
In spirit of this day, I have been working on making one sec more accessible for everyone:
This update adds a new dyslexic font to one sec:
The dyslexic font is specifically designed to assist individuals with dyslexia in having a more comfortable and efficient reading experience.
By incorporating unique letter shapes, varied spacing, and other visual enhancements, this font aims to reduce common reading difficulties faced by those with dyslexia, such as letter-swapping or mirroring.
If enabled, all tutorials will be displayed using the dyslexic font, potentially making it easier for users with dyslexia to process and understand the content.
———
On top of that, this update contains a ton of smaller bug fixes and improvements.
And if you look closely, you can spot some hints on what will come with the next big update.
In spirit of this day, I have been working on making one sec more accessible for everyone:
This update adds a new dyslexic font to one sec:
The dyslexic font is specifically designed to assist individuals with dyslexia in having a more comfortable and efficient reading experience.
By incorporating unique letter shapes, varied spacing, and other visual enhancements, this font aims to reduce common reading difficulties faced by those with dyslexia, such as letter-swapping or mirroring.
If enabled, all tutorials will be displayed using the dyslexic font, potentially making it easier for users with dyslexia to process and understand the content.
———
On top of that, this update contains a ton of smaller bug fixes and improvements.
And if you look closely, you can spot some hints on what will come with the next big update.
3.4.2
2023-04-14
- Fixes an issue where the permission for “Don’t get lost notifications” wasn't asked for.
- Fixes an issue where “Github” and “FIFA Companion” would not appear in the list of apps to be intervened by one sec.
- Fixes an issue where one sec would crash when the device was set to French during the setup.
Also, of course, includes the improvements from the small update 3.4.1:
- Fixes an issue where a block session wouldn't be displayed correctly.
- Fixes an issue where one sec would crash on iOS 14.4 and earlier.
- Fixes an issue where “Github” and “FIFA Companion” would not appear in the list of apps to be intervened by one sec.
- Fixes an issue where one sec would crash when the device was set to French during the setup.
Also, of course, includes the improvements from the small update 3.4.1:
- Fixes an issue where a block session wouldn't be displayed correctly.
- Fixes an issue where one sec would crash on iOS 14.4 and earlier.
3.4.1
2023-04-13
- Fixes an issue where a block session wouldn't be displayed correctly.
- Fixes an issue where one sec would crash on iOS 14.4 and earlier.
- Fixes an issue where one sec would crash on iOS 14.4 and earlier.
3.4
2023-04-06
Journal with joy: join the journey with one sec’s new journaling intervention:
- If enabled, the journaling intervention will prompt you to write 25 words the first time you open social media in the morning (and in the evening). Otherwise, you’ll see the normal intervention.
- You can also directly start a new journal entry from the “Good Morning Countdown” or healthy alternatives.
- Like all data in one sec, your journal entries are stored on your device (and in your private iCloud container), I cannot access them.
- Journaling, and reflecting on your emotions and what you’re thankful for is a very healthy habit that sparks happiness (according to science)! I hope that one sec disrupting a bad habit can help to spark new, positive habits in your life. That’s why I created this feature.
◆ How to enable the new Journaling Intervention ◆
Go to one sec settings → "Healthy Habits" and you’ll be able to enable morning / evening journaling interventions. Force yourself to journal, reflect on your feelings the first time you open an app after waking up—and again in the evening before going to bed. You can also always add entries to your journal via the "Healthy Alternatives" within interventions.
◆ Journal Emotion Explorer ◆
On top of that, I’ve added an “emotion explorer” into the Journaling Intervention. I know it can be hard sometimes to figure out the (complex) emotions that we feel, and I believe structuring them can help a bit to navigate and identify the right ones.
◆ Journal Prompt Generator ◆
Depending on the context, the journal can optionally display prompts:
- Morning Reflection
- Evening Reflection
- Mid-Week Reflection
- Week Reflection
- Month Reflection
◆ Journal History ◆
You can see all journal entries in one sec → customize → Journaling → History. It’s such a cool thing to read the entries of your past self – even if it’s just two weeks ago.
…and there is even more:
◆ Sync with Structured: adding Colors! ◆
You can now adapt one sec’s intervention behavior based on the color of ongoing, unfinished tasks in Structured. Please make sure you have both the latest Structured & one sec version installed to make this work. You can find the new options in one sec → customize → Structured.
◆ Some small improvements and bug fixes ◆
- Fixes an issue where the one sec Safari Extension wouldn’t block apps during active block sessions while the intervention schedule was off.
- You can now allow BeReal to be opened once per day without intervention.
- You can now edit app-specific settings at the bottom of each app statistics.
- Fixes an issue where the Intention Picker wouldn’t be shown for the “Follow the Dot” intervention.
- Fixes an issue where the status bar and the outer progress indicator wouldn’t be visible for apps with a complete dark background (e.g. BeReal) during the “Follow the Dot” intervention.
- Fixes an issue where the iOS Safari Extension would state that it’s set up with one sec even through you’ve pressed cancel.
I really hope you enjoy these big + small improvements!
— Frederik
- If enabled, the journaling intervention will prompt you to write 25 words the first time you open social media in the morning (and in the evening). Otherwise, you’ll see the normal intervention.
- You can also directly start a new journal entry from the “Good Morning Countdown” or healthy alternatives.
- Like all data in one sec, your journal entries are stored on your device (and in your private iCloud container), I cannot access them.
- Journaling, and reflecting on your emotions and what you’re thankful for is a very healthy habit that sparks happiness (according to science)! I hope that one sec disrupting a bad habit can help to spark new, positive habits in your life. That’s why I created this feature.
◆ How to enable the new Journaling Intervention ◆
Go to one sec settings → "Healthy Habits" and you’ll be able to enable morning / evening journaling interventions. Force yourself to journal, reflect on your feelings the first time you open an app after waking up—and again in the evening before going to bed. You can also always add entries to your journal via the "Healthy Alternatives" within interventions.
◆ Journal Emotion Explorer ◆
On top of that, I’ve added an “emotion explorer” into the Journaling Intervention. I know it can be hard sometimes to figure out the (complex) emotions that we feel, and I believe structuring them can help a bit to navigate and identify the right ones.
◆ Journal Prompt Generator ◆
Depending on the context, the journal can optionally display prompts:
- Morning Reflection
- Evening Reflection
- Mid-Week Reflection
- Week Reflection
- Month Reflection
◆ Journal History ◆
You can see all journal entries in one sec → customize → Journaling → History. It’s such a cool thing to read the entries of your past self – even if it’s just two weeks ago.
…and there is even more:
◆ Sync with Structured: adding Colors! ◆
You can now adapt one sec’s intervention behavior based on the color of ongoing, unfinished tasks in Structured. Please make sure you have both the latest Structured & one sec version installed to make this work. You can find the new options in one sec → customize → Structured.
◆ Some small improvements and bug fixes ◆
- Fixes an issue where the one sec Safari Extension wouldn’t block apps during active block sessions while the intervention schedule was off.
- You can now allow BeReal to be opened once per day without intervention.
- You can now edit app-specific settings at the bottom of each app statistics.
- Fixes an issue where the Intention Picker wouldn’t be shown for the “Follow the Dot” intervention.
- Fixes an issue where the status bar and the outer progress indicator wouldn’t be visible for apps with a complete dark background (e.g. BeReal) during the “Follow the Dot” intervention.
- Fixes an issue where the iOS Safari Extension would state that it’s set up with one sec even through you’ve pressed cancel.
I really hope you enjoy these big + small improvements!
— Frederik
3.3.9
2023-03-22
one sec, just updating your app with some tiny improvements…
3.3.8
2023-03-12
Bug fixes and improvements.
