Complete Feature Guide

Master every feature of Scroll Sense and unlock your full potential for digital wellness

🎯 What is Scroll Sense?

Scroll Sense is a comprehensive digital wellness app that helps users reduce mindless scrolling and build healthier routines through:

Morning Planning

Set daily goals & intentions

Evening Reflection

Track usage & mood patterns

App Blocking

Focus shields & time boundaries

Mood Tracking

Emotional wellness insights

Gamification

XP, streaks, badges & more

AI Guidance

Personalized wellness support

βš™οΈ Core User Experience

πŸ“Š Home Hub

Your central command center with personalized greeting, streak indicators, XP progress, and quick access to daily check-ins, goals, mindfulness, sleep tracking, journal, reports, rewards, Pomodoro, and app blocking.

🧭 Bottom Navigation

Fast tab-level navigation supporting Dashboard, Report, Mindful, Journal, and Moreβ€”with direct pathways to Goals, Rewards, Sleep, Pomodoro, Plan Your Day, and App Blocking.

πŸŽ“ Guided Flows

Onboarding tours and feature-level guided tours help first-time users understand what to do and activate value faster, reducing overwhelm.

✨ Full Feature Encyclopedia

1. Daily Check-In System

Track Your Daily Habits

Complete a structured daily check-in with social media usage logging, mood tracking, notes, and reflection.

  • Log usage across 6 content categories (Connection, Entertainment, Learning, Gaming, Trends, Appearance)
  • Track mood changes and how content made you feel
  • Add personal notes and reflections
  • Review follow-through on morning intentions
  • Create multiple check-ins per day if needed
  • Browse check-in history in calendar view
πŸ“± How to Create a Daily Check-In
1

Open Scroll Sense and tap Daily Check-In

2

Log time spent in each category (hours & minutes)

3

Rate your mood (1-5 scale) and note how it changed

4

Add optional notes about your experience

5

Tap "Save Check-In"

2. Social Media Time Planner

Plan Your Day with Intention

Set category-specific social media targets each morning to go into your day with intention instead of impulse.

  • Set time targets for each category
  • Choose "At Most" or "At Least" options
  • Save daily plans for reference
  • View planner history and patterns
  • Compare plans vs. actual usage in Dashboard

3. Goals (Detailed)

Design Your Wellness Goals

Create custom, meaningful goals that match your real life with timing windows, completion targets, and satisfaction tracking.

  • Normal, timing-based, and social-media style goals
  • Set duration, date windows, and targets
  • Enable app blocking for goal windows
  • Rate goal satisfaction when completed
  • Access suggested & predefined goal options
  • Organize goals into custom categories
  • Track progress and completion statistics

4. Plan Your Day

Turn Intentions into Actionable Timelines

Create practical day-plan schedules with time blocks, priorities, and reminders that actually work.

  • Add scheduled day-plan items with times
  • Set time blocks and priorities
  • Create quick 10-minute break blocks
  • Save and reuse day-plan templates
  • Search and rename saved entries
  • Share plans with parents, friends, or accountability partners
  • Delay schedules when life shifts unexpectedly
  • Receive start/end and completion reminders

5. Mindfulness & Meditation

Interrupt Autopilot with Mindful Moments

Break the scrolling cycle with customizable reminders, breathing exercises, and gentle mindfulness nudges.

  • Toggle mindfulness reminders on/off
  • Set custom reminder intervals
  • Use multiple breathing exercise lengths
  • Customize reminder messages
  • Add your own personal reminders
  • Optionally block apps during mindfulness sessions
  • Receive auto-nudges based on usage thresholds

6. Sleep & Bedtime

Protect Your Rest

Track how social media affects your sleep and use bedtime app blocking to create healthy evening boundaries.

  • Log bedtime and wake time
  • Rate sleep quality
  • Note if social media affected your sleep
  • Add detailed sleep notes
  • Enable bedtime app blocking
  • Configure separate weekday/weekend sleep behavior
  • View sleep history and trend statistics

7. App Blocking (Focus Shields)

Protect Your Focus Time

Robust app blocking with context-aware blocking lists and clear notification of why apps are restricted.

  • Master "Focus Shields" toggle for overall control
  • Default, Pomodoro, Goal, Mindful, and Sleep blocking lists
  • Scheduled blocking windows with active weekday selection
  • Start/end schedule notifications
  • Dynamic reason tracking (Sleep, Goals, Pomodoro, Mindful, Focus)
  • Requires Screen Time/Family Controls permission

8. Journal & Reflection

Process Emotions & Spot Patterns

Write private entries, track mood trends, tag reflections, and build deep self-awareness over time.

  • Create entries with title and long-form text
  • Tag entries for organization
  • Mark entries as private (default)
  • Record mood score with each entry
  • Track journal streaks and average mood
  • Edit and delete entries anytime
  • View historical mood trends and patterns

9. Pomodoro Focus Sessions

Convert Goals into Focus Intervals

Use classic work/break cycles with customization, ambient sounds, and app blocking for deep focus.

