Break the scroll loop on Instagram and YouTube Shorts
Users
13
+2 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#181K
#151K among extensions
Version
2.3
updated 19 Oct 2026
Users
monthly, 6 months
Latest, 21 Oct 2026:13 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 6 months
Latest, 21 Oct 2026:1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Unloop
Caught in an endless scroll?
Unloop tracks your session on Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts and introduces progressive friction before it becomes a doomscroll — without blocking the apps entirely.
How it works
Unloop counts reels and shorts as you watch them. As your session grows, it gradually increases resistance: a soft nudge early on, a blur overlay deeper in, and a cooldown lock once you've hit your limit. When the session ends, the slate resets.
Features
Real-time reel and short detection on Instagram and YouTube
Soft overlay after your early threshold
Blur and tab mute during deeper scrolling
Cooldown lock after the session cap
Live popup with session stats and thresholds
Light, balanced, and focus modes for different tolerance levels
Optional Unloop dashboard for tracking intervention history
Why friction instead of blocking
Hard blocks are easy to uninstall. Unloop stays out of your way until the moment it matters — then it slows you down just enough to make the next scroll a choice, not a reflex.
Privacy
Session data — reel count, time spent, mode, and cooldown state — is stored locally on your device using Chrome storage. Nothing is sent anywhere by default.
If you connect the optional Unloop dashboard, the extension syncs limited event data (event type, value, and platform) with Unloop's API. No page content, video titles, URLs, or account identifiers are ever transmitted.
Take back your attention — without quitting cold turkey.
Version 2.1
Added optional Unloop dashboard connection. Once connected, the extension syncs limited intervention events — reel views, overlay displays, and lock triggers — to your Unloop dashboard so you can track patterns over time.
Dashboard sync is opt-in. Nothing is sent until you connect from unloop.iamnaksh.tech. You can disconnect at any time from the same page.
All existing local features — session tracking, friction overlays, cooldown lock, and mode switching — are unchanged.