Nothing fancy this time!
Nothing fancy this time!
3.3.7
2023-02-24
- You can now set up app-specific intervention durations.
- Adds a new study, in collaboration with one sec's UX designer Donatus Wolf, who is exploring aspects of one sec in his master's thesis.
- Now counting Structured intervention as prevented attempt as well.
- Fixes a bug where editing the title of a custom app or its color wasn’t reflected in the user interface right away.
- Fixes an issue where some alternative app icons could not be selected in one sec’s settings.
- Fixes a bug where healthy alternatives would not be displayed in the “black screen” and “rotate phone” interventions.
- Fixes an issue where the minimal intervention settings wouldn't allow you to customize the breathing phrase.
- Fixes an issue where the Focus Block Screen was displayed incorrectly on iPhone Max models.
- Adds out-of-the-box-support for the following apps:
- Adobe Express
- Aloha Browser
- Amazon Seller
- Apple Music
- ASOS
- Audible
- BBC News
- Bid Wars 2 – Pawn Shop Tycoon
- Bleacher Report: Sports News
- Blind
- Bullet Echo
- Clash of Clans
- CoinMarketCap
- Der Bund
- Disney+
- Elevate - Brain Training
- Enlight Photo Leap
- Exxen
- Facetune AI Photo/Video Editor
- Family Island
- Fantrax Fantasy Sports
- Feedly
- FIFA Companion
- FUTBIN
- Garmin Connect
- Github
- Google Drive
- Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery
- HLN
- Hulu
- iBooks
- Idle Supermarket
- Idle Warrior
- Ivory
- LA Times
- Libby
- Manyverse
- MARVEL SNAP
- Microsoft Solitaire
- Mobiilipankki FI – Danske Bank
- MOLDIV
- MyCase
- NBA: Live Games & Scores
- Netnewswire
- NHL
- OneFootball
- PerfectImage
- PicCollage
- PocketCasts
- Podcasts
- Rekhta
- ReTouch
- Revolut
- Rider
- Score! Match - PvP Soccer
- Secret Key Lock Album
- Selfridges
- Shopee เคาน์เตอร์
- Sky News
- Solitaire (by nerByte)
- Soul Knight
- Spider Solitaire
- Steam
- Summoner's Greed
- Superimpose
- Tagesanzeiger
- Tennis Clash
- The Economist
- The Times
- Threema
- Top Drives
- TradingView
- Video Lite
- Videoleap
- X-HERO
- Yahoo Fantasy Sports & Daily
- Adds a new study, in collaboration with one sec's UX designer Donatus Wolf, who is exploring aspects of one sec in his master's thesis.
- Now counting Structured intervention as prevented attempt as well.
- Fixes a bug where editing the title of a custom app or its color wasn’t reflected in the user interface right away.
- Fixes an issue where some alternative app icons could not be selected in one sec’s settings.
- Fixes a bug where healthy alternatives would not be displayed in the “black screen” and “rotate phone” interventions.
- Fixes an issue where the minimal intervention settings wouldn't allow you to customize the breathing phrase.
- Fixes an issue where the Focus Block Screen was displayed incorrectly on iPhone Max models.
- Adds out-of-the-box-support for the following apps:
- Adobe Express
- Aloha Browser
- Amazon Seller
- Apple Music
- ASOS
- Audible
- BBC News
- Bid Wars 2 – Pawn Shop Tycoon
- Bleacher Report: Sports News
- Blind
- Bullet Echo
- Clash of Clans
- CoinMarketCap
- Der Bund
- Disney+
- Elevate - Brain Training
- Enlight Photo Leap
- Exxen
- Facetune AI Photo/Video Editor
- Family Island
- Fantrax Fantasy Sports
- Feedly
- FIFA Companion
- FUTBIN
- Garmin Connect
- Github
- Google Drive
- Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery
- HLN
- Hulu
- iBooks
- Idle Supermarket
- Idle Warrior
- Ivory
- LA Times
- Libby
- Manyverse
- MARVEL SNAP
- Microsoft Solitaire
- Mobiilipankki FI – Danske Bank
- MOLDIV
- MyCase
- NBA: Live Games & Scores
- Netnewswire
- NHL
- OneFootball
- PerfectImage
- PicCollage
- PocketCasts
- Podcasts
- Rekhta
- ReTouch
- Revolut
- Rider
- Score! Match - PvP Soccer
- Secret Key Lock Album
- Selfridges
- Shopee เคาน์เตอร์
- Sky News
- Solitaire (by nerByte)
- Soul Knight
- Spider Solitaire
- Steam
- Summoner's Greed
- Superimpose
- Tagesanzeiger
- Tennis Clash
- The Economist
- The Times
- Threema
- Top Drives
- TradingView
- Video Lite
- Videoleap
- X-HERO
- Yahoo Fantasy Sports & Daily
3.3.6
2023-01-25
Small, but important bug fixes.
3.3.5
2023-01-24
Fixes an issue where a subscription shared with family members would fail to be detected.
Sorry about that!
Sorry about that!
3.3.4
2023-01-23
- Fixes a bug where deleting the intention from the list in settings wouldn’t delete it permanently.
- Adds new study conducted with the Max-Planck Institute, University of Heidelberg, and University of Warsaw. Only new users of one sec can participate.
- Adds new study conducted with the Max-Planck Institute, University of Heidelberg, and University of Warsaw. Only new users of one sec can participate.
3.3.3
2023-01-10
Fixes a bug where tapping on the "What can one sec do for you?" suggestion article would crash the app.
Sorry about that!
Sorry about that!
3.3.2
2022-12-29
This update contains a tiny bug fix: some of the newly added apps wouldn't be offered within the Shortcut for selection. That’s now fixed!
And once again, what’s new in v3.3:
What a year! So much happened in regards to one sec (for example, the launch of v3.0 with a new design and new app icon!), and I started working full-time on this app.
Thanks a lot for using one sec, your great feedback, and also for supporting the further development financially!
one sec is now saving hundreds of thousands of hours every day: time not spent on social media.
I can’t wait to share what I have been working on with you, 2023 is gonna be a fantastic year!
- 2022 photo dump: how much time have you saved thanks to one sec? And what have you been doing with all that time? Available on December 30th.
- Adds desktop browser extension: access it through one sec’s settings.
- Another attempt: Fixes an issue where intentions typed into the textfield of the intention picker now get stored as suggestions.
- Fixes an issue where the box containing healthy alternatives would be too big if fewer than 4 entries were displayed.
- Adds a whole bunch of apps to one sec’s default list of apps:
- 9gag
- ABC News (Australia)
- Allegro
- Among Us
- Brawl Stars
- CNN
- Domino’s
- Doordash
- Emmy
- Farfetch
- Feedbin
- Felyx
- Fishbowl: Professional Network
- flatext next AT
- Flink
- Foodora
- Genshin Impact
- Github
- Gold and Goblins
- Gorillas
- Gutefrage
- Hearthstone
- iFunny
- Jigsaw Puzzles Epic
- Lieferando
- Mastodon
- Metatext
- Miles
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- NRC - Nieuws & achtergronden
- Offline
- Postmates
- Project Makeover
- パズル＆ドラゴンズ (Puzzle & Dragons)
- Quora
- Shein
- Smoq Games 23 Pack Opener
- Solitaire Cash
- Spotify
- The Guardian: Breaking News
- The New York Times Crossword
- Toot!
- Uber Eats
- UNO
- VIZ Manga
- WEBTOON: Comics
- 微博轻享版（原微博国际版）/ Weibo intl.
