Free
₹0
Forever
- Count reels in one app of your choice
- Automatic lock at your daily limit
- The brain, milestones and reminders
- Today and week views, home screen widget
Reel limit for Android
A daily dose of reels. Not a day of them.
Pick how many reels feel okay. A little brain on your feed counts each one and gets sleepier as you go. Hit your number and reels lock until midnight, while your chats stay open.
Get it onGoogle Play
Free on Android 8 and newer.
No account needed.
Works with
- YouTube
- TikTok
- Snapchat
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25 reels. Still with you.
Reels are locked
You hit today's limit of 90 reels. Back tomorrow.
Leave reels
Demo: the ReelDose counter climbs over a reel feed, the brain gets tired, and reels lock at the limit.
The problem
Nobody decides to watch two hundred reels.
A reel lasts about twenty seconds, and the next one is already loaded under your thumb. The feed never ends and never asks if you're done. Minutes are hard to feel while you swipe, so the evening slips away one reel at a time.
Phone timers block the whole app, so the first time a friend messages you, the timer gets switched off. The feed was the problem, and your friends were collateral.
- One reel before bed.
- A cooking video. Then a dog. Then a guy fixing a fence.
- You don't remember the first one.
- You check the time. You keep going.
- Roughly two hundred reels, at twenty seconds each.
How it works
See every reel add up, then stop on time.
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Pick your dose.
Choose a daily limit from fifteen minutes to two hours. ReelDose turns it into reels you can picture: thirty minutes is about ninety.
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Know your number while you scroll.
A small counter sits on the feed in the apps you picked, so you always know where you are. Reels you flick past in under a second aren't counted, and scrolling back to one you've seen doesn't count it again.
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Feel it before you hit the limit.
The brain goes from fresh to foggy to melting as your count climbs. It pipes up at 25, 50 and 100 reels and warns you when only a few are left, so stopping feels like your call.
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Reels lock until midnight.
At your limit the reel feed closes, and the rest of the app stays open. At midnight the count resets and the brain wakes up fresh.
One daily count across five apps.
Hopping from Instagram to YouTube doesn't reset anything. Every reel adds to the same daily dose.
- InstagramReels
- YouTubeShorts
- TikTokFor You
- SnapchatSpotlight
- FacebookReels
What makes it different
Only the reel feed locks.
App timers shut the whole app, including the group chat where tonight's plans are. ReelDose closes the endless feed and leaves everything else exactly where it was.
See what's free- Reels & ShortsLocked until midnight
- MessagesOpen
- StoriesOpen
- Posts & profilesOpen
- SearchOpen
- Calls & video chatsOpen
Privacy
Your reel count never leaves your phone.
- No account
- Open it and go. There's no sign-up, email or login.
- Counted on device
- ReelDose notices a reel on screen and adds one. That happens on your phone, not on a server.
- Never read
- Your messages, passwords and anything you type are never read.
- Never sent
- Your counts stay in the app's storage on your phone. Uninstall and they're gone.
Pricing
The daily lock is free.
Free counts one app and locks reels at your limit. Upgrade to Pro if you scroll on more than one app, or want to take a break before you get there.
Pro
₹999/year
₹83 a month, billed yearly
- Everything in Free
- Count all five apps toward one limit
- Lock reels now, for 30 minutes, an hour or the rest of the day
Pro is a subscription through Google Play that renews automatically until you cancel. Cancel any time in Google Play › Payments & subscriptions. Prices shown in Indian rupees; Google Play shows your local price.
Questions
Why does ReelDose need the Accessibility permission?
Android only lets an app know that a reel is on screen through Accessibility. ReelDose uses it for three things: noticing each new reel in the apps you picked, showing the counter, and locking reels at your limit. It never reads your messages, passwords or anything you type. The app explains this before it asks, and you can switch it off any time in Android settings.
Which apps does it work with?
Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Snapchat Spotlight and Facebook Reels. Reels from all of them count toward the same daily limit. The free plan counts one app of your choice; Pro counts all five.
When does my count reset?
At midnight on your phone. If reels locked because you reached your limit, they unlock then too.
What counts as a reel?
A reel counts once it's been on screen for about a second. Flicking past doesn't count, scrolling back to one you've seen doesn't count again, and sponsored reels don't count.
Is my data sent anywhere?
No. Counting happens on your phone and your counts are stored only on your phone. There's no account and nothing to sync.
What's the difference between Free and Pro?
Free counts one app and locks reels at your daily limit, with the brain, reminders, stats and widget included. Pro counts all five apps toward one limit and lets you lock reels early, whenever you want a break.
How do I cancel Pro?
In Google Play › Payments & subscriptions, or from Settings › Manage subscription in ReelDose. You keep Pro until the end of the period you paid for.
Can I hide the counter?
Yes. Settings › Show counter over reels. ReelDose keeps counting and still locks at your limit.
Your brain called. It wants tonight back.
Free on Google Play. Set up in about two minutes.
Get it onGoogle Play