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Android-firstPrivate by design

Take backcontrol of yourattention.

Block explicit content, reduce compulsive scrolling, and build healthier digital habits without making your phone unusable.

  • Privacy-first
  • On-device processing
Full-screen Restrainify cover reading Content blocked, with the hint Swipe up to skip.
Restrainify home screen: 12 days clean, 1 hour 12 minutes of screen time, and the protection controls Web filter, Short feeds, App Limits, Strict lock and Visual filter.
What we're up against

Your phone is designed to keep you coming back.

Modern apps remove natural stopping points and optimize for attention, not intention.

  1. Explicit content

    Sensitive or explicit content can appear even when you were not actively searching for it.

  2. Infinite feeds

    Infinite scrolling removes natural stopping points and makes disengagement harder.

  3. Easy bypasses

    Most screen-time tools can be disabled in seconds when willpower is lowest.

Restriction without isolation.

Restrainify adds friction where you need it without making useful technology inaccessible.

The app is shaped for digital self-control, porn blocking, safer social media use, and attention recovery. Instead of cutting you off from your phone, it helps you slow the moments that usually turn into automatic scrolling or risky browsing.

Social Feed

Today's boundary

Protected
Daily limit reached

30 minutes complete.

You've used 30 minutes today. Take a 10-minute break or continue with a five-minute intention.

10 min
cooldown
Active
feed limit

Features

Web Filter screen: Safe Browsing on, adult websites blocked, SafeSearch and proxy resistance on, reddit.com blocked and wikipedia.org allowed.
Web filter

Block explicit content before it reaches you.

Restrainify blocks known adult websites and gives you control over additional websites and search behavior.

  • Adult website blocking
  • Custom blocklists
  • Safe-search enforcement
  • Proxy bypass protection
  • Allow lists for sites that should remain reachable
Full-screen Restrainify cover reading Content blocked, with the hint Swipe up to skip.
Visual filter

Protection beyond websites.

Where supported, Restrainify can detect sensitive visual content and blur it before it gets your attention. It is built for people who want privacy-first explicit content protection, safer browsing, and less impulsive screen use without sending sensitive screen visuals to the cloud.

  • Private detection

    Visual checks stay local where supported.

  • Screen-time control

    Limits reduce compulsive app loops.

  • Intentional reveal

    A pause before sensitive content appears.

  • Processed on device
  • No screenshot storage
  • No cloud image analysis
  • No screen-content upload
Short feeds screen: Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels and Snapchat Spotlight protected, TikTok locked as a whole app.
Short feeds

Stop infinite feeds from deciding when you're done.

Create boundaries for the apps and feeds most likely to pull you into compulsive use. Set time limits, schedule blocks, or disable specific app features entirely.

  • Whole-app restrictions when granular blocking is not dependable
  • Useful phone functions can remain available
  • Instagram Reels
  • YouTube Shorts
  • Facebook Reels
  • Snapchat Spotlight
App Limits screen: Instagram 22 of 30 minutes used, YouTube resting from 21:00 to 07:00, TikTok closed at its limit, Facebook healthy.
App limits

Screen limits that hold.

Daily minutes and quiet hours per app, so the boundary you set on a clear-headed morning is still there at midnight.

  • Per-app limits, schedules, and daily screen-time controls
  • Whole-app closure once a limit is reached
Uninstall Protection sheet: lock durations from 1 to 90 days with 30 days selected, and Strict lock turned on.
Strict lock

Hard to undo when tempted.

Strict mode and uninstall protection add intentional friction, so one impulsive moment is harder to act on. It is friction, not a trap: you choose the length of the lock in advance.

  • Lock durations from 1 to 90 days
  • Settings locked against weakening changes
Web Filter screen: Safe Browsing on, adult websites blocked, SafeSearch and proxy resistance on, reddit.com blocked and wikipedia.org allowed.

Recovery support

Build better habits, not just stronger blockers.

True digital self-control requires more than just restriction. We provide tools to help you reflect, track progress without judgment, and build intentionality over time.