- Willhaben
- Wolt
- Woodoku
- Yahoo Finance
- Яндекс Браузер (Yandex Browser)
- Яндекс Музыка, книги, подкасты (Yandex Music)
- Яндекс.Почта (Yandex.Mail)
- YouTube Studio / YT Studio
And once again, what’s new in v3.3:
What a year! So much happened in regards to one sec (for example, the launch of v3.0 with a new design and new app icon!), and I started working full-time on this app.
Thanks a lot for using one sec, your great feedback, and also for supporting the further development financially!
one sec is now saving hundreds of thousands of hours every day: time not spent on social media.
I can’t wait to share what I have been working on with you, 2023 is gonna be a fantastic year!
- 2022 photo dump: how much time have you saved thanks to one sec? And what have you been doing with all that time? Available on December 30th.
- Adds desktop browser extension: access it through one sec’s settings.
- Another attempt: Fixes an issue where intentions typed into the textfield of the intention picker now get stored as suggestions.
- Fixes an issue where the box containing healthy alternatives would be too big if fewer than 4 entries were displayed.
- Adds a whole bunch of apps to one sec’s default list of apps:
- 9gag
- ABC News (Australia)
- Allegro
- Among Us
- Brawl Stars
- CNN
- Domino’s
- Doordash
- Emmy
- Farfetch
- Feedbin
- Felyx
- Fishbowl: Professional Network
- flatext next AT
- Flink
- Foodora
- Genshin Impact
- Github
- Gold and Goblins
- Gorillas
- Gutefrage
- Hearthstone
- iFunny
- Jigsaw Puzzles Epic
- Lieferando
- Mastodon
- Metatext
- Miles
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- NRC - Nieuws & achtergronden
- Offline
- Postmates
- Project Makeover
- パズル＆ドラゴンズ (Puzzle & Dragons)
- Quora
- Shein
- Smoq Games 23 Pack Opener
- Solitaire Cash
- Spotify
- The Guardian: Breaking News
- The New York Times Crossword
- Toot!
- Uber Eats
- UNO
- VIZ Manga
- WEBTOON: Comics
- 微博轻享版（原微博国际版）/ Weibo intl.
- Willhaben
- Wolt
- Woodoku
- Yahoo Finance
- Яндекс Браузер (Yandex Browser)
- Яндекс Музыка, книги, подкасты (Yandex Music)
- Яндекс.Почта (Yandex.Mail)
- YouTube Studio / YT Studio
3.3.1
2022-12-28
What a year! So much happened in regards to one sec (for example, the launch of v3.0 with a new design and new app icon!), and I started working full-time on this app.
Thanks a lot for using one sec, your great feedback, and also for supporting the further development financially!
one sec is now saving hundreds of thousands of hours every day: time no spent on social media.
I can’t wait to share what I have been working on with you, 2023 is gonna be a fantastic year!
- 2022 photo dump: how much time have you saved thanks to one sec? And what have you been doing with all that time? Available on December 30th.
- Adds desktop browser extension: access it through one sec’s settings.
- Another attempt: Fixes an issue where intentions typed into the textfield of the intention picker now get stored as suggestions.
- Fixes an issue where the box containing healthy alternatives would be too big if fewer than 4 entries were displayed.
- Adds a whole bunch of apps to one sec’s default list of apps:
- 9gag
- ABC News (Australia)
- Allegro
- Among Us
- Brawl Stars
- CNN
- Domino’s
- Doordash
- Emmy
- Farfetch
- Feedbin
- Felyx
- Fishbowl: Professional Network
- flatext next AT
- Flink
- Foodora
- Genshin Impact
- Github
- Gold and Goblins
- Gorillas
- Gutefrage
- Hearthstone
- iFunny
- Jigsaw Puzzles Epic
- Lieferando
- Mastodon
- Metatext
- Miles
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- NRC - Nieuws & achtergronden
- Offline
- Postmates
- Project Makeover
- パズル＆ドラゴンズ (Puzzle & Dragons)
- Quora
- Shein
- Smoq Games 23 Pack Opener
- Solitaire Cash
- Spotify
- The Guardian: Breaking News
- The New York Times Crossword
- Toot!
- Uber Eats
- UNO
- VIZ Manga
- WEBTOON: Comics
- 微博轻享版（原微博国际版）/ Weibo intl.
- Willhaben
- Wolt
- Woodoku
- Yahoo Finance
- Яндекс Браузер (Yandex Browser)
- Яндекс Музыка, книги, подкасты (Yandex Music)
- Яндекс.Почта (Yandex.Mail)
- YouTube Studio / YT Studio
Thanks a lot for using one sec, your great feedback, and also for supporting the further development financially!
one sec is now saving hundreds of thousands of hours every day: time no spent on social media.
I can’t wait to share what I have been working on with you, 2023 is gonna be a fantastic year!
- 2022 photo dump: how much time have you saved thanks to one sec? And what have you been doing with all that time? Available on December 30th.
- Adds desktop browser extension: access it through one sec’s settings.
- Another attempt: Fixes an issue where intentions typed into the textfield of the intention picker now get stored as suggestions.
- Fixes an issue where the box containing healthy alternatives would be too big if fewer than 4 entries were displayed.
- Adds a whole bunch of apps to one sec’s default list of apps:
- 9gag
- ABC News (Australia)
- Allegro
- Among Us
- Brawl Stars
- CNN
- Domino’s
- Doordash
- Emmy
- Farfetch
- Feedbin
- Felyx
- Fishbowl: Professional Network
- flatext next AT
- Flink
- Foodora
- Genshin Impact
- Github
- Gold and Goblins
- Gorillas
- Gutefrage
- Hearthstone
- iFunny
- Jigsaw Puzzles Epic
- Lieferando
- Mastodon
- Metatext
- Miles
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- NRC - Nieuws & achtergronden
- Offline
- Postmates
- Project Makeover
- パズル＆ドラゴンズ (Puzzle & Dragons)
- Quora
- Shein
- Smoq Games 23 Pack Opener
- Solitaire Cash
- Spotify
- The Guardian: Breaking News
- The New York Times Crossword
- Toot!
- Uber Eats
- UNO
- VIZ Manga
- WEBTOON: Comics
- 微博轻享版（原微博国际版）/ Weibo intl.
- Willhaben
- Wolt
- Woodoku
- Yahoo Finance
- Яндекс Браузер (Yandex Browser)
- Яндекс Музыка, книги, подкасты (Yandex Music)
- Яндекс.Почта (Yandex.Mail)
- YouTube Studio / YT Studio
3.3
2022-12-28
- 2022 photo dump: how much time have you saved thanks to one sec? And what have you been doing with all that time? Available on December 30th.
- Another attempt: Fixes an issue where intentions typed into the textfield of the intention picker now get stored as suggestions.
- Fixes an issue where the box containing healthy alternatives would be too big if fewer than 4 entries were displayed.
- Adds a whole bunch of apps to one sec’s default list of apps:
- 9gag
- ABC News (Australia)
- Allegro
- Among Us
- Brawl Stars
- CNN
- Domino’s
- Doordash
- Emmy
- Farfetch
- Feedbin
- Felyx
- Fishbowl: Professional Network
- flatext next AT
- Flink
- Foodora
- Genshin Impact
- Github
- Gold and Goblins
- Gorillas
- Gutefrage
- Hearthstone
- iFunny
- Jigsaw Puzzles Epic
- Lieferando
- Mastodon
- Metatext
- Miles
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- NRC - Nieuws & achtergronden
- Offline
- Postmates
- Project Makeover
- パズル＆ドラゴンズ (Puzzle & Dragons)
- Quora
- Shein
- Smoq Games 23 Pack Opener
- Solitaire Cash
- Spotify
- The Guardian: Breaking News
- The New York Times Crossword
- Toot!
