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one sec

riedel.wtf apps S.L. · Free · Productivity · 4.8 (23,692 ratings)

What it does

Puts one breath between you and a distracting app before it opens. From 5 apps for chronic procrastinators.

Puts one breath between you and a scrolling app before it opens. From 5 apps for people who can't fall asleep.

one sec puts a few seconds of friction in front of a distracting app: breathe, then say whether you still want it. It delays instead of blocking. From 5 apps for what Screen Time won't fix.

Alternatives to one sec

The closest alternatives to one sec are Focus Train, Alarmy, 3Things Pal, Streaks, AutoSleep, Sunshine, Dark Noise, Meditation Pal, Blank Spaces, ATracker and Instapaper — 11 apps from the 3 lists one sec appears on, each answering the same moment a different way.

• Focus TrainStarting is the hard part: board, and the train rolls while you work.
• AlarmySolve a math problem or do squats before the alarm will stop.
• 3Things PalOne question each morning: what three things matter today? Not ten.
• StreaksTick off up to 24 daily habits and keep each streak going.
• AutoSleepTracks your sleep from your Apple Watch automatically. No buttons.
• SunshineDid you get morning light today? It measures your daylight for you.
• Dark Noise50+ ambient sounds to fall asleep to, with a timer that fades them out.
• Meditation PalYour own wind-down audio in one calm player, even with the screen locked.
• Blank SpacesBlank Spaces is a minimal widget that takes over the home screen: a short list of the apps you meant to open, and no grid of icons to fall into.
• ATrackerATracker starts and stops a log for anything in one tap, phone or not. Pie and bar charts then show where the hours actually went.
• InstapaperInstapaper saves the articles you keep meaning to read, stripped of clutter and readable offline. A saved list runs out. A feed does not.

Price and ratings

one sec and its alternatives, as the App Store listed them on 2026-10-13.

one sec is free to download from the iOS App Store and holds 4.8 out of 5 from 23,692 ratings, checked on 2026-10-13. Prices and ratings go stale; the App Store is the live source. It is listed there as “one sec | screen time + focus”.

Appears on

• 5 apps for chronic procrastinatorsADHDone sec · Focus Train · Alarmy · 3Things Pal · Streaks
• 5 apps for people who can't fall asleepWellbeingAutoSleep · Sunshine · Dark Noise · Meditation Pal · one sec
• 5 apps for what Screen Time won't fixFocusone sec · Focus Train · Blank Spaces · ATracker · Instapaper