Whittle
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Not blocking.
Just less,
every week.

Whittle measures your own week, then lowers it by 8% every week for twelve weeks. No walls, no timers to beat, no red.
Download on iPhone $29.99 a year · no free plan
9:41
Your week
82
minutes a day
That’s 20 days a year.
Instagram41 min
TikTok28 min
X13 min
In 12 weeks: about 30 min
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Most of these apps work by making you feel bad. That’s why people delete them in three weeks.
Whittle never scolds you, never compares you to anyone, and never locks a door. It just moves one number down, quietly.
How it works
1
We count your first week.
Nothing changes. On day eight you get one number — say 82 minutes a day. That’s your baseline, not a target we picked.
2
Each week we take 8% off.
82, then 75, then 69. A few minutes at a time — small enough not to feel, compounding to a third in twelve weeks.
3
Nothing is ever blocked.
Past your minutes, the app still opens. There’s an eight-second pause first, and the day shows up on your curve.
Twelve weeks,
8% at a time.
Real numbers: 82 × 0.9212 = 30. The curve below is that arithmetic, not an illustration.
82 min · week 1
week 13 · min 30
82 · 75 · 69 · 64 · 59 · 54 · 50 · 46 · 42 · 39 · 36 · 33 · 30
You can choose 4%, 6% or 10% instead, and run the program over 8, 12 or 16 weeks. A slower decrease works just as well — it only takes longer.
The eight seconds
A pause, not a wall.
Most opens are reflex, not decision. When you reach for Instagram, a quiet ring fills for eight seconds first. No counter, no skip button. Some of the time you put the phone down — and that’s the whole mechanism.
Set it to 5, 8 or 12 seconds in Settings.
9:41
Instagram
9:41
Today
You’ve used today’s share.
69 of 69 minutes
Today, on your curve
Close
Open anyway
When the day is spent
The door is never locked.
Open anyway sits at the same height, in the same type, at the same contrast as Close. It isn’t greyed out, shrunk, or buried behind a hold-to-confirm.
Going over doesn’t punish next week’s target either. The day just appears on the curve, and tomorrow starts at 69 again.
What’s not in here.
Every one of these is a reason people quit. None of them appear anywhere in the app — including on the screen where your day runs out.
No red
No streaks
No badges
No comparisons to other people
No celebration animations
One notification a week
Sunday, 9:00 — your number and next week’s. You can turn that off too.
Your minutes stay yours
Nothing leaves the phone
Your numbers are computed and stored on device. There is no account to create.
Time, never content
Apple’s Screen Time API reports duration only. We cannot see what you looked at.
No ads, ever
The subscription is the entire business model. Nothing is sold on to anyone. Read the details.
Twelve weeks from now, about 30 minutes a day.
One price, everything included. No free tier, because a week of measuring is what makes the product work — and we’d rather not fund it with your attention.
$29.99 a year
$2.50 a month, billed once. Or $4.99 monthly.
Download on iPhone
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Questions
Does it block apps?
No. It never prevents an app from opening. Past your minutes it asks once, and Open anyway is a normal button.
What happens if I go over?
The day appears on your curve. Next week’s target is unchanged — it follows the schedule, not your slips.
Why a whole week of measuring?
Because the target has to come from your life, not a guess. A limit you didn’t earn is a limit you resent.
Can I go slower?
Yes — 4%, 6% or 10% instead of 8%, over 8, 12 or 16 weeks. A smaller step is easier to keep.
What happens after the program?
The target holds where you landed. You can start another taper, or leave it there and keep the app quiet.
Which apps can it count?
Any app you pick in Apple’s own Screen Time picker. Most people start with two or three.
More in support.
82 minutes a day.
That’s 20 days a year.
Find out what your number is. The first week asks nothing of you.
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iPhone · iOS 16.4 or later · $29.99 a year
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