- Uber Eats
- UNO
- VIZ Manga
- WEBTOON: Comics
- 微博轻享版（原微博国际版）/ Weibo intl.
- Willhaben
- Wolt
- Woodoku
- Yahoo Finance
- Яндекс Браузер (Yandex Browser)
- Яндекс Музыка, книги, подкасты (Yandex Music)
- Яндекс.Почта (Yandex.Mail)
- YouTube Studio / YT Studio
- Another attempt: Fixes an issue where intentions typed into the textfield of the intention picker now get stored as suggestions.
- Fixes an issue where the box containing healthy alternatives would be too big if fewer than 4 entries were displayed.
- Adds a whole bunch of apps to one sec’s default list of apps:
- 9gag
- ABC News (Australia)
- Allegro
- Among Us
- Brawl Stars
- CNN
- Domino’s
- Doordash
- Emmy
- Farfetch
- Feedbin
- Felyx
- Fishbowl: Professional Network
- flatext next AT
- Flink
- Foodora
- Genshin Impact
- Github
- Gold and Goblins
- Gorillas
- Gutefrage
- Hearthstone
- iFunny
- Jigsaw Puzzles Epic
- Lieferando
- Mastodon
- Metatext
- Miles
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- NRC - Nieuws & achtergronden
- Offline
- Postmates
- Project Makeover
- パズル＆ドラゴンズ (Puzzle & Dragons)
- Quora
- Shein
- Smoq Games 23 Pack Opener
- Solitaire Cash
- Spotify
- The Guardian: Breaking News
- The New York Times Crossword
- Toot!
- Uber Eats
- UNO
- VIZ Manga
- WEBTOON: Comics
- 微博轻享版（原微博国际版）/ Weibo intl.
- Willhaben
- Wolt
- Woodoku
- Yahoo Finance
- Яндекс Браузер (Yandex Browser)
- Яндекс Музыка, книги, подкасты (Yandex Music)
- Яндекс.Почта (Yandex.Mail)
- YouTube Studio / YT Studio
3.2.2
2022-12-03
- You can now select multiple “Don’t get lost” notifications. If you do, make sure to set up the App Closing Automation as well, so that pending notifications get discarded when closing the app earlier.
- You can now disable emojis getting displayed in the intention picker.
- You can now disable usage statistics shown in the intervention.
- Intentions typed into the textfield of the intention picker now get stored as suggestions.
- Fixes a bug where the Safari extension would prompt you to do another breathing exercise continuously.
- You can now disable emojis getting displayed in the intention picker.
- You can now disable usage statistics shown in the intervention.
- Intentions typed into the textfield of the intention picker now get stored as suggestions.
- Fixes a bug where the Safari extension would prompt you to do another breathing exercise continuously.
3.2.1
2022-11-23
Announcing the biggest collab in AppStore history!!
one sec now integrates with Structured, an app made by my friend and fellow indie dev, Leo Mehlig. **Structured** is a planner app that visualizes your tasks in a beautiful timeline of your day.
This small update fixes an issue where the Structured integration wouldn’t block app while the normal intervention wasn’t scheduled to run. Also fixing a crash when the Structured intervention was triggered by a custom app.
Also fixed:
- a bug where the “adult content detox” feature wouldn’t work.
- a bug where the one sec widget wouldn’t get updated
Also, if you haven’t read the release notes of one sec 3.2, here’s a quick overview of what’s new:
- one sec is now much faster (so you will see less (or even nothing) of distracting apps before the intervention kicks in).
- Much improved customization settings for interventions.
- Scheduled blocking.
- New Intention picker.
- More languages.
- Adult Content Detox.
one sec now integrates with Structured, an app made by my friend and fellow indie dev, Leo Mehlig. **Structured** is a planner app that visualizes your tasks in a beautiful timeline of your day.
This small update fixes an issue where the Structured integration wouldn’t block app while the normal intervention wasn’t scheduled to run. Also fixing a crash when the Structured intervention was triggered by a custom app.
Also fixed:
- a bug where the “adult content detox” feature wouldn’t work.
- a bug where the one sec widget wouldn’t get updated
Also, if you haven’t read the release notes of one sec 3.2, here’s a quick overview of what’s new:
- one sec is now much faster (so you will see less (or even nothing) of distracting apps before the intervention kicks in).
- Much improved customization settings for interventions.
- Scheduled blocking.
- New Intention picker.
- More languages.
- Adult Content Detox.
3.2
2022-11-23
I’ve been working hard during the last couple of months on one sec 3.2 – very proud to share it with all of you today! Many small + big improvements and bug fixes, I think you gonna like them. If you have any questions / feedback, you can visit my new tutorials page [tutorials.one-sec.app](http://tutorials.one-sec.app) or contact me at [email protected].
Interventions
- You can now add multiple phrases to be randomly chosen from during the intervention. one sec also gives suggestions for phrases to add.
- New intervention picker: I moved all customization settings under their appropriate intervention → customize.
- Select as many interventions as you like – one sec will randomly chose from selected ones.
- Adds additional intervention customization settings
- Duration can now be increased by attempt or actual open
- Rotation amount can now be increased by every attempt or every open as well
- Healthy alternatives are now displayed in more interventions: adding black screen, minimal breathing, mirror, and rotate phone.
- Prevents display from sleeping during interventions.
- Displays “Time since last use” in intervention.
- Intervention launch-time improvements: in most cases you won’t see content of the distracting anymore before one sec launches!
- Now using P3 Colors for app backgrounds to make use of Apple’s amazing displays
- Fixed a bug where the follow the dot intervention would continuously run in background.
- Fixes a bug where the Camera Intervention wouldn‘t fill the whole screen on Max devices.
- Fixes issue where Designer Wardrobe App gets opened instead of Outlook.
- Intentional app switching time interval can now be increased to up to 10 minutes.
Blocking
- Scheduled blocking: you can now select apps to be blocked completely at certain times of the day.
- Adds new focus filter option to allow certain apps during certain Foci.
- Fixes a bug where leaving a focus mode immediately after opening an app would allow opening the app without an intervention.
Intention Tracking
- New intention picker, and emojis assigned to intentions: You can edit intentions and assigned emojis via Intention Tracking settings.
Translations
- Adds Ukrainian translation. Thanks Valerie!
- Adds Russian translation. Thanks Yulia!
- Adds Dutch translation. Thanks Luuk, Pebbles and Vivian!
- Improved Italian translation. Thanks Paolo!
- Improved French translation. Thanks Nathanael!
- German translation is now also up to date!
Some more things…
- one sec is all about helping users have a healthier relationship with the digital world. That’s why I’ve added a new “Adult Content Detox” feature: disable porn websites and lock yourself out of changing back this setting (for 10 days, 30 days, or forever).
- Improved welcome view for devices with smaller screens.
- Safari extension: loads faster + you can now select to add the current domain to one sec directly.
- Fixes a bug where the title of the tab bar could disappear.
- You can now enable HealthKit sync again in one sec’s advanced settings. This will contribute all mindfulness activity to Apple’s Health app.
- You can now actually delete apps from the overview page of one sec.
- Added support for apps that work out-of-the-box:
- Alibaba
- AliExpress
- Amazon Prime Video
- AppStore
- BeReal
- Gala Star News
- Mastodon clients
- Medium
- Outlook
- Pikmin Bloom
- [Rainbow.me](http://rainbow.me/)
- red
- Shopee
- Shopify Shop
- Slide (Reddit Client)
- The Economist
- Two Dots
- Wish
- Apple’s Fitness App
- Crypto.com
- ESPN Fantasy Football
- Fanduel Casino
- Fanduel Sports
- Fanduel Faceoff
- Friendly
- Joice
- Kickbase
- La Vanguardia
- Letterboxd
- Marca
- NFL Fantasy Football
- Poshmark
- Supremacy 1914
- Viber
- Yattee
- Zillow Real Estate
Interventions
- You can now add multiple phrases to be randomly chosen from during the intervention. one sec also gives suggestions for phrases to add.
