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Short, sourced answers to the questions people ask about doomscrolling, app blockers and studying with a phone nearby. Each one names the free and paid options, including the ones that aren't ours.
What is the best app to stop doomscrolling?
There isn't one best app. Here is what each kind of tool does, what the evidence says, and which to try first, starting with the free one already on your iPhone.
Read →Is there an app that makes you answer questions before opening social media?
Yes: a few iPhone apps put a quiz or a task in front of Instagram or TikTok. What they ask, how they work, and whether the questions help you learn.
Read →How to block TikTok until you've studied (iPhone)
The free way with Apple Screen Time, and the way to make TikTok open only after real minutes in Anki, Duolingo or another study app.
Read →Toll vs Opal vs one sec (and Apple Screen Time)
An honest comparison from each app's own App Store listing: what they do, prices, platforms, and what Opal, one sec and Screen Time do better than Toll.
Read →Who writes these. We make Toll: Study to Unlock Apps, an iPhone app that makes opening a distracting app cost a few study questions or minutes in a learning app. Toll is in App Store review as of November 8, 2026. Facts about other apps come from their own App Store listings, linked on each page. Nobody paid to be mentioned.