Less scrolling.
More living.
Impulse blocks the apps and websites that steal your focus — so you reclaim 2+ hours every day. No willpower required.
Your attention is
being sold.
Every feed is a slot machine. The scroll never ends because it was never meant to. You're not fighting a habit — you're fighting an industry.
The average person checks their phone 96 times a day — once every 10 minutes.
4+ hours a day lost to apps engineered to be impossible to put down.
It isn't weakness. Thousands of designers are paid to keep you scrolling.
We don't think all screen time is bad. We think unconscious screen time is. Impulse helps you be intentional — not through guilt or rules, but by giving you control over the impulse, not the dopamine.
— The Impulse TeamSimple by design.
Powerful by nature.
Choose what to block
Pick the apps and sites that steal your focus — Instagram, TikTok, X, you name it.
Set your schedule
Work hours, study sessions, bedtime. Block on autopilot, or trigger Quick Focus instantly.
Pick your strictness
From a gentle nudge to a lockdown you genuinely can't cheat your way out of.
Live your life
Watch your screen time fall and your hours come back — for what actually matters.
Everything you need to
take back control.
Block anything in one tap.
Blocking Periods shut down distracting sites on a schedule. Need to lock in right now? Quick Focus pins you to a single tab and blocks everything else.
Strictness you can't cheat.
Choose how hard it is to unblock — because the moment of weakness is the whole problem. Three levels turn a quick override into a real decision.
Scheduled focus
Set blocking periods by time and weekday. Set it once — focus runs on autopilot.
Focus Groups
Stay accountable with friends. Shared rules, streaks and a leaderboard keep you honest.
Screen Time insights
See where your hours actually go, with weekly insights that celebrate your progress.
Everywhere you scroll
iOS, Chrome and Safari. Your blocks follow you across every device.
How much time are you losing to your screen?
Based on reclaiming 25% of unproductive screen time.
People love Impulse.
Here's why.
I was spending 5+ hours on TikTok daily. After two weeks with Impulse, I'm down to 45 minutes. This app literally changed my life.
Finally something that actually works. The strict mode is no joke — you CAN'T cheat it. Exactly what I needed.
Installed the Chrome extension for work and my productivity went through the roof. No more 'just checking Twitter' at 2pm.
I love that it's not preachy. It doesn't guilt-trip you. It just… blocks stuff. Simple and effective. Best $0 I ever spent.
The scheduling feature is brilliant. My phone automatically blocks social media during work hours. Set it once and forget it.
I tried 4 other blockers before this. Impulse is the only one with strict mode you can't disable mid-session. THAT'S the difference.
Your data stays on your device
Usage stats live locally on your phone or browser — never sold, never tracked.
Free to start, no account
Download and start blocking in seconds. No sign-up wall, no credit card.
Built for real life
Emergency access, gentle modes and squads — strict, but never cruel.
Questions?
Answered.
Everything you need to know before you take back your time.
We're a small team and we read everything. Reach out — we usually reply within a day.
Contact supportYes — the core blocker is 100% free on iOS and Chrome, with no account and no credit card. Scheduled blocks, Quick Focus and screen-time insights cost nothing. Impulse Pro adds unlimited rules, strict mode and Focus Groups for those who want more, but you can take back hours every day without paying a cent.
Most blockers fail at the exact moment you reach for your phone — one tap and you're back scrolling. Impulse is built around that moment. Strict mode makes unblocking deliberately hard: type out a long phrase, wait out a countdown, or get a code from an accountability partner. It's the friction that turns an impulse back into a choice.
Three things. It works on both your phone and your browser, so distractions can't just hop to your laptop. It has strictness levels you genuinely can't bypass in a weak moment. And it never guilt-trips you — Impulse blocks what you choose, when you choose, then gets out of the way.
On iOS, Impulse uses Apple's Screen Time API to block apps and sites — the same secure framework Apple built for this. On the desktop it runs as a Chrome and Safari extension. You create profiles, pick what to block, then activate on a schedule, on demand with Quick Focus, or under a timer with a strict unlock.
Impulse is strict, not cruel. Emergency access and gentle modes let you reach what you genuinely need, and blocks always reactivate automatically afterwards — so one exception never quietly becomes a relapse.
Completely. Your usage stats and block lists stay on your device — not on our servers. No tracking, no ads, no analytics, no selling your data to anyone. Your attention is the product everyone else is trying to sell. Not here.
Today Impulse runs on iOS, plus Chrome and Safari on the desktop, and your rules sync across them. Android isn't available yet — it's on the roadmap. Drop your email in the app and we'll tell you the moment it lands.
No subscription needed to start — the free plan blocks distractions forever. Impulse Pro is an optional upgrade for power users (unlimited rules, strict mode, Focus Groups), with no hidden costs and no lock-in. Cancel anytime and the free blocker keeps working.
Less scrolling.
More living.
Join 500+ people reclaiming 2+ hours a day. Free on iOS and Chrome — start in under a minute.