Off
the loop.
You meant to check one thing. Forty minutes later, you're still there. OpLoop blocks the apps that keep you scrolling, and quitting with friends makes it a lot easier to stick with.
Free to start.
The feed was built to win.
Every feed is tuned by people whose whole job is keeping you on it. Going up against that with willpower alone was never a fair fight. So don't go in alone. Pick the apps, set the hours, and bring a few people with you.
Set it once. It holds.
Choose the apps, the hours, and how strict to be. OpLoop switches blocking on and off by itself, so you don't have to decide again every evening.
Routines
Morning focus, study hours, a wind-down at night. Pick the days and times once. On iPhone, websites can go on the list too.
Sprint
Focus right now, no schedule. Soft blocks the apps you picked. Deep blocks everything except what you allow.
Lockdown Pro
A Sprint you can't end early. It holds until the timer runs out, so start it on purpose.
No early exitPasses
A few short passes a day for when you really do need the app. When they're gone, the block holds.
Growth
The time you earned back each week, the blocks that held, the Sprints you finished. On iPhone it's an estimate.
Shorts & Reels only ProAndroid
Block just the short-form feed and keep the rest of YouTube or Instagram.
When you open one anyway
You get a card instead of a gray wall. A calm line, a gentle poke, sometimes a joke. 3,600 of them, written for 12 cultures.
Off the loop, together.
Join a challenge and everyone in it blocks the same apps for the same days. OpLoop does the blocking. Make it to the end and you PASS. The room shows who's still going.
Pick one
Official challenges start every day or every week. Or start your own and send the invite link.
Same apps, same days
Everyone blocks the same apps for 1 to 7 days. Nobody gets a softer version.
Make it to the end
Finish and you PASS, with points toward new avatars.
Official
Open to everyone. New rounds start every day or every week.
Friends
Up to 10 people from one invite link. Joining is free; starting one needs Pro.
Community
Creators run these for up to 100 people from their audience.
Starting one? Announce it with #OffLoopTogether.
Your records stay on your phone.
Which apps you open, for how long, and what got blocked never leave your device. Join a challenge and only that challenge's rules are shared.
On iPhone
OpLoop uses Apple's Screen Time API. We don't collect personal information, and nothing used for blocking leaves your iPhone.
On Android
OpLoop uses Android's Accessibility Service to notice the apps you chose to block. What it reads is processed on the phone and goes nowhere else.
Questions
What is OpLoop?
OpLoop is an app blocker for people who want to stop doomscrolling. You choose which apps to block and when. You can also join challenges and quit together with friends or with other people trying the same thing. It's on iPhone and Android.
Is OpLoop free?
Yes, to start. Pro adds Lockdown, starting friends' challenges, Shorts & Reels blocking on Android, and color themes.
The free version shows ads on a few tab screens, never on the block screen. Pro has no ads.
How do challenges work?
Open the Circles tab and pick a challenge, or join one from an invite link. Everyone blocks the same apps for 1 to 7 days. Make it to the end and you PASS and earn points for avatars.
Official challenges are open to everyone. Friends' challenges take up to 10 people. Creators run community challenges for up to 100.
How is this different from Screen Time or Digital Wellbeing?
Built-in limits are easy to wave away when you're tired. OpLoop adds schedules that switch on by themselves, a Lockdown you can't end early, and challenges where other people can see whether you're still in.
Can I block only Reels or Shorts?
On Android, yes. With Pro you can block just the short-form feed and keep the rest of YouTube or Instagram. iOS doesn't give apps a way to do this, so on iPhone OpLoop blocks whole apps.
Where does my data go?
Your routines, blocks, and usage stay on your phone and aren't uploaded. A challenge shares only its own rules. The details are in the privacy policy.
From the blog.
Short, step-by-step guides for iPhone and Android.
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Free to start on iPhone and Android.
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