- New intervention picker: I moved all customization settings under their appropriate intervention → customize.
- Select as many interventions as you like – one sec will randomly chose from selected ones.
- Adds additional intervention customization settings
- Duration can now be increased by attempt or actual open
- Rotation amount can now be increased by every attempt or every open as well
- Healthy alternatives are now displayed in more interventions: adding black screen, minimal breathing, mirror, and rotate phone.
- Prevents display from sleeping during interventions.
- Displays “Time since last use” in intervention.
- Intervention launch-time improvements: in most cases you won’t see content of the distracting anymore before one sec launches!
- Now using P3 Colors for app backgrounds to make use of Apple’s amazing displays
- Fixed a bug where the follow the dot intervention would continuously run in background.
- Fixes a bug where the Camera Intervention wouldn‘t fill the whole screen on Max devices.
- Fixes issue where Designer Wardrobe App gets opened instead of Outlook.
- Intentional app switching time interval can now be increased to up to 10 minutes.
Blocking
- Scheduled blocking: you can now select apps to be blocked completely at certain times of the day.
- Adds new focus filter option to allow certain apps during certain Foci.
- Fixes a bug where leaving a focus mode immediately after opening an app would allow opening the app without an intervention.
Intention Tracking
- New intention picker, and emojis assigned to intentions: You can edit intentions and assigned emojis via Intention Tracking settings.
Translations
- Adds Ukrainian translation. Thanks Valerie!
- Adds Russian translation. Thanks Yulia!
- Adds Dutch translation. Thanks Luuk, Pebbles and Vivian!
- Improved Italian translation. Thanks Paolo!
- Improved French translation. Thanks Nathanael!
- German translation is now also up to date!
Some more things…
- one sec is all about helping users have a healthier relationship with the digital world. That’s why I’ve added a new “Adult Content Detox” feature: disable porn websites and lock yourself out of changing back this setting (for 10 days, 30 days, or forever).
- Improved welcome view for devices with smaller screens.
- Safari extension: loads faster + you can now select to add the current domain to one sec directly.
- Fixes a bug where the title of the tab bar could disappear.
- You can now enable HealthKit sync again in one sec’s advanced settings. This will contribute all mindfulness activity to Apple’s Health app.
- You can now actually delete apps from the overview page of one sec.
- Added support for apps that work out-of-the-box:
- Alibaba
- AliExpress
- Amazon Prime Video
- AppStore
- BeReal
- Gala Star News
- Mastodon clients
- Medium
- Outlook
- Pikmin Bloom
- [Rainbow.me](http://rainbow.me/)
- red
- Shopee
- Shopify Shop
- Slide (Reddit Client)
- The Economist
- Two Dots
- Wish
- Apple’s Fitness App
- Crypto.com
- ESPN Fantasy Football
- Fanduel Casino
- Fanduel Sports
- Fanduel Faceoff
- Friendly
- Joice
- Kickbase
- La Vanguardia
- Letterboxd
- Marca
- NFL Fantasy Football
- Poshmark
- Supremacy 1914
- Viber
- Yattee
- Zillow Real Estate
3.1.1
2022-09-12
Fixes a bug where Intervention Schedule couldn't be enabled/disabled.
On top of that, all the news from last version are, of course, included as well:
- Adding support for more apps: Draftkings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Line, Google, Diablo Immortal, Teams, Clubhouse, ZDFheute, Squid News, DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser.
- Adding more healthy apps: Notes, Notion, Calm, Things.
- Adds Focus Filters for iOS 16: modify one sec’s behavior depending on your current Focus mode, e.g. block certain apps completely or adding an extra-long intervention.
- Adds new mirror exercise: look in your eyes and tell yourself that you really want to open that app right now…
- Fixes a bug where the Focus Session wouldn’t work when one sec was not scheduled or the intentional app switching was still active.
- Adds a new feature that lets you increase the intervention duration for every attempt to open a target app.
- Adds intention reminder in a picture-in-picture view when proceeding to the target app.
- Adds new Shortcut that lets you export stats data from one sec to other apps or storage services.
- Adds custom notification sound when sending the “Intention Reminders”.
I am also currently in the process of developing a Mac app for one sec. If you’re interested in giving it a try, please get in touch: [email protected]
On top of that, all the news from last version are, of course, included as well:
- Adding support for more apps: Draftkings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Line, Google, Diablo Immortal, Teams, Clubhouse, ZDFheute, Squid News, DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser.
- Adding more healthy apps: Notes, Notion, Calm, Things.
- Adds Focus Filters for iOS 16: modify one sec’s behavior depending on your current Focus mode, e.g. block certain apps completely or adding an extra-long intervention.
- Adds new mirror exercise: look in your eyes and tell yourself that you really want to open that app right now…
- Fixes a bug where the Focus Session wouldn’t work when one sec was not scheduled or the intentional app switching was still active.
- Adds a new feature that lets you increase the intervention duration for every attempt to open a target app.
- Adds intention reminder in a picture-in-picture view when proceeding to the target app.
- Adds new Shortcut that lets you export stats data from one sec to other apps or storage services.
- Adds custom notification sound when sending the “Intention Reminders”.
I am also currently in the process of developing a Mac app for one sec. If you’re interested in giving it a try, please get in touch: [email protected]
3.1
2022-09-09
- Adding support for more apps: Draftkings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Line, Google, Diablo Immortal, Teams, Clubhouse, ZDFheute, Squid News, DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser.
- Adding more healthy apps: Notes, Notion, Calm, Things.
- Adds Focus Filters for iOS 16: modify one sec’s behavior depending on your current Focus mode, e.g. block certain apps completely or adding an extra-long intervention.
- Adds new mirror exercise: look in your eyes and tell yourself that you really want to open that app right now…
- Fixes a bug where the Focus Session wouldn’t work when one sec was not scheduled or the intentional app switching was still active.
- Adds a new feature that lets you increase the intervention duration for every attempt to open a target app.
- Adds intention reminder in a picture-in-picture view when proceeding to the target app.
- Adds new Shortcut that lets you export stats data from one sec to other apps or storage services.
- Adds custom notification sound when sending the “Intention Reminders”.
I am also currently in the process of developing a Mac app for one sec. If you’re interested in giving it a try, please get in touch: [email protected]
- Adding more healthy apps: Notes, Notion, Calm, Things.
- Adds Focus Filters for iOS 16: modify one sec’s behavior depending on your current Focus mode, e.g. block certain apps completely or adding an extra-long intervention.
- Adds new mirror exercise: look in your eyes and tell yourself that you really want to open that app right now…
- Fixes a bug where the Focus Session wouldn’t work when one sec was not scheduled or the intentional app switching was still active.
- Adds a new feature that lets you increase the intervention duration for every attempt to open a target app.
- Adds intention reminder in a picture-in-picture view when proceeding to the target app.
- Adds new Shortcut that lets you export stats data from one sec to other apps or storage services.
- Adds custom notification sound when sending the “Intention Reminders”.
I am also currently in the process of developing a Mac app for one sec. If you’re interested in giving it a try, please get in touch: [email protected]
3.0.4
2022-06-05
- Fixes an issue where healthy alternatives would slightly delay loading the breathing exercise.
- Fixes an issue where the random mode would only chose between the breathing exercise and follow the dot.
- Fixes an issue where you could open the app switcher or notification center without getting the the intervention dismissed.
