8 Clever iPhone Apps to Help You Beat Doomscrolling

Doomscrolling is something we all love and hate to do. It’s super easy because it gives your brain something quick to do whenever you’re bored, tired, stressed, or waiting around. You open one app for a minute, check a few posts, refresh the feed, and suddenly you’ve lost 20 minutes without really enjoying any of it. 

The problem is that doomscrolling rarely leaves you feeling better afterward. You might feel more distracted, more anxious, or just annoyed that you wasted time you could’ve spent doing something more useful.

The good news is that your iPhone can still be entertaining without pulling you into endless feeds. That doesn’t mean you always have to do something productive with your free time, but it still helps to replace passive scrolling with apps that help you read, learn, relax, move, create, organize, or build something small over time. Read on for 8 apps to help you break the endless scroll cycle.