Stop the flood. Keep your time.
Dam It! kills the swipe inside YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and TikTok. Tap a video, open a friend's link, watch it to the end - that all still works. You just can't swipe to the next one.
Nobody decides to scroll for an hour.
A feed that loads the next video for you has no natural place to stop. The time adds up without a single decision behind it.
In our own onboarding, most people tell us they lose 1-2 hours a day to short-form feeds. That figure is self-reported by Dam It! users, not measured, and not a promise about your outcome. Work out your own number.
The feed
ends here.
The moment you swipe up inside Shorts, Reels or TikTok, the gesture never lands. The video you're on keeps playing. The next one never arrives.
One permission, then nothing
Grant Android's Accessibility Service once. No launcher to install, no home screen to replace, no daily check-in.
Watch what you want
Links from friends and videos you open on purpose still play fine. Only the infinite feed is gone.
The infinite feed
The swipe is intercepted before Android delivers it to the app. Nothing crashes, nothing looks broken - the feed simply stops moving.
What stops. What stays.
Stops
- The swipe to the next video in YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok and TikTok Lite.
- The endless feed that loads one more video before you have decided you want it.
Stays
- Videos you open yourself: a friend's link, a notification, a tap on a thumbnail.
- Everything else in the apps: DMs, stories, posts, regular YouTube, search, subscriptions.
- Your say: hold the dashboard button to pause protection whenever you want.
- What it is
- An Android app that blocks the swipe inside short-form video feeds. It runs in the background: no launcher, no home screen to replace.
- Works in
- YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok and TikTok Lite.
- Platform
- Android 8.0 and above. There is no iPhone version.
- Setup
- About 60 seconds and one permission: Android's Accessibility Service.
- Your data
- No account, no advertising ID, blocking runs on your device. Crash reports and usage counts are opt-in.
- Price model
- 7-day free trial, then a monthly or annual subscription billed by Google Play. No free tier beyond the trial. Cancel in two taps.
Built to hold.
Four pillars of a stronger dam.
Blocks the gesture, not the app
Dam It! doesn't hide YouTube or lock you out of Instagram. It intercepts one thing: the vertical swipe that loads the next video. Everything else in the app works exactly as before.
Links from friends still open
Someone sends you a Reel. It opens, it plays, you watch it. The dam only holds back the feed you didn't choose.
Pause it when you mean to
Hold the dashboard button to pause protection. No lockout theatre, no waiting-room timer, no shame screen. You're an adult.
No account, no ad ID
There's nothing to sign up for. The advertising-ID permission is removed from the app entirely. Blocking logic runs on your device and reads no screen content.
On the way: usage insights and more apps. Included in your subscription when they ship - we won't charge twice for the same dam.
Up in 60 seconds.
Download
Install from Google Play. No account, no email, no sign-up form.
Enable Access
Grant one permission - Android's Accessibility Service - so the dam can see and block swipes inside YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
Keep Your Time
That's it. Dam It! runs quietly in the background. Watch videos on purpose. The feed stays dammed.
One dam. Two ways to pay for it.
Dam It! is a subscription. Start with a 7-day free trial - the app asks for nothing until the trial ends, and Google Play shows you the exact price in your own currency before you confirm.
- Full scroll blocking in YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok and TikTok Lite
- Pause protection whenever you want
- Every future feature and every future app, included
- Cancel in two taps inside Google Play
- No account, no email, no advertising ID
Prices are set and shown by Google Play in your local currency. The trial converts automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends - the same as any Play subscription. Full detail in our Terms.
Bring a friend. Get 30 free days.
Every friend who subscribes through your link adds 30 free days to your own subscription. There's no cap and no tier ladder - five friends is five months. They get a 7-day free trial plus 20% off their first year.
Subscribe
Your invite link appears on the Dam It! dashboard as soon as your subscription is active.
Share your link
Send it to anyone. It's an ordinary dam-it.io link - it works from any messenger, and it opens the app directly if they already have it.
They subscribe, you get 30 days
The 30 free days land on your own subscription. No cap, no ladder to climb.
Your invite link lives on the Dam It! dashboard once you're subscribed. Rewards apply to conversions only, and we may reverse them for refunds or abuse - see Terms §3(f).
What we know about you.
It's a short list. Here it is in full.
No account, ever
No email, no password, no profile. There is no "your Dam It! account" because there is no account.
Advertising ID removed
The AD_ID permission is stripped from the app manifest. Play's Data Safety label says "No" and means it.
Blocking runs on your device
The Accessibility Service reads no screen content and transmits nothing. Gesture detection is on-device and transient.
Payments handled by Google Play
Billing, trials and cancellation all live in Play. We never see or store a card number.
What we do collect
Crash reports and aggregate feature counts, only if you opt in during setup, plus a pseudonymous ID for referral rewards. That's the whole list - the detail is in our Privacy Policy.
German company, EU law
Cornelius Pflüger Digital Solutions, operating under the GDPR. Full Impressum.
Good questions.
Build your dam today.
Stop wasting your evenings on a feed that never ends. It takes 60 seconds to set up - and the first week costs nothing.
7-day free trial · No account · Cancel anytime in Google Play · Android only
By downloading you agree to our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy. Not intended for users under 13.
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