Guides

Using your phone less, without a fight

We make Kiri, so we're not neutral. We've tried to be accurate anyway: each guide says what the built-in settings and the other apps do well, and when one of them is the better choice.

Choosing an app

• Apps like Opal, comparedSeven alternatives: what each does, whether you can get past it, and what it costs.
• one sec alternativesThree other apps that make you pause, and when one sec is still the right pick.
• A pause before Instagram or TikTokFour apps that put a breath, a wait or a wipe between you and the feed.
• App and website blockers for MacSix ways to limit apps and sites on a Mac, from unbreakable to gentle.

Setting a limit

• Limit your time on InstagramInstagram's own reminder, your phone's limit, and what to do when you dismiss both.
• Limit your time on TikTokTikTok's screen time settings, your phone's limit, and a gentler third option.
• Limit your time on YouTubeThe break reminder, the Shorts feed limit, and what to do when you dismiss both.
• Limit your time on RedditReddit has no limit of its own. Three ways to add one.

Changing the habit

• When you always tap “Ignore Limit”iPhone limits can be ignored by design. Four ways to make one hold.
• How to stop doomscrolling at nightSeven practical changes, and the phone settings that do some of the work for you.