“good until they got greedy — this really helps, keeps you from opening the apps instinctively and if I set the intro time really long I usually just get irritated and give up on opening the app. However the free version now only lets you…”
Independent automated assessment · 1 signal source · 504 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
one sec | screen time + focus
riedel.wtf apps S.L.Willpower is not enough against social media algorithms!
4.8 ★23,629 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
385 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Willpower is not enough against social media algorithms!
That’s why I made one sec:
one sec adds friction to distracting apps to make them less appealing…long-term!
This principle works really well: we have gained scientific evidence in numerous research studies with the Max-Planck Institute, with the German and Danish government, and in dozens more scientific collaborations:
one sec has incredible effects on your screen time: app usage drops by 57% on average!
…just read our App Store reviews or try it for yourself if you don’t believe me (…you should really try it)!…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 6.0.2 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 6.0.2, updated 2026-09-29.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
Not assessed
No rating histogram has been captured for this app
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (1.4% of 504 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“For developer: missing a lot, please read everything — Correct me if Im misunderstanding anything. This is coming from a developer of multiple years first of all let’s start off with how almost every single feature is paid. I know that…”
“Paywall for everything — I understand the paywall for most features but it’s ridiculous you can’t block more than one app without having to pay. The app is basically useless since it’ll just make you go to an unblocked social media to get…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 6.0.2.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.