Take a break from dating apps: timer, milestones, time won back, craving help
Do you open a dating app out of habit, swipe through profiles – and feel more tired or lonely afterwards? No Dating Apps helps you take a break and date on your own terms. The app shows how long you have been free of dating apps, how many profiles you did not swipe and how much time you have won back. And when you reach for the app again, it helps you pause.
⏱️ YOUR DATING-APP-FREE TIMER
• Live timer in days, hours, minutes and seconds – just swipe
• Start now or enter when you last used a dating app
• Always see your next goal, with a progress bar
• Home screen widget with your free days and time won back
❤️ YOUR PROGRESS, STEP BY STEP
• 11 milestones from 24 hours to 1 year on a timeline – from noticing the pull to swipe to calmer evenings, dating on your terms and a year of choosing consciously
• Every milestone explained in plain words – with practical tips on what you can do yourself
• Know what to expect: urges come in waves and usually fade
• If you like, a short notification as soon as you reach the next milestone
• Based on a 2026 meta-analysis (Cela & Wood, Communications Psychology; 27 studies, about 21,000 adults) – an association, not proof of cause, and not every user is affected; there are no fixed timelines, so milestones are orientation, not promises
🌬️ HELP WHEN YOU REACH FOR THE APP
• Craving helper with guided breathing – most urges fade within minutes
• Practical tips: move the app off your home screen, pause your profile, no swiping in bed, meet people offline, message a friend
• Craving diary: how strong was it, what triggered it – boredom, evening, low mood? Spot your patterns
• Trusted information and counselling on mental wellbeing – tap to open
💰 SEE WHAT YOU GAIN
• Time won back (about 20 minutes per session) – current, total and projected
• Profiles not swiped and match checks skipped (rough estimates, about 40 profiles and 6 checks per session)
• Optional: money kept on premium subscriptions, boosts and in-app purchases
• Your personal goal: what will you do with the time – friends, sport, sleep?
• Share your progress with friends in a tap
🏆 CELEBRATE EVERY SUCCESS
• Achievements in 7 categories – with confetti
• History with a chart of all your dating-app-free periods
• Slipped up? Your progress stays saved – every attempt counts
✨ MADE FOR YOU
• Available in 18 languages, choose your own currency
• Light and dark theme
• No sign-up needed – what you enter stays on your device
🎁 FREE FOREVER
All features are and will stay free and unlimited – no subscription, no premium version, no limits. The app is funded by ads.
Every day offline is a win. Take a break today – dating is still there when you want it, on your terms.
Important: Using dating apps is not a medical problem. This app is for people who want to take a break on purpose; it offers no dating services, is not affiliated with any dating app or platform and does not replace professional advice. If swiping leaves you anxious, ashamed or lonely, you sleep badly or cannot cut back despite problems, talk to a doctor, a psychotherapist or a counselling service. If someone pressures, scams or threatens you online, stop contact and tell the police. All values are estimates.
Nouveautés
First release: timer, 11 milestones, savings, craving helper and achievements.