Restrainify tracks more than a single streak, so one bad moment does not erase the wider evidence of progress.

  • Current and longest streaks
  • Porn-free days and relapse history
  • Blocked attempts and risky-content counts
  • Burst for high-risk moments and urges resisted
12 days
Current streak
34 days
Longest streak
27 / 30
Porn-free days
14
Urges resisted
38
Blocked attempts
down 24%
Screen time

Example figures, shown for illustration.

Your progress screen with example values: 27 clean days, 12 day current streak, 34 day longest streak and 14 urges resisted.
Privacy

Your screen content stays on your device.

Restrainify is designed to process sensitive visual information locally wherever possible. No cloud uploads for content detection.

  1. Screen content
  2. On-device detection
  3. Protection action
  4. Frame discarded
  • No screenshot history
  • No cloud visual-analysis archive
  • No selling sensitive browsing data
Three steps

How it works

A calmer Android blocking app for explicit content, endless feeds, and impulse-driven browsing. Restrainify keeps useful phone access available while adding privacy-first boundaries at the moments that usually pull attention off track.

  1. Setup step for app limits: a 30 minute daily limit for Instagram with quiet hours from 21:00 to 07:00.

    Choose what you want to control.

    Select the websites, apps, and feeds that challenge your focus or boundaries. Build a personal digital self-control plan around explicit content blocking, social media limits, and healthier phone habits.

  2. Setup step for Settings Lock: site, content and in-app blockers switched on and locked for 58 more minutes.

    Restrainify adds protection and friction.

    Our on-device systems act as a buffer between impulse and action, blurring or blocking content before it grabs you and adding a mindful pause when scrolling starts to become automatic.

  3. Your progress screen with example values: 27 clean days, 12 day current streak, 34 day longest streak and 14 urges resisted.

    Build healthier habits.

    Review your progress, journal high-risk moments, and slowly rewire your relationship with your device through visible streaks, urge resistance, and practical recovery metrics.

Designed around your control.

  • Private by design

    Processing happens on your device. We don't want your data.

  • Protection without surveillance

    Visual analysis is temporary. No screenshots are saved or uploaded.

  • Useful apps remain accessible

    Restrainify targets the problem areas, not the tools you actually need.

  • Android-first

    Built deeply into the OS for maximum reliability and protection.

A closer look at the app.

Take back your screen. Blocks adult content, reels and overuse. The Restrainify home screen.
Explicit content, hidden. On-device AI covers it instantly. The Content blocked cover.
Stop endless Reels and Shorts. Your chats keep working. The Short feeds screen.
Adult sites blocked. In every browser, with SafeSearch. The Web Filter screen.
Screen limits that hold. Daily minutes and quiet hours per app. The App Limits screen.
Hard to undo when tempted. Strict mode and uninstall protection. The Uninstall Protection sheet.
Available on Android

Take back your attention.

Restrainify is available for Android on Google Play.

Get it on Google Play

Questions about Restrainify

Restrainify is an Android-first digital self-control application designed to help you block explicit content, reduce compulsive scrolling, and build healthier digital habits using on-device processing.

It uses a combination of on-device lists and network-level filtering to block known adult websites and enforce safe-search on major search engines.

Where supported, Restrainify can analyze visual content strictly on your device to blur sensitive imagery. It does not record or upload your screen.

No. Visual analysis happens on your Android device, and screen images are not stored or uploaded. See our Privacy Policy for the few things that do leave your phone, such as your account and website lookups.

Yes. Restrainify can restrict access to short-form feeds like Reels, or apply time limits to the Instagram app entirely if preferred.

Yes. You can block TikTok completely, set specific time limits, or restrict it during certain hours of the day.

No. Restrainify uses standard Android accessibility and VPN APIs to provide protection without requiring root access.

Yes, but you can configure intentional friction (like delays or required passwords) to prevent impulsive uninstallation during moments of weakness.

Not currently. Restrainify is available on Android, where it can use deeper system capabilities, and an iOS version is planned.

Restrainify is available for Android on Google Play. Open the listing.