Sites you choose gently fade the longer you stay — a mindful nudge to move on, not a hard block. 100% local, no tracking.
Users
7
−1 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
3
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#217K
#182K among extensions
Version
1.4.0
updated 12 Jul 2026
Users
monthly, 3 months
Latest, 17 Oct 2026:7 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 3 months
Latest, 17 Oct 2026:3 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About DriftGuard — Mindful Browsing Nudge
🌫️ A nudge, not a wall.
Blockers make you rebel. DriftGuard takes a different path: on the sites you choose, once your daily time is up, the page gently fades — it slowly desaturates, blurs and dims. You can keep scrolling… but your brain gets the message: time to move on.
✨ HOW IT WORKS
• Pick your time-sink sites (YouTube, X, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok… or any site), one click from the popup.
• Enjoy your daily budget: 20 free minutes per site per day by default — fully configurable.
• Past your budget, the fade ramps up gradually until the site is genuinely hard to watch.
• A small banner shows your minutes for the day, with a snooze button — max 2 snoozes per day (2, 5 or 10 min each, you choose).
⏱️ A FAIR COUNTER
• Counts only foreground time (if the tab is in the background, it doesn't count).
• Shared across tabs and reloads — refreshing or opening a new tab doesn't reset it.
• Resets every day.
🎛️ YOU'RE IN CONTROL
• Tune desaturation, blur and dim intensity.
• Optional: don't blur while actually watching a video (feed previews never count).
• Turn it off, or unguard a site, any time.
🔒 100% PRIVATE
• No accounts, no analytics, no tracking, no network requests.
• The only data stored is your settings and today's minutes per guarded site — locally, on your device.
• Does not record your browsing history.
📧 Support: octonoveads@gmail.com
Your attention is yours. Take it back — gently. 🌊