Stop Doomscrolling — Veil

Veil helps you make distracting apps less rewarding. Doom scrolling usually starts before you notice it. You open a social, video, news, or entertainment app for one minute. Then another. Then the hour is gone. Veil is built to interrupt that automatic loop. Instead of relying on willpower, Veil helps you create visual friction routines that make high-trigger apps feel less stimulating. Set up guided grayscale routines, intention prompts, opening delays, relapse tracking, and stricter check-ins designed to help you pause before you scroll. WHAT VEIL HELPS WITH • Reducing compulsive scrolling • Making distracting apps feel less rewarding • Creating friction before opening trigger apps • Building awareness around relapse patterns • Replacing automatic phone use with intentional choice • Staying consistent with routines and reminders HOW IT WORKS Choose your trigger apps. Pick the apps that pull you in most often: social media, short-form video, entertainment, shopping, news, or anything else you tend to open automatically. Set your friction routine. Veil guides you through routines that can include visual friction, prompts, reminders, and reflection steps. The goal is simple: make the habit less automatic. Pause before entry. Use intention prompts to ask why you are opening the app before the scroll begins. Track relapses. When you break a routine, log it quickly. Veil turns those moments into useful patterns instead of guilt. Build stricter control over time. Start light. Add more friction as you learn what actually interrupts your behavior. WHY VISUAL FRICTION WORKS Most distracting apps are designed to feel vivid, fast, and rewarding. Veil moves in the opposite direction. It helps you lower the reward, slow the opening ritual, and create just enough discomfort to make the habit easier to catch. This is not about deleting your phone. It is about making your phone less able to pull you without permission. FEATURES • Guided visual friction setup • Trigger app selection • Grayscale routine guidance • Intention prompts • Delay-based opening rituals • Relapse logging • Progress tracking • Daily reflection • Custom routines • Premium friction modes BUILT FOR • Doom scrolling • Social media overuse • Short-form video binges • Late-night scrolling • News checking loops • Automatic app opening • Attention recovery • Digital minimalism • Focus routines IMPORTANT NOTE Veil does not secretly control other apps or silently change iOS settings in the background. On iPhone, Veil uses guided setup, reminders, prompts, and user-enabled routines to help you build friction around distracting app use. Take back the opening moment. That is where the scroll starts.