Keep walking,keep scrolling.
Scroll as much as you like while you’re moving. Your apps stay open the whole time.
Walk while you scroll
Scroll all you want.Just keep moving.
ScrollStep keeps your apps open while you’re on your feet. Sit and scroll too long and they pause, until you walk a few steps.
Not another app blocker
Blockers ask you to quit.ScrollStep asks you to move.
You don’t have to give up your feed. You just can’t sit on it forever. Walk while you scroll and nothing ever pauses.
App blockers
×Apps go dark on a timer
×A daily limit you end up ignoring
×Willpower against the algorithm
×Feels like punishment, so you turn it off
ScrollStep
✓Apps stay open while you move
✓No limit. Only sitting too long counts
✓100 steps and you’re back in
✓Hit your goal and the day is free
How it works
Three rules.That’s the whole app.
Sit too long,your apps pause.
Time is shared across every app you pick, so switching apps doesn’t reset it.
1:00 nudge2:00 heads-up2:30 pause
A few steps,you’re back in.
Walk 100 steps, or your own number, and your apps reopen on their own. No need to open ScrollStep.
The pause screen
A pause,not a lecture.
When your apps pause, you get a line that makes you smile instead of feel bad. Tap Start walking and a live counter opens them the moment you’re done.
“The algorithm can wait. Your legs can’t.”
One of 50 pause-screen lines. Prefer it straight? Switch to motivational or plain.
Hit your goal
Walk your goal.Get the day free.
Reach your daily step goal and you get a Free Pass: nothing pauses until midnight. Pick any goal from 3,000 to 30,000 steps.
Daily goal8,000 steps
Free PassNothing pauses till midnight
Earned today🍔 1 cheeseburger
What you get
Made to live with,not to fight.
Your price
50, 100, 200 or 500 steps to get back in, or any number you like. Changes apply from the next pause.
20 emergency minutes
For when you really need an app right now. The clock only runs while you sit.
Burgers, kilometres or time
See what your steps earned in the unit that keeps you going: food, distance or minutes on foot.
Reopens on its own
Walk the steps and your apps come back by themselves, even if you never open ScrollStep.
Apple Watch counts
Connect Apple Health and your Watch steps count too, never twice.
Private by design
Apple’s Screen Time keeps what you do in apps on your phone. We never see it.
Inside the app
Every stepshows up somewhere.
Your scroll, in steps
What if you walkedwhile you scrolled?
Move the slider to your daily scrolling. Here’s what a year looks like if you spend just a quarter of it on your feet.
In a year
1,252km
Steps1,642,500
Burned off🍔 219 cheeseburgers
Time on your feet274 hours
Approximate: 100 steps a minute, 0.76 m a step, 0.04 kcal a step for a 70 kg adult, and a 300 kcal cheeseburger. The same maths as the app.
Your Screen Time data never leaves your iPhone.
ScrollStep uses Apple’s Screen Time framework. We never see your messages, what you browse or which apps you open. No ads, and we don’t sell data.
FAQ
Questions,answered.
Does ScrollStep block my apps?
Not the way app blockers do. Nothing is off-limits and there’s no daily time cap. Your apps only pause after about 2½ minutes of sitting and scrolling, and a short walk brings them back, usually without even opening ScrollStep.
What exactly happens when I sit and scroll?
- 1:00 a nudge.
- 2:00 a heads-up.
- 2:30 your picked apps pause.
Walk the number of steps you chose, 100 by default, and they reopen on their own. The time is shared across your picked apps, so switching from one to another doesn’t reset it.
What’s a Free Pass?
Hit your daily step goal and nothing pauses for the rest of the day.
What if I really need an app right now?
You get 20 emergency minutes a day. Start them from the pause screen or the app and your apps open straight away. The clock only runs while you’re sitting.
Can ScrollStep see what I do in my apps?
No. Apple’s Screen Time framework gives ScrollStep only anonymous app tokens and usage totals, shown inside a sandboxed view. We never see your messages, what you type, what you browse, or which apps you use. That data never leaves your phone.
Where do my steps come from?
Your iPhone’s motion sensor. Connect Apple Health and your Apple Watch steps count too, without double counting.
Do I need an account?
No. Signing in with Apple or Google is optional. It backs up your progress and turns on invites.
More in the full FAQ or write to support@scrollstep.com.
Scroll all you want.Just keep moving.
ScrollStep is coming soon to the App Store, for iPhone with iOS 17 or later.