Good and bad
Since I have had BE PRESENT I have controlled my endless scrolling and gaming. That is good. My Siri has stopped functioning correctly since I installed this app and my tech people at the Apple Store told me to delete the app. I have tried to contact Be Present about this to no avail. My Siri is most important to me so I will have to delete this well intended app.
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It’s working
My screen time has been around 2 hours/ day vs the 4 I was doing … so it’s working !
Scam - Fake Free Trial
The title says “1 week free trial” but I was immediately charged £39.99 and Apple refused my refund request so I’m stuck with a 1 year subscription when I thought I was trialling it for 1 week.
Helping me to set my phone down
Brilliant app it has made me realize how much time I waste on socials - this counts how many times I log onto each app which makes me think twice about it - I highly recommend
Great app
Just starting out. Trying to still learn all it offers. But don’t want to sit too long on the app :-) but it’s good with all it offers. And definitely helps me not be on long with the reminders set.
Superb
Get your time back instantly.
very helpful
i love that they turned staying off my phone into a game. i like that you can set intentions like i only want to open this app X amount of times a day and stay on it for X amount of minutes
Less effective than it was
I thought this was a great app when I installed it nearly a year ago, but I quickly found ways around the restrictions. You can change your intentions there and then, which allows you to reopen the app.
At night, when all the apps are supposed to be shut down, there’s a ‘Take a Break’ option that you can use endlessly to keep accessing them.
This makes it almost worse than useless. It’s the app equivalent of liquidising Mars bars when you’ve got a gastric band!
I’m ashamed to say I’m addicted to games on my phone. This app initially helped me get that time back, but now it doesn’t. It needs to be much stricter. When my subscription comes up for renewal, I’ll be looking for something better.
At night, when all the apps are supposed to be shut down, there’s a ‘Take a Break’ option that you can use endlessly to keep accessing them.
This makes it almost worse than useless. It’s the app equivalent of liquidising Mars bars when you’ve got a gastric band!
I’m ashamed to say I’m addicted to games on my phone. This app initially helped me get that time back, but now it doesn’t. It needs to be much stricter. When my subscription comes up for renewal, I’ll be looking for something better.
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Beware, do not do the free trial
I canceled my free trial membership and removed the app by the date but they charged my anyway for the year. $59.95. I’ve tried to email them several times, I have heard nothing. I am unable to reach a live person for support. Poor (no) customer service.
Really works!
This was so helpful to break my phone addiction. The extra step required to access my biggest time waster apps was enough to make me think twice about it.
It’s nice not being a slave to social apps
We all enjoy mindless scrolling occasionally, but I was always looking for that next life-changing story. Or recipe. Or cute kitty cat picture drop. But I wasn’t getting anything meaningful done in my real life. Be Present reminds me that I need to truly Be Present in real life. Read a book. Work on that craft project. Do laundry or dishes. Fees my real cats. And clear my mind…
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Breaks the addiction
Thank you for creating this app!!! 😭
Big Help
This is a great help in breaking a bad addiction to social media
You need a subscription?
I wanted to try this app out since it seemed like such a great idea, but as soon as I finished putting the info in, it says it gives you a 7 day free trial and then you have to pay? That’s ridiculous, immediately deleted it. They’re honestly just trying to get money out of people atp, because if you’re actually passionate about making sure people don’t waste their lives on their phone, it would be a free app with in-app purchases just like any other self care app. Don’t waste money on this when you can just set up IOS screen time for yourself anyways.
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It doesn’t actually block anything?
Maybe I just didn’t understand what the app was originally for, but just like the normal iPhone screen time, it is very easy to pause your blockings. There’s no strict restriction, you just go into the app and bypass everything with a “pause” button. When I reach my limit on opens, it doesn’t matter, I can open it anyway. I’m needing to break a phone addiction and being able to not do anything to truly keep myself out of certain apps is detrimental.
I’ve been using AppBlock for two years now, and I pay $30 a year (roughly 8¢ a day) for an app that while it isn’t perfect, does truly keep me off my phone. I had hoped this would be a step up, but sadly, it feels like a glorified “ignore time limit” button.
I’ve been using AppBlock for two years now, and I pay $30 a year (roughly 8¢ a day) for an app that while it isn’t perfect, does truly keep me off my phone. I had hoped this would be a step up, but sadly, it feels like a glorified “ignore time limit” button.
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very good
its very good for you, if you like to scroll and its an a addiciton
Not one will pay yearly
I could only try this app if you offered a monthly subscription.
Instagram is lackingeffective
4 days in and it’s kept me from going over any app limit. my average time spent on my phone went down drastically
Great app for phone addiction
You set the parameters for your most used apps, how often you can open and for how long.
Great app
Better than other similar apps I’ve tried. Highly recommend