- You can now enable one sec on websites where you have previously decided not to do so. This is especially important for websites that have no assigned iOS app with an automation set up.
- Exercises are now renamed to “Intervention”.
- Fixes an issue where the “Lichess” app would not be opened after completing the intervention.
- Adds support for apps and websites of Imgur and Chess.com.
- Fixes an issue where the unlock button of the Safari Extension could be slightly misplaced on some websites.
- Fixes an issue where one sec would crash on devices running iOS 14.1.
I am also currently in the process of developing the Mac version for one sec. It will be released as a universal app later this year, so all your purchases are synced over. If you’re interested in giving it a try already, please get in touch: [email protected]
- Fixes an issue where the random mode would only chose between the breathing exercise and follow the dot.
- Fixes an issue where you could open the app switcher or notification center without getting the the intervention dismissed.
- You can now enable one sec on websites where you have previously decided not to do so. This is especially important for websites that have no assigned iOS app with an automation set up.
- Exercises are now renamed to “Intervention”.
- Fixes an issue where the “Lichess” app would not be opened after completing the intervention.
- Adds support for apps and websites of Imgur and Chess.com.
- Fixes an issue where the unlock button of the Safari Extension could be slightly misplaced on some websites.
- Fixes an issue where one sec would crash on devices running iOS 14.1.
I am also currently in the process of developing the Mac version for one sec. It will be released as a universal app later this year, so all your purchases are synced over. If you’re interested in giving it a try already, please get in touch: [email protected]
3.0.3
2022-05-23
- Fixes an issue where healthy alternatives would slightly delay loading the breathing exercise.
- Fixes an issue where the random mode would only chose between the breathing exercise and follow the dot.
- Fixes an issue where you could open the app switcher or notification center without getting the the intervention dismissed.
- You can now enable one sec on websites where you have previously decided not to do so. This is especially important for websites that have no assigned iOS app with an automation set up.
- Exercises are now renamed to “Intervention”.
- Fixes an issue where the “Lichess” app would not be opened after completing the intervention.
- Adds support for apps and websites of Imgur and Chess.com.
I am also currently in the process of developing the Mac version for one sec. It will be released as a universal app later this year, so all your purchases are synced over.
If you’re interested in giving it a try already, please get in touch: [email protected]
- Fixes an issue where the random mode would only chose between the breathing exercise and follow the dot.
- Fixes an issue where you could open the app switcher or notification center without getting the the intervention dismissed.
- You can now enable one sec on websites where you have previously decided not to do so. This is especially important for websites that have no assigned iOS app with an automation set up.
- Exercises are now renamed to “Intervention”.
- Fixes an issue where the “Lichess” app would not be opened after completing the intervention.
- Adds support for apps and websites of Imgur and Chess.com.
I am also currently in the process of developing the Mac version for one sec. It will be released as a universal app later this year, so all your purchases are synced over.
If you’re interested in giving it a try already, please get in touch: [email protected]
3.0.2
2022-04-29
- Fixes an issue where multiple custom “Good Apps” would all be displayed with the same name in settings.
- You can now configure custom “Good Apps” with one sec.
- Healthy alternatives are now exposed directly on the breathing exercise screen.
- You can now configure if contacts added to your ist of “healthy alternatives“ should be suggested for calling, texting, or both.
- Fixes an issue where you could skip the “black screen” exercise by tapping the invisible “Continue on Twitter” button.
- Fixes an issue where the Privacy Policy would only be displayed when pressing on the text, not on the cell.
- Fixes an issue where the “Help translate one sec” button could only be triggered by pressing on the next, not on the cell.
- Slightly improved “Good Morning Countdown“ screen.
- Adding more translators and designers to credits screen.
- Fixes an issue where Taobao couldn’t be opened after the breathing exercise.
- Adding more apps to the default list: eBay Kleinanzeigen, Vinted, FAZ.NET, Proton Mail, Etsy, Eurosport, Pure, lichess, Recon, Toon Blast, Twitterrific, Hacker News, Guidants, Consorsbank, Romeo.
- Fixes a bug where the same instructions would be displayed on the first three items in Suggestions.
- Fixes an issue where intentions could not be deleted. Oh and while I was on it: you can now also rename intentions.
- Fixes an issue where YouTube would get opened with an error message after completing the one sec breathing exercise.
- Fixes an issue where a custom URL would not be saved when editing custom apps.
- You can now configure custom “Good Apps” with one sec.
- Healthy alternatives are now exposed directly on the breathing exercise screen.
- You can now configure if contacts added to your ist of “healthy alternatives“ should be suggested for calling, texting, or both.
- Fixes an issue where you could skip the “black screen” exercise by tapping the invisible “Continue on Twitter” button.
- Fixes an issue where the Privacy Policy would only be displayed when pressing on the text, not on the cell.
- Fixes an issue where the “Help translate one sec” button could only be triggered by pressing on the next, not on the cell.
- Slightly improved “Good Morning Countdown“ screen.
- Adding more translators and designers to credits screen.
- Fixes an issue where Taobao couldn’t be opened after the breathing exercise.
- Adding more apps to the default list: eBay Kleinanzeigen, Vinted, FAZ.NET, Proton Mail, Etsy, Eurosport, Pure, lichess, Recon, Toon Blast, Twitterrific, Hacker News, Guidants, Consorsbank, Romeo.
- Fixes a bug where the same instructions would be displayed on the first three items in Suggestions.
- Fixes an issue where intentions could not be deleted. Oh and while I was on it: you can now also rename intentions.
- Fixes an issue where YouTube would get opened with an error message after completing the one sec breathing exercise.
- Fixes an issue where a custom URL would not be saved when editing custom apps.
3.0.1
2022-04-28
- You can now configure custom “Good Apps” with one sec.
- Healthy alternatives are now exposed directly on the breathing exercise screen.
- You can now configure if contacts added to your ist of “healthy alternatives“ should be suggested for calling, texting, or both.
- Fixes an issue where you could skip the “black screen” exercise by tapping the invisible “Continue on Twitter” button.
- Fixes an issue where the Privacy Policy would only be displayed when pressing on the text, not on the cell.
- Fixes an issue where the “Help translate one sec” button could only be triggered by pressing on the next, not on the cell.
- Slightly improved “Good Morning Countdown“ screen.
- Adding more translators and designers to credits screen.
- Fixes an issue where Taobao couldn’t be opened after the breathing exercise.
- Adding more apps to the default list: eBay Kleinanzeigen, Vinted, FAZ.NET, Proton Mail, Etsy, Eurosport, Pure, lichess, Recon, Toon Blast, Twitterrific, Hacker News, Guidants, Consorsbank, Romeo.
- Fixes a bug where the same instructions would be displayed on the first three items in Suggestions.
- Fixes an issue where intentions could not be deleted. Oh and while I was on it: you can now also rename intentions.
- Fixes an issue where YouTube would get opened with an error message after completing the one sec breathing exercise.
- Fixes an issue where a custom URL would not be saved when editing custom apps.
- Healthy alternatives are now exposed directly on the breathing exercise screen.
- You can now configure if contacts added to your ist of “healthy alternatives“ should be suggested for calling, texting, or both.
- Fixes an issue where you could skip the “black screen” exercise by tapping the invisible “Continue on Twitter” button.
- Fixes an issue where the Privacy Policy would only be displayed when pressing on the text, not on the cell.
- Fixes an issue where the “Help translate one sec” button could only be triggered by pressing on the next, not on the cell.
- Slightly improved “Good Morning Countdown“ screen.
- Adding more translators and designers to credits screen.
- Fixes an issue where Taobao couldn’t be opened after the breathing exercise.
