Unpluq User Reviews

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This is the only screen reduction app that has ever worked

Get premium. Get the RFID tag. If you’re serious about reducing your screen time, this is the app you’ve been looking for.

Just set your anti-distraction schedule, then leave the RFID tag that lets you break that schedule in a hard-to-reach area. I leave my tag at work when I go home and set my blocked apps schedule to engage when I go home. I’m present with my family and my devices are less tethered to me. It’s worth the money. You get your life back.
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Response from developer

Thank you for sharing how you are using your Tag and how you manage it in your life! So glad to hear your life is back in your hands.

How buggy can an app be?

It shouldn’t take me 10 minutes to select apps from a list. I’ll tap on an app and the list will disappear.
Very poor experience and I’m not even past the setup yet

Response from developer

Hi, thanks for letting me know--this is a known bug affecting a few people with Apple's Screen Time API that we have reported to them. If you restart your phone, and try again, it should help. Also, try using the search function instead of the list option to circumvent this problem, too. If you need more help, I'm happy to help at tim.smits@unpluq.com -- Thanks for your understanding.

First I like

This is the first app of its that I truly like, intuitive and does what is supposed to I am way more productive now!

Free version

Great service!

SO GOOD!!!!!!!

Screen time reduced by 3 hours because of unpluq. I also find that i’m more focused on my work and have more energy for other stuff. Would def recommend.

Response from developer

Thank you for sharing your experience with others!! Very happy to hear it's been the right tool for you.

Pleasantly surprised by this app

Hats off to the team at Unpluq! This app uses the screen time API to generate schedules to block apps. At first I was a little skeptical, like why not just use screen time right? Well I didn’t know how lacking the built-in screen time part of iOS was! The interaction to unlock apps with Unpluq is more helpful than the stock Apple option of just “request more time” . The free trial only blocks 2 apps but it was enough for me to see that it works and I decided to upgrade to premium. 👏
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Response from developer

Thank you so much for writing about your experience. Thrilled that it has worked so well for you!

No Link to T&Cs

I downloaded the app but I was asked to register an account to use it and I had to agree to accept their T&Cs with no click through link to them.

Response from developer

Thanks again for letting us know the link wasn’t working (though it’s always linked from the App Store). It’s now updated in the app as of some months ago and wanted to make sure you knew. Hope you’ll give it another try— we’re definitely not in the business of data collection or sale.

Real quirky

I had it for about 30 minutes and ran into so Many bugs and quirks and having to redo and lost settings, invisible settings. This was just during setup. Delete.

Response from developer

Update: @Tommy - update just released should fix a lot of this! Hi Tommy, thanks for taking the time to leave feedback. Are you by chance using the beta of iOS 17? I'd love to learn more about your experience so that we can improve. if you're open to sharing more what went wrong, please contact me: tim.smits@unpluq.com.

Couldn’t Get Past the Blocking Screen

- FYI: without a yearly subscription, this app will only block 2 apps.

- the app couldn’t see my phones apps when I was prompted to add the apps I want to block.

- looks like money grab with good intentions.

Response from developer

Hi there, thanks so much for taking the time to leave feedback here. You're right re: free version, it's just two apps--but you can get free premium by referring others. Re: you couldn't see your phones apps, this is a bug we had with Apple's Screen Time API which we depend on. We've fixed it, but have been waiting a couple weeks for the update to be approved and released on the App Store. I hope you'll give us another shot when it's available--we're a team of 3, and as you suspected, we're trying to help folks with their phones. Thanks again for taking the time to leave feedback. I'm always available to help via tim.smits@unpluq.com.

Screen time went from 8 hours to 5 in 1 week

Yas good love it

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