  • Start/pause/reset focus sessions
  • Customize work & break durations
  • Use preset focus structures
  • Customize visuals, themes & animations
  • Play ambient background sounds
  • Enable app blocking during sessions
  • One-shot blocking for individual sessions
  • Track Pomodoro history & productivity

10. Dashboard & Insights

See Your Progress at a Glance

Comprehensive dashboard with Scroll Score, multiple insight cards, and user-controlled visibility.

  • Scroll Score (composite wellness metric)
  • Insight cards: mood, goals, habits, sleep impact, digital diet
  • Expand/collapse sections as needed
  • Control which cards are visible
  • Enable/disable entire dashboard
  • View trend-level progress over time

11. AI-Powered Content Analysis

Understand Content Impact

Paste text or upload screenshots to get AI-powered analysis of how specific content might affect your mental health.

  • Paste social media text for analysis
  • Upload screenshots with automatic text extraction
  • Receive wellness-oriented interpretation
  • Get impact-focused recommendations
  • See risk scores and well-being indicators
  • Content is NOT stored after analysis

12. AI Wellness Assistant

In-App Coaching & Support

Ask predefined guidance prompts or get practical tips without leaving the app for quick, accessible support.

  • Ask about app use, FOMO, habits, wellness
  • Get practical, personalized tips
  • Fast, searchable guidance library
  • Available 24/7 within the app

13. Rewards & Gamification

Make Wellness Fun & Motivating

Keep behavior change engaging with points, streaks, badges, leagues, and unlockable rewards.

  • Earn XP for healthy actions
  • Collect gems currency and level up
  • Daily and weekly challenges
  • Track streaks with freeze protection
  • Unlock badges and achievements
  • Compete in leagues and leaderboards
  • Earn chests with rewards
  • Access reward shop with items & utilities

14. Settings & Personalization

Make It Yours

Customize every aspect of your Scroll Sense experience to match your style and needs.

  • Change username and profile photo
  • Build & customize your avatar
  • Select app background and theme
  • Adjust font size for readability
  • Toggle dark mode options
  • Configure dashboard visibility
  • Set reminder defaults and preferences
  • Access privacy & legal documents
  • Send support feedback
  • Quick access to crisis resources

πŸ“š How-To Guide

Creating & Managing Content

Create a Goal
1

Tap Goals in main navigation

2

Tap "+" to create new goal

3

Choose goal type (normal, timing, social media)

4

Set duration, target, and optional blocking

5

Tap "Save Goal"

Create a Journal Entry
1

Tap Journal in navigation

2

Tap "+" to create new entry

3

Add title and write your reflection

4

Rate your mood (1-5 scale)

5

Add tags and mark as private if desired

6

Tap "Save Entry"

Share Your Plan with Others
1

Tap Plan Your Day

2

Select a saved plan or create one

3

Tap the share button (β†—)

4

Choose contact (parent, friend, mentor)

5

Send via your preferred method

πŸš€ Quick Start Guide

⏰ Recommended Daily Routine

Morning: Set your daily goals for the day (in minutes) so you have a clear target.
Evening: Complete your Daily Check-In to log what you actually did and how it affected your mood.
Best results: Do this every dayβ€”goals first, check-in later.

πŸŒ…

Morning (5 min)

Open app β†’ Set daily goals β†’ Review plan β†’ Start day intentionally

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Throughout Day

Use mindfulness reminders β†’ App blocking during focus time β†’ Stay intentional

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Evening (10 min)

Log sleep β†’ Complete daily check-in β†’ Journal reflection β†’ Review progress

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What's the difference between Goals and Plan Your Day? +

Goals are behavioral targets (e.g., "reduce Instagram to 1 hour"). Plan Your Day is a timeline (e.g., "9-9:30 am study, 3-4 pm break with friends"). Goals track progress; plans structure your day. Use both together for maximum impact.

How do I enable app blocking? +

Go to Settings β†’ App Blocking β†’ Enable Screen Time/Family Controls permission (required by iOS) β†’ Turn on Focus Shields β†’ Select which apps to block by context (Default, Sleep, Goals, Pomodoro, Mindful).

Can I export my data? +

Yes! Go to Settings β†’ Data & Privacy β†’ Export Data. Your data exports as a JSON file with all entries, goals, and statistics. Share it via email or keep it for your records.

How does the AI analysis work? +

Paste social media text or upload a screenshot. Scroll Sense sends it to Anthropic Claude or OpenAI for analysis. You get back emotional impact scores, category classification, and wellness recommendations. Content is NOT stored after analysis.

What if app blocking seems off? +

Check that Screen Time/Family Controls permissions are enabled in iOS Settings β†’ Screen Time. Also verify your blocking lists and schedules are active. Some background system behaviors depend on iOS.

Can I delete my account and data? +

Yes. Go to Settings β†’ Account β†’ Delete Account. This is permanentβ€”all your data will be deleted within 30 days. You can also email support@scrollsenseapp.com for additional data deletion assistance.