For digital minimalists
Less noise on the same machine — no dumbphone, no streak cult
Drift, not binge: forty minutes of industry Twitter after sending the newsletter, then the evening walk is gone. You already tried grayscale, deletion, maybe Freedom. The phone got quieter. The laptop did not.
SlowDwn is a pause after a stretch of normal use — not a wall, not a new device, not another app that phones home. We don’t see what you browse — shaping stays on your device. Miss a morning and nothing resets you.
On-device
Selected sites only. No cloud browsing history. Visible domains beat vague “analytics.”
A wasted morning doesn’t reset you
No streaks, badges, or social share. Pause a service and the clock holds. Life happens.
Same machine
Keep maps, 2FA, WhatsApp. Fade the feeds that steal afternoons without buying a Light Phone.
What you already tried — and the analog
Digital minimalism already has a kit: grayscale, empty home screen, 30-day declutter, sometimes a brick. Those jobs are real. SlowDwn does not replace them with hardware or a hard ban.
You deleted the apps. The laptop took over.
Chrome first. The habit moved to the browser — that’s where the pause lives.
Freedom worked until you actually needed the site.
A golden window of normal use, then a breathing pause — not a lockout you’ll uninstall.
The 30-day declutter relapsed because work and the feed share a URL.
Wean the feed on the same machine. You keep the tool; the autopilot fades.
Grayscale and NFC made the phone boring. Evenings still died on YouTube.
No new device. Maps, 2FA, and WhatsApp stay. The laptop leak is the job.
One wasted morning and the day is written off.
Miss a day and the curve holds. No streak to break. The afternoon is still yours.
Another monthly focus app is more clutter than the scroll.
Free to try on one site. If Pro sticks, annual is one charge a year ($99) — not a stack.
Friction stays on your device
We don’t upload your feeds, watch history, or scroll content. An account syncs settings and summaries — not a live stream of what you browse. If a tool needs the cloud to “keep you honest,” it isn’t this one.
Quiet by default: ambient status over notification nannies. No streak cult. One broken morning is not a written-off week.
Start with one site
Free on Chrome: one service with no account. Pro is for when it sticks — annual is one charge a year if you hate monthly clutter. Not another wall. Not a dumbphone.
No commitment
Ready for a calmer feed—on browser and phone?
Try the free Chrome extension with no commitment. Sign up for 3 services, then add mobile beta when invited. Pro is $9/mo or $99/yr.