DetoxDroid

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Open-source digital wellness tool that makes your phone less distracting by default. Enforces grayscale, Do Not Disturb, app blocking, and scroll-session interrupts, with optional Shizuku/root support for deeper system integration. New in 2.9.0: emergency brake mode, Shizuku app suspension, settings backup/restore, and light/dark themes.

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About this app

Most digital detox apps are opt-in: you start a timer, then try not to break it. DetoxDroid is the opposite. It makes a calmer phone your default state: fewer colours, fewer notifications, fewer distracting apps. You can still take intentional pauses when you need them.

Features

- Make Apps Boring — Grayscale, dimmed, and blurred. Listed apps lose colour; on Android 12+ they also go blurry. Works immediately after installation. - Do Not Disturb by default — Stays on for as long as DetoxDroid runs. - Break Doom Scrolling — Detects long scrolling sessions, interrupts them, and locks the feed for a cooldown. - Disable Apps — Block an app behind a warning screen or deactivate it outright (launcher icon and notifications included). Optional daily time budget. - Pause Button — Pause from Quick Settings, the assistant, or a long-pressed hardware button. Auto-resumes with a minimum gap. - Commitment Password — Lock selected settings behind a passphrase. - Minimal Launcher Widget — A text-only launcher for the apps you actually meant to open.

Installation

Install the APK and grant the accessibility service when prompted. That is the whole setup. Every feature runs immediately.

Optional: Real Grayscale

Android only allows an app to touch the system colour filter if it holds WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS. Grant it once and the overlay is replaced by actual grayscale, plus Extra Dim (takes the screen below normal minimum brightness).

Three ways to grant it:

1. Shizuku — No computer required. The app includes a step-by-step wizard. 2. Root — One tap inside the app. 3. From a computer — Enable developer mode and USB debugging, then run the installation script.

Requirements

- Android 8.0 (API 26) or newer - Accessibility permission required

Interface languages: English and others (full list available in the app)

Disclaimer

DetoxDroid is an independent, open-source project. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any third-party services. Use at your own risk.

License

GNU General Public License v3.0

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What's new

v2.9.0Oct 10, 2026

✨ New Features
pull an emergency brake that runs every feature at its strictest for a set time suspend listed apps through Shizuku, between blocking and deactivating save your settings to a file and read them back, here or on another phone count screen time without usage access, where Android won't grant it pull the brake from a tile, a home screen icon or the break screen, or let it pull itself leave chosen apps and categories out of the numbers choose a light or dark theme, or follow the system ask before carrying a selection over to the other list type caption the store screenshots in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian 🐛 Bug Fixes
stop DetoxDroid when asked to, instead of leaving it running put grayscale back when Android's own setting switched it off keep the passphrase when the keystore is busy right after boot keep the wait before opening when animations are off in the system settings open a settings page the ROM has instead of crashing on a missing one recognise Shizuku when it is installed under another package name lock the keep-alive switch and the usage stats quick actions with the other settings count only installed apps in the selection summaries