- Adding more apps to the default list: eBay Kleinanzeigen, Vinted, FAZ.NET, Proton Mail, Etsy, Eurosport, Pure, lichess, Recon, Toon Blast, Twitterrific, Hacker News, Guidants, Consorsbank, Romeo.
- Fixes a bug where the same instructions would be displayed on the first three items in Suggestions.
- Fixes an issue where intentions could not be deleted. Oh and while I was on it: you can now also rename intentions.
- Fixes an issue where YouTube would get opened with an error message after completing the one sec breathing exercise.
- Fixes an issue where a custom URL would not be saved when editing custom apps.
3.0
2022-04-05
I’ve been working hard for the last 10 weeks on this update for one sec.
Indeed, there have been so many improvements that I decided to jump to the next major version: one sec 3.0 is here!
NEW APP ICON
To celebrate the launch of this big update, we’ve designed a new app icon for one sec: showcasing the brief moment of reflection of your habits, disrupting your app usage patterns.
We’re now making use of the new gradient in the app icon throughout the app as well – and added a new primary color for buttons and highlights.
NEW EXERCISES
- Rotate Phone: very annoying, because you have to physically rotate your device three times in order to unlock the app. My idea is also, that additional senses (using your hands, haptics) makes you more aware and helps to disrupt habits.
- Black screen: Fades out into black, and takes some time to come back to let you continue into the app.
- Minimal breathing: Reduces colors, optimized for dark mode.
NEW STATISTICS
- Much improved app stats page.
- You have now a better overview about your progress.
- one sec now shows how much time it has already saved you.
- Prediction for how much time you’ll save per year (at your current pace).
NEW: HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES
Get concrete and actionable healthy alternatives when opening social media apps:
- Add sports, hobbies, and well-being activities.
- Add close friends and family contacts to get suggestions to call or text them.
- Add photo albums to get suggestions to take a look at nice memories and pictures of loved ones.
- Get reading suggestions from one sec‘s reading list.
- Connect one sec with your calendar and reminders to help you get more structured.
- Get suggestions for good apps, such as eBook readers, podcasts, music, yoga, meditation.
NEW: MORNING COUNTDOWN
one sec won’t let you access configured apps directly after waking up (integrates with HealthKit).
ADVANCED SCHEDULING
- you can now change one sec’s schedule for each weekday.
- New Siri Shortcut for Focus Mode.
REFINED DESIGN
- Restructured + regrouped settings panel (incl. privacy + data tab).
- More granular settings for each configured app and website.
- New exercise picker, giving a visual preview of what to expect.
OPTIMIZED TUTORIALS
- Setup and App Closing Tutorials: send the tutorial to your own email address or AirDrop them to your computer.
- Redesigned setup / tutorial pages including screenshots.
- New tutorial videos.
- New suggestions feed (including setup + closing tutorials).
IMPROVED SAFARI EXTENSION
- Safari extension now works as expected. Give it a try for your web distractions!
- You can now manually add additional domains to block / or allow for the web extension.
…and even more:
- Added database export option in advanced settings.
- Further improvements of iPad user experience.
- Added new apps and websites: “Firefox Klar”, “Firefox Focus”, “NOS nieuws”
Indeed, there have been so many improvements that I decided to jump to the next major version: one sec 3.0 is here!
NEW APP ICON
To celebrate the launch of this big update, we’ve designed a new app icon for one sec: showcasing the brief moment of reflection of your habits, disrupting your app usage patterns.
We’re now making use of the new gradient in the app icon throughout the app as well – and added a new primary color for buttons and highlights.
NEW EXERCISES
- Rotate Phone: very annoying, because you have to physically rotate your device three times in order to unlock the app. My idea is also, that additional senses (using your hands, haptics) makes you more aware and helps to disrupt habits.
- Black screen: Fades out into black, and takes some time to come back to let you continue into the app.
- Minimal breathing: Reduces colors, optimized for dark mode.
NEW STATISTICS
- Much improved app stats page.
- You have now a better overview about your progress.
- one sec now shows how much time it has already saved you.
- Prediction for how much time you’ll save per year (at your current pace).
NEW: HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES
Get concrete and actionable healthy alternatives when opening social media apps:
- Add sports, hobbies, and well-being activities.
- Add close friends and family contacts to get suggestions to call or text them.
- Add photo albums to get suggestions to take a look at nice memories and pictures of loved ones.
- Get reading suggestions from one sec‘s reading list.
- Connect one sec with your calendar and reminders to help you get more structured.
- Get suggestions for good apps, such as eBook readers, podcasts, music, yoga, meditation.
NEW: MORNING COUNTDOWN
one sec won’t let you access configured apps directly after waking up (integrates with HealthKit).
ADVANCED SCHEDULING
- you can now change one sec’s schedule for each weekday.
- New Siri Shortcut for Focus Mode.
REFINED DESIGN
- Restructured + regrouped settings panel (incl. privacy + data tab).
- More granular settings for each configured app and website.
- New exercise picker, giving a visual preview of what to expect.
OPTIMIZED TUTORIALS
- Setup and App Closing Tutorials: send the tutorial to your own email address or AirDrop them to your computer.
- Redesigned setup / tutorial pages including screenshots.
- New tutorial videos.
- New suggestions feed (including setup + closing tutorials).
IMPROVED SAFARI EXTENSION
- Safari extension now works as expected. Give it a try for your web distractions!
- You can now manually add additional domains to block / or allow for the web extension.
…and even more:
- Added database export option in advanced settings.
- Further improvements of iPad user experience.
- Added new apps and websites: “Firefox Klar”, “Firefox Focus”, “NOS nieuws”
Cheat Codes for In-App Purchases
| Item | Price | iPhone/iPad | Android |
|---|---|---|---|
| “one sec” pro | Annual Plan (Delay unlimited apps and websites.) |
Free |
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| “one sec” pro | Monthly Plan (Get access to all features of “one sec” Pro.) |
Free |
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| “one sec” pro | Family Plan (Share this plan with your iCloud Family.) |
Free |
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| “one sec” pro | Lifetime (Unlock all features of “one sec” pro.) |
Free |
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Ratings
4.9 out of 5
9 170 Ratings
Reviews
Dylan_B_S,
Love this app!
This app is super useful because it reduces that immediate hit of dopamine when you have to wait for which ever social media app you hate to love to open. I recently read “Atomic Habits” by James Clear and was looking for ways to reduce my screen time. While Apple’s native “app limit” feature is nice, it doesn’t create that immediate friction I need to stop myself from mindlessly opening reddit and scrolling like a zombie.
There are a few things I wish this app could improve on. The first is that I wish the setup was simpler. I understand that given the closed-door nature of Apple’s products that this might be difficult. The second is that I wish the desktop browser extensions were more fleshed out. While I appreciate the macOS app and Safari extension, I use Chrome as my browser on my MacBook Pro, so it would be a lot more useful to me if the Chrome extension had more features. Overall though really great app!
There are a few things I wish this app could improve on. The first is that I wish the setup was simpler. I understand that given the closed-door nature of Apple’s products that this might be difficult. The second is that I wish the desktop browser extensions were more fleshed out. While I appreciate the macOS app and Safari extension, I use Chrome as my browser on my MacBook Pro, so it would be a lot more useful to me if the Chrome extension had more features. Overall though really great app!
