Unlike the screen time function on iPhones this app is designed to actually help you stay off the apps you need to when you need to. It took me a little bit to figure out the timing of schemas but now I love it. This is the cure for doomscrolling.
Thank you!
Even the free version of this app is great. I love being able to block different apps and create a schedule. You can block websites too.
Even the free version of this app is great. I love being able to block different apps and create a schedule. You can block websites too.
My question is whether anyone else has similar problem as I do: when I use the search button to find the website I want to block, it’ll find it, but then instead of having a “done” button, it says “cancel” so then I’m unable to add the content to block. Also, whenever I click “other” categories, I just see a blank screen.
A suggestion (or maybe this is already in the app, but I can’t find it), is to give the option to type different websites to block.
Actually a good screen time management app. And I rarely comment or like apps.
Loving it
Putting it simply, its effective and straightforward. The ability to have strict block modes with no workaround is great. One time payment to get access to unlimited schemas.
It may lack some of the marketing and UI appeal of some other apps, but those others lack the level of control offered by this app.
I almost never write reviews but this app is fantastic. There are plenty of apps that offer similar services, but this one offers the most for free, and the premium option is far more accessible as well as it’s a one-time purchase of a very reasonable $5. It also offer more privacy since you don’t make an account, everything is just stored locally on your device. The schemas are pretty straightforward to set up, and are definitely effective (especially with strict mode enabled). It’s also great that it works on iPads as well, exactly the same as on your phone, which I found was not the case with comparable (much more expensive!) apps.
I have just a couple of suggestions:
1. The ability to pause schemas for a set amount of time, e.g. “Pause for 30 minutes” or “Pause for 2 days.” Things like that. Or also pause until certain times like “Pause until 11:00” etc.
2. I don’t know how possible this is in terms of maintaining privacy, but it would be useful to have an in-app screen time tracking feature, where you could see how much time you spent in total, but also see apps marked as productive vs unproductive (either automatically marked by BB or manually selected by the user) to see how much productive vs unproductive screen time you had for that day/week, etc.
I know it’s just one person building this app on the side, so I completely understand if these recommendations aren’t possible for such a small operation, or if they’d require functions the app simply can’t access due to iOS limitations, but they are just some ideas I had.
Overall, this app is amazing, especially considering its price (or lack thereof), and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to cut back on their screen usage. :)
Unfortunately doesn’t look like you can block specific apps. Only app categories, if you try to do individual apps it won’t block them unless the whole app category is selected.
I’ve tried all the other apps (Opal, OffScreen, ScreenZen, Brick). All the other ones either offer scammy subscriptions, or cannot block based on schedule, or UX wise just are not there.
This app ticks all the boxes. Easily worth the purchase of pro. I’m usually very hesitant about spending the money but not on an app like this. And if you paid the subscription free for other apps, you’re going to pay that amount in a month or two anyway.
Initially I was turned off by the app icon but they provide a much better icon when you sign up for premium. They also let you customize the Lock Screen which is a very nice touch. I would prefer the premium icon being an option there.
They don’t have the feature in Opal where you can just block everything by default and specify what you DON’T want blocked. But honestly, you don’t really need it. Block all the categories, and then unselect the apps you don’t need. Same thing.
I would definitely suggest changing that default app icon. It just doesn’t give a good first impression for how good the app is.
The app “Brick” gives a way to block Safari as well via shortcut automation, along with detailed instructions in the app as to how to do this. This would be a nice future addition.
The iOS app picker is buggy no matter which app you use. Don’t blame the app dev for that. But once you set things up how you want them, you mostly don’t have to deal with it.
Great great app. Best in its class. Extremely cheap. Thank you. Don’t add subscription model please.
This is exactly the app I needed. I can get sucked into the Social Media abyss from time to time. This app keeps me from doing so.
Thank You Guys!
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