Less scrolling.
More living.
Impulse blocks the apps and websites that steal your focus — so you reclaim 2+ hours every day. No willpower required.
macOS app coming soon
- Daily users
- 1.000+Daily users
- Hours reclaimed
- 10K+Hours reclaimed
- Distractions blocked
- 1M+Distractions blocked
- App Store rating
- 4,8★App Store rating
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 of designers paid to keep you there.
We don’t think all screen time is bad. We think unconscious.
Impulse helps you be intentional — not through guilt or rules, but by giving you control over the impulse, not the dopamine.
The Impulse team
Simple by design. Powerful by nature.
Choose what to block
Pick the apps and sites that steal your focus — Instagram, TikTok, X.
Set your schedule
Work hours, study, bedtime. Block on autopilot, or trigger Quick Focus when you need it.
Pick your strictness
From a gentle nudge to a physical lock you genuinely can’t cheat.
Live your life
Watch your screen time fall and your hours come back.
Everything you need to take back control.
Blocks that can’t be paused.
Create profiles like Work, Study or Bedtime, each with its own sites and schedule. Strict blocks can’t be bypassed or paused: they end when they end.
- By day and time slot. Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 13:00, automatically.
- Set it once and focus runs on its own, with nothing left to touch.
Not just how long. How many times.
Give YouTube 30 minutes a day. Give Instagram 5 openings. Capping how often you open an app cuts the automatic reach far earlier than capping the minutes does.
- Total time per day in minutes, per site or per app.
- Maximum openings per day, the limit almost nobody else offers.
We stop you right before the scroll.
Before letting you into an app we show you how long you’ve been on it today and how many times you’ve already tried. Usually, seeing it is enough to close it.
- Today’s screen time, in front of you, at the exact moment it matters.
- Your opening attempts, counted. The number no other app shows you.
See where your time actually goes.
Today’s screen time, openings, blocks kept and the apps eating the most of it. No lecturing: just the numbers you need to decide what to change.
- By hour and by app, so you see the pattern, not just the total.
- It all stays on your device. No server ever sees it.
Most blockers stop at your phone. Ours doesn’t.
Distraction just hops to the laptop. So Impulse is also a Chrome and Safari extension, with its own blocker for the computer that works without your phone in front of you.
And the bridge between them? Your phone. Tap it against your Disc or any NFC tag and the desktop block lifts. The off-switch stops living on the same screen as the temptation.
- Independent desktop blocking. Set it up on the computer; no phone required.
- Single-tab mode. You stay on the tab you’re on and everything else goes quiet.
- Unlock the computer with your phone. One NFC tap ends a desktop blocking period.
- And soon, a native macOS app, with the same bridge.
Everywhere you scroll.
Distraction hops from your phone to your laptop. So does Impulse.
iPhone
Blocks apps and sites through Apple’s Screen Time API.
App StoreAndroid
The same app and the same blocks, on Google Play.
Google PlayChrome and Safari
Its own blocker for the computer. No phone required.
Add to your browsermacOS
A native desktop app is on the way.
Coming soon
Physical is the new top rung.
Dial in exactly how hard it is to unblock. Physical is the one you genuinely can’t cheat in a weak moment.
- Basic
Turn it off whenever you want
A gentle nudge — enough to make you pause for a second.
- Medium
A one-minute countdown
The urge usually passes before the timer does.
- Hard
Supervisor approval
An accountability partner holds the key.
- Physical
Scan your NFC tag
The off-switch lives across the room. No workaround.
How physical unlock works
How much time are you losing to your screen?
Based on reclaiming 25% of unproductive screen time.
- 7.0
- hours a week you get back with Impulse
- 15
- full days a year, reclaimed
People love Impulse.
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.
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 groups — strict, but never cruel.
Answers.
Is Impulse free?
How is Impulse different from other focus apps?
How does Impulse block apps and websites on iPhone?
What if I have a real emergency?
Is my data private?
Does it work on Android and on my computer?
Less scrolling.
More living.
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