Bob Goodenhym,
Almost A Prefect App
Firstly I want to say that is app is %100 worth the money. The app's main feature where it focuses you to wait an certain amount of time before opening a configured app is prefect for curbing mindless dopamine hunting. Using this app has certainly brought back intentionality to my phone use. That being said there are two curial features I wish this app had that would make it prefect. The first is that it's too easy to turn off blocks and interventions, I wish I could setup a passcode needed to turn off blocks and interventions. Ideally one would have a trusted person setup the passcode so that one wouldn't be able to turn it off even if they wanted to. I often find a flimsy reason to turn off a block or intervention and I end up relapsing. The second thing I wish this app had is the ability to set daily allowances for app use that would then block the app after the allowance ran out. I understand that somethings are not possible within the apple ecosystem so if that is the case with this things I will change my rating to 5 stars. I will also change my rating to 5 stars if these features do get added.
groundflax,
Gives you your time back
I’ve been using the app for one day and it’s already giving me so many hours back in my day. The disturbing part is how it reveals the depths of your addiction. Today it blocked my attempts to open Twitter 107 times, and since I downloaded the chrome extension too it blocked Reddit and Twitter about another 100 times on there. It was just a mindless habit that would have added up to hours per day.
The concept behind this app is so simple yet somehow Apple couldn’t figure it out with all their brainpower. As we all know the screen time feature is practically useless. When you get the delay screen, it sort of jolts you as if from sleep, and you don’t even remember having opened the app in the first place. I definitely applaud this app and highly recommend it, it’s only been a day but I think it will be life changing.
The concept behind this app is so simple yet somehow Apple couldn’t figure it out with all their brainpower. As we all know the screen time feature is practically useless. When you get the delay screen, it sort of jolts you as if from sleep, and you don’t even remember having opened the app in the first place. I definitely applaud this app and highly recommend it, it’s only been a day but I think it will be life changing.
kataud,
do this for yourself.
a few months ago, the thought of getting off of social media was terrifying. it was such a crutch and time-passer for me, and i thought i would be missing out on so much, even though i knew how much negativity it brought me. this app is amazing. after using the breathe and focus feature everyday, i found SO much time in my day, and my mood significantly improved. once i noticed these improvements, after a month and over 336 hours of time saved, i finally broke away from social media. i feel better than ever, and the slow progression of mindless scrolling to intentional abstinence has blown my mind. thank you for this app.
*update*
exactly a year later and this app still helps me everyday. i saved 3.1 WEEKS of time last year through one sec, and i could not recommend it enough.
*update*
exactly a year later and this app still helps me everyday. i saved 3.1 WEEKS of time last year through one sec, and i could not recommend it enough.
witeowl,
I hate* this app
But that’s because it works! Screen time just trained me to mindlessly hit the “15 more minutes” button. The interruptions this app gives actually make me think before opening the things I unthinkingly open (or be too annoyed to open them – you’ll see what I mean). The only thing I don’t see (yet) is the ability to outright block an app after having used it for a set amount of time for the day. If I’ve spent an hour on a particular social media site already, maybe I don’t need to be there again today. But as far as snapping myself out of habitual mindless openings and endless scrolling (Oh! Did I mention that I also find the “Are you really still on that app?” pokes incredibly fantastic? Well, I do!), this is the best I’ve found.
tylerthesailor,
Integration Broken, No Response From Developer
Edit: I received a response from the team with a solution. Although it took a few days, I’m happy with the result!
I was primarily excited to use this app because of the integration with structured. Unfortunately, it proved to either be extremely buggy or not work at all. I reached out to the support team and got a basic response within a couple of days that didn’t resolve the issue. I sent videos and more information of the bug, waited 3 days with no response. On top of that, deleting items does not seem to work (you have to delete the shortcut, but the app doesn’t notify you). General bugginess with no support. Disappointed because this app has a lot of potential.
I was primarily excited to use this app because of the integration with structured. Unfortunately, it proved to either be extremely buggy or not work at all. I reached out to the support team and got a basic response within a couple of days that didn’t resolve the issue. I sent videos and more information of the bug, waited 3 days with no response. On top of that, deleting items does not seem to work (you have to delete the shortcut, but the app doesn’t notify you). General bugginess with no support. Disappointed because this app has a lot of potential.
angelarennie,
Excellent new feature!
I found this app very useful for getting me out of the pattern of ending up on social media without meaning to. My thumb will just take me there! Now this app gives me a chance to change my mind. In previous versions, the flaw was if I was actually trying to make an Instagram post I needed to switch between Instagram and my notes app or my photos app. Then I had to watch the automation every time I switched back to Instagram and ended up disabling the automation because it was too annoying. Now there’s a new feature that allows you to switch back-and-forth for a limited amount of time and still keep the automation set. This is great! Great job great developers! Super useful app!
Dudoiselle,
Meh
First I got to say I am using the free version. It gives you one app to use the function for. Which is fine and I do not criticize.
However, my two star review is mainly made up of for one it more often than not asks you to upgrade to pro instead of giving you the one deep breath exercise which makes me more annoyed than helps me to be more mindful.
I didn’t know I could only have one app which is why I had a second app set up with it. The app then prompted me to either upgrade to pro or chose between the two apps. I chose and even deleted the action I said up in shortcuts but it will ask me now to choose between both apps or upgrade over and over again. Pretty annoying bug.
And then, money might not be a factor for you, but it is for me, so this last point might be irrelevant; I do not understand what justifies the price of the app for the full version. $50 for a perpetual license is just not realistic for the average person, neither adding yet another subscription of $4 per month ($18.5 if you pay for the whole year up front). I really wish app creators would realize this.
TL;DR I like the idea but it’s too buggy in general and too spammy with their subscription service which is also overpriced. I will just uninstall and go back to leaving my phone in a different room again.
However, my two star review is mainly made up of for one it more often than not asks you to upgrade to pro instead of giving you the one deep breath exercise which makes me more annoyed than helps me to be more mindful.
I didn’t know I could only have one app which is why I had a second app set up with it. The app then prompted me to either upgrade to pro or chose between the two apps. I chose and even deleted the action I said up in shortcuts but it will ask me now to choose between both apps or upgrade over and over again. Pretty annoying bug.
And then, money might not be a factor for you, but it is for me, so this last point might be irrelevant; I do not understand what justifies the price of the app for the full version. $50 for a perpetual license is just not realistic for the average person, neither adding yet another subscription of $4 per month ($18.5 if you pay for the whole year up front). I really wish app creators would realize this.
TL;DR I like the idea but it’s too buggy in general and too spammy with their subscription service which is also overpriced. I will just uninstall and go back to leaving my phone in a different room again.
Victor Dweck,
Best app ever made
I've probably written one other review in my entire life. This app is genius. It's clearly backed by science, and it puts Apple's "Focus Mode" to shame. It's so good that Apple may rip it off some day, so if you're the dev, be on the lookout. I also love that it's inexpensive and very affordable. All in all, it gets the job done and has saved me hours of procrastination and kept me away from the screen. Like other reviewers, I often want to to just get rid of the smartphone altogether, but need it for practical reasons like work. This app makes it worth it. If there is one app you ever buy from the App Store, make it this one. P.S. I discovered it from its promotion within Structure (a neat app, but not nearly as useful)
photosynnthesis,
Lifechanger!
As someone with ADHD, who finds it incredibly difficult to finish work, this app is amazing and a lifechanger! It helps me stay off of Instagram (which makes me depress every time I get on it) and it also helps me get work done! Not only that, it's amazing in the sense that it helps you think about if you really need to be on social media/websites instead of doing work.
There is one thing that I wish would be possible: to be able to sync apps and websites through a single account across different platforms. I want to be able to set up interventions on one device (e.g. iphone) and have it automatically transfer over to my ipad and mac.
Thank you for such an amazing app!
There is one thing that I wish would be possible: to be able to sync apps and websites through a single account across different platforms. I want to be able to set up interventions on one device (e.g. iphone) and have it automatically transfer over to my ipad and mac.
Thank you for such an amazing app!
