Leave a Review Flipd
Schedule/reminder needs to change to automatically tune on
What’s the point of having to pay $3.99 a month to just have “unlimited reminders”of turning on the “flip off” on my phone? I can just set unlimited reminders on my phone calendar app (and it’s free!). People who has phone addiction need to have mandatory schedule to “flip off” their phones. Most of us don’t have the will power to “flip off” the phone that’s why we download the Flipd in the first place. Also the reminder is rather weak because it’s only a one time notification. If we don't have our phone in our hand at the exact set time, we would miss the notification. This Reminder itself is simply not effective enough.
Setting up a “flip off” schedule is a commitment upfront. After a reminder asking if we want flip off our phone, there should be an option to opt out (no, I don’t want to flip out”) instead of opt in (yes, I want to flip out). So that if we don’t do anything that means we agree on our set schedule and the phone should automatically turn “flip off”, not the other way around.
The app did good on the technology of hacking our phones and hiding all the apps, but not so good at behavior change strategies.
I won’t be paying another $3.99 for the pointless reminder.Show lessLirenchloe
Amazing,but...
I think this app is wonderful. I especially love the full lock option because it makes it so that you can’t use your distracting apps, whether you like it or not.
My only suggestion for the developers would be to put an option to automatically flip your phone off at certain times. Unfortunately, I’m addicted to using my phone in bed and waste a massive amount of time because of that; it can be difficult for me to always choose to hard lock my phone since a part of me doesn’t want to. I think it’s safe to say that there are many others out there who have an addiction to social media (for example, due to Facebook’s never ending scroll feature on the newsfeed). I believe those trying to cut down on phone time before bed, in the morning when they wake up, etc. can benefit a lot from an auto-flip feature. Hope we can see this sometime soon!
Other than that, the app works very well and I haven’t encountered any problems with it. Great job!
Edit: I changed my rating from 4 stars to 5 because they’re unable to include an automatic feature due to limitations of the iOS. Hope that changes soon!Show lessNour Alanbari
Terrific
This is literally the application that I’ve been looking for. It has helped me take control of my time immensely! I’ve installed other apps like offtime and breakfree but none of them worked, until I stumbled upon flipd.
This app is amazing, but of course it has its flaws like hiding every single app other than giving you a choice to choose which apps to hide.
What would be great is:
1. Let you choose the apps you want to hide, while keeping everything else.
2. Keeping the order of everything when the time is over and you are able to access things. (i.g., folders and organization stays intact)Show lessAlice Void
Most productive for those who truly mean it
I have done some research and there is no other app that truly lets you to take a predetermined commitment and stick to it . The beauty of this app is that it literally locks down your apps , no other app does that , I am thinking it probably even goes against the agenda of most smart phone brands and that’s why it is such a pain to install . Anyhow, I rarely review apps but I must say this is the most productive app I have tried so far ! Keep it coming ! We will need more of these...
They say Cortez burned his ships on shore to ensure everyone stayed inland and get done with their tasks...
While it is not the most morally reassuring example , this is very close . Humans are prone to cheating ...Show lessNaviero0783
I use it almost every day
The first time I ran this app, I was anxious for the whole time it was activated. It made it Impossible for me to use my phone for near everything. Every downloaded app was hidden, and even some of the factory apps including my app store and safari as well. What i like about it is that you can't delete the Flipd app while it's running literally because it's not there to be deleted.
The only things I have issues with are the fact that the process to keep the order of your apps is not as straightforward as It could be. Without the instructions from an online article I would have kept trying to install the extension without success. It gives the appearance of not having yet downloaded even though it's ready to go and that's confusing. Also, it would be nice if I could select exactly which apps i wanted to hide rather than just nearly disabling my phone.
Other than that I would give the app 5 stars, it's really great.Show lessDietlind N
Developer Response
Thanks for the awesome review and feedback! We're always working on improving Flipd so we'll definitely take your comments into consideration. - AlannaGreat concept but app needs work
App would not exit “full focus” mode sometimes but will eventually exit. Today it didn’t and I had to remove the profile which now made all my apps out of order. Very annoying.
Update: developer seems to have zero understanding of the problem. Yes removing the profile will restore the apps back, which is what I did, but it still doesn’t solve the issue with all apps being completely out of order. I think the developers should acknowledge that they have an issue and have yet to solve it instead of pointing user to a FAQ even though they have gone through the necessary steps to resolve the issue. Resolving issue #1 created an even more frustrating issue #2.
*** to * for not acknowledging user’s frustration.Show lessMike Van L
DO NOT GET
so i downloaded this app and it was great but then when i used it for the first time my apps never came back and so i had to go into my settings and delete the system from my settings and when i did contact them it took forever for them to reply and all they told me was to try again and they are working on it so i tried it again multiple time and it still never brought my apps back and finally i gave up on the app. THEN my phone started to act really weird (ive had this same phone for almost three years now and have had 0 problems with it) it started blacking out shutting down on its own its not even connecting to my cellular data anymore and im stuck with basically an ipod that continually shuts down. DO NOT GET THIS PLEASEE seriously it damaged my phone that had no problems at all due to this app. I would give it negative stars if i could.Show lessstudent1034
Works well- except full lock
I really enjoy this app! I feel more productive when I use it, it really helps keep me off my phone. However, when I use the full lock option, my apps won’t return after the allotted amount of time is up. On the FAQ it says it’s due to poor internet connection, but my phone works totally fine with the WiFi connected. I’ve also tried it without being connected to WiFi and it still won’t work properly. I then have to delete the profile, which rests all the notification settings for my apps and is very annoying. Other than that, this app works great! It’s just a shame the full lock doesn’t work because I think it would have been really useful.Show lessSCG-D
Flipd
About two weeks ago, I was searching on ways to be focusing on my work, and how to not easily be distracted by any distractions. Especially my phone, which always distracts me. So I decided to try the app as it was worth a shot. I tried it, and it was true, it really DID help me focus. I really recommend it. You'll find more information in the app regarding how to use it. You'll be surprised what the app really offers. You'll love the app more than anything one day. It really is helpful. I'll use it now since I need to study😂🤞🏻. I'm telling you I am an easy victim of being distracted.Show lessVioletSpaghetti
One of the best focusing apps out there
This app is one of, if not the best app on iOS that helps you break away from your distracting apps. It goes way beyond just sending you a notification about stop using distractions apps and sites which can easily be dismissed. This locks all distracting from your phone by making them literally disappear. It was scary at first and thought there was a glitch and that my phone was erased but after some time everything came up. My only issue with this app is that after go full mode and the distracting apps disappear from your phone which is perfect and amazing but after the timer is over and the apps return by they’re in alphabetical order not the way I set it up. That’s the only reason I’m taking 1 star off. If they can somehow fix that after the timer is up then I will gladly change my review and pay for the app as necessaryShow lessnsoni
