Unrush is a dopamine detox app that uses science-backed cognitive friction to break your phone addiction. No app blocking. No willpower required. Just a gentle rewiring of your brain's habit loops in four simple steps.
Download Unrush from the Apple App Store for iOS or the Google Play Store for Android. The app is extremely lightweight (under 6 MB) and requires zero configuration to get started.
Choose which apps trigger your compulsive scrolling behavior. Most users start with social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook: the apps specifically designed to hijack your dopamine system.
Configure the intervention intensity based on your personal addiction level. Unrush offers gentle to strong friction settings. Higher friction means longer breathing exercises before apps open, giving your prefrontal cortex time to override the dopamine impulse.
Within 48 hours, you'll notice a measurable reduction in compulsive app checks. Within two weeks, most users report a 57% decrease in social media usage. The cognitive friction rewires your brain's habit loops at the neurological level.
Traditional screen time solutions rely on two flawed approaches: app blocking (which you simply disable when the urge hits) and willpower (which depletes throughout the day). Unrush takes a fundamentally different approach grounded in behavioral psychology and neuroscience.
When you reach for a distracting app, your brain operates on autopilot: the basal ganglia fires a habitual response before your prefrontal cortex can intervene. Unrush inserts a 3-second cognitive friction point at exactly this moment, giving your conscious mind enough time to regain control.
The breathing exercise during this pause activates your parasympathetic nervous system, reducing cortisol and shifting your brain from reactive Beta waves to calm Alpha waves. Over time, this builds a new neural pathway: one where mindful phone use becomes the default, not the exception.
Creates new neural pathways for mindful phone use
You stay in control: Unrush just adds a pause
See measurable reduction from day one
Join 50,000+ users who have reclaimed their time and attention with Unrush.