Take back your time, without quitting your apps.

A few minutes of Instagram every hour, not a daily lockout. When time runs out, more arrives at the top of the next hour.

The beta is open · sign up and your invite lands in your inbox

HOW IT WORKS

Precursor blocks the app. Your limit resets the next hour.

Drag through the deck to see how it works.

Screen time limits that reset hourly, not daily

How it works: use your time limits how you like, and they reset every hour

Choose which apps to limit and how many minutes per hour

When your limit runs out, Precursor blocks the app and your limit resets the next hour

Positive tracking that inspires change instead of guilt

Every hour is a fresh start, so there is no need to bypass your limits

Years of user requests for hourly limits, answered

Choose your apps

Group the apps that pull at you and pick an allowance. 5 min of Social each hour, resets on the hour.

Spend it your way

One scroll or five short checks, your call. When the minutes run out, the app gently blocks. Instagram can wait.

More time at the top of the hour

Every hour is a fresh start, so there is no reason to bypass your limits. Guilt does not change habits. Fresh starts do.

How much time would you take back?

An hourly allowance is a few minutes that come back every hour. Pick one and see what it returns.

Where do you spend most of your screen time? (averages are prefilled, set your own below)

Time spent on the selected app(s) each day

2h 16m

Your allowance, in minutes per hour

341 hours

back every year

Averages: 2h 16m/day social media, US adults (GWI via DataReportal, 2025); per-app minutes from eMarketer, 2025. Most scrolling happens in the evening; the math accounts for that. Full math and sources on the calculator page.

See a year of it, and what fits inside →

TAKE BACK YOUR TIME.

The beta is open. Sign up and your invite lands in your inbox.