DESIGNED AGAINST ADDICTION
Smartphones were not designed with children's nervous systems in mind.
Every notification and infinite scroll is engineered to exploit the brain's reward system. Children's still-developing brains are the most susceptible. SafetyMode is built to fight back.
WHAT PARENTS ARE UP AGAINST
1 in 3
adolescents show high addictive social media use by age 14, doubling the risk of anxiety and depression.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 2025
192 per day
notifications received by the average young person. One every five minutes during waking hours.
Nametag.io, 2024
HOW SAFETYMODE FIGHTS ADDICTIVE DESIGN
SafetyMode attacks addiction from four angles:
When apps are off-schedule they disappear from the home screen entirely. Nothing to crave, nothing to negotiate over.
The default home screen is a tool, not entertainment. No algorithmic feeds, no recommended content, no rabbit holes.
Outside of calls and messages, all notifications are blocked. The phone becomes a device, not a demand for attention.
Content blocking interrupts endless scrolling, a pattern break that gives children the ability to disengage.
75%
reported reduction in screentime by SafetyMode users within the first month.