Cut the algorithm. Keep the function.

Get hours of your week back without deleting a single app. Scroll Less blocks Reels and Shorts inside the real Instagram and YouTube apps.

  • Hours back every week
  • DMs, posting and search still work
  • Works in the apps you already use
Download on theApp Store

4.6 on the App Store · Free to try

Reels
Pick an accent

Not the whole app

Just the part that hooks you.

Two ways to cut the scroll, mixed however you like. Everything you actually opened the app for stays on.

Native Apps

Block

Keep opening Instagram and YouTube from your home screen. While the Blocker is on, Reels and Shorts are blocked inside the real apps.

ReelsInstagram
ShortsYouTube
MessagesInstagram
PostingInstagram

Websites

Hide

Open Instagram, YouTube and Reddit inside Scroll Less and hide the endless parts: feeds, Explore, Stories, related videos.

Explore FeedInstagram
Suggested PostsInstagram
Home FeedYouTube
Related VideosYouTube
Popular FeedReddit
SubscriptionsYouTube

How it works

Set it up once. Then forget it’s there.

  1. 1

    Pick what goes

    Choose what to cut: Reels, Shorts, endless feeds, Explore, Stories. Everything else stays allowed.

  2. 2

    Start the Blocker

    One tap. iOS asks you to start a broadcast for Scroll Less. That’s how the Blocker detects Reels and Shorts, right on your iPhone.

  3. 3

    Use your apps like normal

    Open Instagram to answer a message, or YouTube to find a video. The feed that used to swallow an hour just isn’t there.

Years-back calculator

How much time does your phone get?

Your average screen time per day, best guess:

At this rate, 91 days of this year go to your phone.

Over a lifetime, that adds up to

18 years

of your life on a screen.

Scroll Less can hand a lot of that back:

5 years+

A projection from your daily average, based on 16 waking hours a day and a 72-year life. Years back assumes cutting a quarter of that time.

Compare

Other blockers make you pick: the whole app, or a browser.

Screen Time limits and app blockers lock the whole app, messages included. Filtered browsers make you give up the real app. Scroll Less does both halves.

Scroll LessScreen Time limitsWhole-app blockersFiltered browsers
Keep using the real Instagram and YouTube apps
Block just Reels and Shorts, not the whole app
Messages and posting keep working
Hide endless feeds on the web

From the App Store

“Gets rid of the addicting parts.”

★★★★★

Finally!! I’m saved!

I can access the features on Instagram I need to for work: commenting on my posts, finding specific posts or accounts and engaging, and responding to messages. But I’m saved from the deadly feeds. Perfect.
Radio guy 137

★★★★★

Surprised this hasn’t been done sooner.

So many apps just totally block the app you want to use but this one just gets rid of the addicting/unhealthy parts!
CheeseMeister999

★★★★★

A literal godsend

This app is exactly what I have been looking for - it literally gives you access to Instagram and YouTube of the past before reels.
Onedirectioninfection24

★★★★★

A great app with a great developer

[It’s] very hard to find an app that doesn’t block the app entirely but just the particularly distracting parts.
13kenny13

Privacy

It runs on your iPhone. Nothing leaves it.

  • Detected on device

    The Blocker spots Reels and Shorts right on your iPhone. Nothing on your screen is sent anywhere.

  • You hold the switch

    Stop broadcasting anytime from Control Center. Resume Blocker starts it again.

  • No extra logins

    Blocking in the native apps doesn’t need your Instagram or YouTube password.

FAQ

Questions people ask

Does Scroll Less block the whole Instagram app?

No. It blocks Reels inside Instagram and Shorts inside YouTube. Messages, posting, profiles and search keep working, so you can still reply to a friend without falling into the feed.

What’s the difference between Block and Hide?

Block works in the real Instagram and YouTube apps: Reels and Shorts are blocked while the Blocker is on. Hide works on Websites: open Instagram, YouTube or Reddit inside Scroll Less and hide things like the Explore feed, Stories bar, home feeds and related videos.

Why does iOS ask me to start a broadcast?

Broadcasting is how the Blocker detects Reels and Shorts as they appear. You can stop it anytime from Control Center, and Resume Blocker starts it again.

Does anything on my screen leave my phone?

No. Detection runs entirely on your iPhone. Nothing on your screen is sent anywhere.

Which apps does it work with?

Block works in the Instagram and YouTube apps. Hide works on Instagram, YouTube and Reddit Websites.

How much does it cost?

Scroll Less is free to download and comes with a free trial, so you can see it working before you pay.

Get your years back.

Keep the friends, the messages and the videos you came for. Lose the feed.

Download on theApp Store

4.6 on the App Store · Free to try