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ScrollTax 2.0.3 + Works better with VoiceOver, larger text sizes and light mode. + Links from widgets and Shortcuts now open the right place, even during a session. + Fixes and polish throughout.
Most app blockers run on a schedule. ScrollTax runs on a budget. Every 5 minutes in a taxed app costs 1 point, all day, every day. Earn points back by reading, walking, working out, sleeping and more. Hit zero and your apps lock until you earn more. WHY SCROLLTAX · Willpower not required. Blockers you can snooze get snoozed. ScrollTax gives you a budget instead, so the decision is already made. · Scroll without the guilt. Every minute on your phone is one you already earned with a walk, a chapter or a good night's sleep. · No schedules to set or cheat. The tax is always on, so there's no unblocked window to binge in, and nothing to reconfigure when your day changes. · Habits you actually want. Reading, steps, workouts, sunlight and sleep become the way you pay for your phone, so they happen every day. · Tomorrow remembers today. Go over budget and the overage carries into tomorrow as debt. No more "fresh start" binges. · A lock that holds. ScrollTax uses Apple's own Screen Time enforcement. No dismiss button, no three-tap override. Your phone, on a budget. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick your apps. Choose the apps to tax with the iOS Screen Time picker: social media, games, news, browsers, anything. 2. Earn tax points. · Reading — 10 min = 1 point · Focus — 10 min = 1 point · Chores — 15 min = 1 point · Work — 60 min = 1 point, tracked by your iPhone Work Focus · Steps — 2,000 steps = 1 point · Workout — 15 min = 1 point · Mindfulness — 10 min = 1 point · Standing — 3 hours = 1 point · Sunlight — 15 min outside = 1 point (Apple Watch) · Sleep — 7+ hours = 2 points, from Apple Health or your Sleep Focus Each source has a daily cap, so no single habit can buy the whole day. 3. Spend your budget. 1 point = 5 minutes in your taxed apps, counted automatically in the background. You also get 30 free grace minutes every day. Hit zero and your apps lock on their own. MEET ZUNŌ A little brain that lives on your Home screen. Its mood follows your balance: bright when you're earning, frazzled when you're scrolling. Poke it, pet it, keep it happy. Prefer a quieter look? Switch to Classic. SESSIONS THAT LOCK Start a Reading, Focus or Chores session and your taxed apps stay locked until you finish. Forgot to stop? The session ends on its own at midnight or after 4 hours. WORK MODE AND SLEEP MODE Add ScrollTax to your iPhone Work or Sleep Focus. While the Focus is on, your taxed apps stay locked and the time counts as work or sleep. When it turns off, they reopen. FOR REAL EMERGENCIES One emergency unlock a day gives you 5 minutes when you truly need it. Want no way out? Turn on Hard mode and remove it. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS ScrollTax never sees which apps you open or what you view. No account. No ads. Your history syncs through your own iCloud. FREE · All ten earn sources · Work mode and Sleep mode · 30 grace minutes per day · 1 emergency unlock per day · Debt carryover — overage rolls to tomorrow · Live Activity and widgets · Hard mode — remove the emergency unlock · Alternate app icons, including seasonal ones · Your last 7 days of progress SCROLLTAX PRO · Custom earn rates and grace · Debt controls · Trends, patterns and your full history ScrollTax. Your phone, on a budget. Legal: EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://scrolltax.hipporasy.dev/privacy Terms: https://scrolltax.hipporasy.dev/terms