Is one sec free? For one app. edgi's lock is free for all

By the edgi team Updated October 23, 2026 Facts checked October 23, 2026

one sec is free for one app: you get its breathing pause in front of a single app, and covering more apps takes one sec pro, $19.99 a year as of October 2026. edgi's Focus lock is free for every app you pick, and instead of a breath it puts a 60-second Lesson at the door, so each time you reach for TikTok you come out knowing something.

We make edgi, and we built Focus for people who like the idea of a pause and want it to pay.

one sec's tiers from its own help pages and App Pricing Lab's record of its App Store prices, checked October 2026. Pro also comes as a family plan and a lifetime purchase.

Is the free version of one sec worth it?

Yes, for your single worst app. one sec has peer-reviewed evidence behind it: in a 2023 study in PNAS, 280 people used it for six weeks, closed the app instead of opening it 36% of the times it paused them, and tried to open those apps 37% less by the sixth week. The free tier is a fair way to see whether a pause works on you. The limit shows up the day you want a second app covered, and then it's $19.99 a year for what edgi does free.

The free way to cover every app

edgi's Focus covers as many apps as you like, with nothing to upgrade. Open edgi's Settings, then Focus, and choose apps with the iPhone's Screen Time picker. Each one gets an intention: "I'll open TikTok no more than 3 times a day, for 5 min each time," with the days you choose, and a Lesson on the first open of the day or on every open. A stricter rule starts right away; a looser one waits until midnight.

The pause is where the two apps part ways. edgi's block screen says "One lesson opens TikTok for 5 minutes," and the Lesson is one idea you guess at, tap through and test in a minute, with a question at the end. Fittingly, one of them explains the thing your thumb is chasing:

Slot machine Slot machines decide payouts the instant you press the button using a random number generator.

60-second Lesson

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The reels are an animation. The computer picked your result before the first one moved.

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Finish it and TikTok opens for exactly the minutes you set. Or you keep going in edgi, because the card you just collected sits on your Map next to three ideas you now want to know.

That's what builds up instead of a count of skipped opens: a collection. Cards turn foil, then gold, as you come back to an idea, and one Lesson a day keeps a streak the block screen shows each time you reach for a locked app.

For a side-by-side of the pause apps, see ScreenZen vs one sec. For the full switch, see the best one sec alternative.

FAQ

Is one sec free? Yes, for one app. one sec pro covers more apps and costs $19.99 a year as of October 2026.

What does one sec pro cost? $19.99 a year as of October 2026, per its App Store pricing. Family and lifetime plans cost more.

Is there a free app like one sec for all my apps? Yes. edgi's Focus lock is free for every app you pick, and its pause is a 60-second Lesson that becomes a card you keep.

Is edgi free? Yes. edgi is free on iPhone, Focus included.