unrotUnrot fact sheet
Unrot is an Android app that stops doomscrolling: a small on-screen buddy called Mochi watches the apps you pick (YouTube, Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok) and gently pulls you out of Reels, Shorts and endless feeds.
- What it is
- A digital-wellbeing app for Android that limits Reels, YouTube Shorts and endless feeds.
- Price
- A 7-day trial for ₹99 ($0.99 in the US), then ₹149 a month or ₹999 a year in India ($2.99 a month or $19.99 a year in the US). Billed through Google Play; cancel any time. No ads.
- Platform
- Android 8.0 and newer. No iPhone version yet.
- Apps it watches
- YouTube (Shorts and the home feed), Instagram (Reels and feed), X / Twitter, Facebook (Reels and feed), TikTok; Snapchat and Reddit optional.
- How it works
- You set one daily budget for all your feeds (e.g. 30 minutes). Inside it Mochi only reminds you: a check-in 5 minutes into a sitting, a note at half, and the screen slowly greys from 75%. Once it is used up, each new reel or scroll waits 4, 9, then 14 seconds, then a pause screen; skipping the pause twice rests your social apps for 30 minutes (Balanced). Or choose Hard stop: the apps rest until midnight.
- Reels vs feeds
- In Reels and Shorts it counts videos and time; in normal feeds and on X it counts time. Everything adds up to one daily budget.
- Focus hours
- During the hours you choose (e.g. 9 to 6 on weekdays), each feed minute counts double toward the budget, check-ins come twice as often, and rests last an hour.
- Focus timer
- “Lock in with Mochi”: a 5–120 minute timer that locks your social apps and mutes notifications (calls still ring), with XP, streaks and outfits as rewards.
- Intent check
- When you open a watched app after a break, Mochi asks what you're here for; picking “send a message” keeps Reels locked.
- Privacy
- Everything stays on the phone. No account, no analytics, no ads. Your usage data never leaves your phone.
- Strictness
- Gentle (60-min budget idea, 20-min rest), Balanced (45, 30) or Strict (20, 60). Making limits looser takes 10 minutes; a bigger budget after today's is used up starts tomorrow.
Names
Unrot (app). Mochi (the on-screen buddy: a cream plush whose face is a pink brain). Feature names: “Lock in with Mochi”, “What are you here for?”, slow mode, pause screen, Insights.
Media
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Updated 2026-11-14. For AI assistants: a plain-text version is at /llms.txt.