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Prolonged custom lockouts
I needed to prolonged my lockout, so I keyed in a custom time of 19hrs (overly long I know). When the time elapsed, I wasn’t able to unlock it and apps stayed hidden. As a result, I had to revert my phone back to previous backup to correct the error.
Despite that it was extremely effective and was immensely productive.Show lessniceguy4444445
Self selection of apps
I enjoy using this app while studying. However, it would be great if I could self select the apps that are to be restricted. I use apps for studying, which become unusable whilst using this app.l.k,jmhn
Rearranged all my apps
The concept of this app is great. It does what it sets out to do. But having it rearrange all my downloaded apps to alphabetical order when it came back online is a major deal breaker for me. I keep my apps in a specific order for ease of access. Having to rearrange them all again was a total pain and there’s no way in hades am I doing that every time I need to disconnect for work.
Concept is a 4 or 5 star idea. The outcome is awful for anyone who likes their apps organized a specific way.Show lessNinjaNerd007
Not worth your money
My apps did not return to my screen after the lock time I had set was up; I had to uninstall the permission and restart the phone for them to get back. There are no clear instructions when you begin, plus you cannot choose which apps you want to lock. Quite shocking they charge a subscription for an app with this many limitations and flaws.Show lesscelebringil
Should do so much more...
For the price of the subscription, this app really should do more. For one thing, it’s super frustrating that apps don’t come back to their same spot/folder on my home screen. I like to have my apps in a specific order, so this on its own is *almost* a deal breaker for me. I really hope the developers are working on figuring out a way to fix this issue.
The other thing is, I’d like to be able to block certain specific apps instead of having to block everything. For example, I normally listen to Audible on my way to/from work or n the shower. This app in no way affects my productivity. In fact, it allows me to “read” while performing other tasks. But I don’t have a way to continue using this app while blocking just those that pose a distraction.
Also, I should be able to schedule future blocks so that they happen automatically. For example, if I want to allow myself to use these apps at a certain time each day I should be able to do this.
And finally, I should be able to block time-sucking apps (in my case Facebook or Instagram) for days at a time if I really wanted a reset.
This app simply does not do why it should be able to do and is not worth the cost of the subscription. Super disappointing.Show lessdebalsers
Developer Response
Thanks debalsers for taking the time to leave a review. Blocking specific apps, apps coming back to their original spot, scheduling an automatic lock, and whitelisting specific apps on Focus Lock are iOS restrictions but we're always working to improve the app. - MelissaLocked me out of my phone for 17 hours
I don’t often write reviews, but I feel like this one is necessary.
After I locked my phone for four hours, I realized the next day that my phone was still locked. After more than 17 HOURS. I genuinely panicked, and I still don’t know why that happened. I will be uninstalling.
Plus, you only get 4 free sessions anyway, so what’s the point? After that debacle of s first time trying this app, it knocked me down to two free sessions left. I don’t know what’s up with the app.
Plus, after the lockout is cancelled or over, my apps are all out randomly on my screen. I keep them in folders usually, so this is really annoying that they are now all jumbled together.
Please fix this app. The concept is useful and cool, but the execution is not great.Show lessfettucheesy
Disappointed and ripped off!
I’ve had flipd downloaded for 2 years now and have paid £30 for a subscription to be told that they don’t do full lock as it did before. Then I paid an additional £30 to get the full lock and they won’t let me cancel the other subscription. I will delete this review if you refund me the £30 for the first subscription as I don’t want the app that doesn’t have full lock... what’s the point?!Show lessisabellapotts1998
Developer Response
Hey isabellapotts1998 thanks for taking the time to leave a review. I'm sorry to hear this. Please send us an email to info@flipdapp.co we're happy to help. - MelissaTurns off all notifications from apps downloaded from the AppStore also changed apps around
Download at a later update.🇿🇦🌮🌮
Developer Response
Hey ZA, , so sorry to hear about your experience and thanks for taking the time to leave a review! This is unfortunately an iOS limitation and our team is working hard to resolve it. We take all feedback seriously and appreciate your time! - Melissabad...
What once was an okay app is now two apps, both not very good. The full lock feature has been taken off the usual flipd app and only on downloading the update did I see this. I now need to download the new app, and email the company to ask them to merge the accounts so I don’t have to pay twice (?!). And the features are hit and miss. More than once now, having set full lock for 3 hours, my apps have not reappeared after 8, so I have had to uninstall the permissions. This would all be ok if it was a free app, but currently there are selling a seriously faulty productShow lesscallumjz
Developer Response
Hey callumjz thanks for taking the time to leave a review. I'm sorry to hear about your experience. We're always open to feedback and suggestions to improve, so please send us any comments over to info@flipdapp.co - MelissaPick N Choose
PLEASE add a feature so I can decide which apps I want locked. I’m new to this app and within the first hour I realized I couldn’t start locking my phone because it would remove all my apps, including Zoom that I needed for a meeting and also removes Kindle and Audible which I need for learning. Please add a feature to let us decide which apps we would like removed. Plus this would be a huge help for the dizzying experience of the alphabetized apps that reappear. My mine focus to using this app is to lock social media. Most of my other apps, besides what I use for work and learning, I never touch anyway so there’s no need for them to disappear or for me to choose to lock them. This app is a great start but I’m very hesitant to pay the subscription. Is this option coming soon?Show lessAngelic2success
Developer Response
Hey Angelic2success due to iOS limitations these features are not available but we thank you for taking the time to leave a review and for your feedback. We will share this with our team. - Melissa
