Too buggy
Loved the app and how it helped me monitor and limit my time on social media. However, I found it too buggy to continue using. Every time my phone OS updated the schedules would stop working—either blocking when they shouldn’t (in which case there were no options to fix the schedule while blocking was on) or not blocking during a set schedule (in which case I would check the schedules and confirm that they were set correctly and the app just wasn’t working properly. Each time I had to delete and reinstall the app and go through an EXTREMELY tedious and un-skippable onboarding questionnaire. I reached out to support and they basically confirmed that I would have to continue periodically reinstalling the app until the end of time. To this I say no thank you! Deleted and switched to another solution.
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Great overall, but could use time limits
The schedule function is great for keeping me off my phone when I wake up and before I go to sleep, but I think app time limits would also be super useful. Apple’s time limits are too easy to override so I think Bloom’s physical card would be great for this. Please let me know if this is something you’ll be working on adding! :)
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Crashes
App picker crazy
Prevents bedtime doomscrolling
Our phones are filled with apps engineered to get you to engage with them as much as possible. Bloom lets you block these apps on a daily schedule. I use it to block all nonessential apps every night before bed and my sleep has improved significantly since. Although unblocking your phone is easy (all you need to do is scan the card or use a monthly emergency escape), the extra friction required to open up a distracting app makes it more tempting to put down the phone and go to sleep instead.
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Bring back the fun block screens
This app is amazing! It genuinely helps in so many ways. I just miss the fun app- lock screens. Bring them back!
