Buggy
Great app but since my new IOS update and even a little bit before it’s been buggy. Sometimes when I’m not scheduled for a block it locks my apps I think it might be fixed after a reinstall though. Found out that account does not retain schedule or blocked apps though.
Game Changer
I’ve tried other products and methods to reduce wasting time scrolling. I’m on day 51 and it’s been great. Just bought the pod in addition to my card.
Let’s you get on with your life
Great bit of kit. It forces you to fight through boredom and get onto more productive things in life
Game Changer
For years, I depended on my unreliable willpower to engage with social media less before bed and first thing in the morning. The discipline never stuck like I wanted it to. Bloom has been exactly what I needed to make the changes I desired. Would definitely recommend!
Love it
Only had it for a few days and already seeing major benefits
Love the schedule feature
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This has changed my life. Willpower was never enough for me so this has been a game changer. I am so much more productive and happy!
I’ve been using this for two days now, but I’ve had the device for almost two months and just hadn’t got myself to be discliplined enough to use it each day. I finally got on the app and set a schedule so that I couldn’t just ‘forget’ to tap my card each morning. What a game changer!!! It’s been humbling to see how badly my mind wants to just grab my phone and preoccupy every possible extra second with stupid social media. Love love love this product and will encourage others to get one as well!!!
This has changed my life. Willpower was never enough for me so this has been a game changer. I am so much more productive and happy!
I’ve been using this for two days now, but I’ve had the device for almost two months and just hadn’t got myself to be discliplined enough to use it each day. I finally got on the app and set a schedule so that I couldn’t just ‘forget’ to tap my card each morning. What a game changer!!! It’s been humbling to see how badly my mind wants to just grab my phone and preoccupy every possible extra second with stupid social media. Love love love this product and will encourage others to get one as well!!!
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Love the idea, could use way better UI
I absolutely love the idea of this card, but there are just a few very odd UI experiences. It’s honestly not super user friendly on how to setup and to schedule different time blocks. I don’t love that you have to first pick a category, and then pick the apps to block or not block, go pick a time slot and select a given category. I want to be able to just select time blocks and what apps to block. Kind of an annoying double workflow.
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Super buggy
Amazing app in concept. It worked for a while but then became super buggy and I troubleshoot, fix it, then there’s another bug
Has a mind of its own
I love the concept and the device has been extremely successful in keeping me off social media. But the schedule I set up works as expected only some of the time. Sometimes it will put my phone into focus mode randomly in the middle of the day. Sometimes it will not be in focus mode during a scheduled focus session. If these glitches were worked out, it would be fantastic.
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Bloom
I love my bloom card. I use it everyday, and have for over a year. It really helps me stay off my phone, specifically the doom scrolling. I don’t think it’s a perfect solution for everyone, I’m sure there are sneaky ways to get around it, but for me, it works great. I also love that I own the card. No subscription service required. Thanks bloom!!!
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Does not work consistently
It sometimes works and often doesn’t. I’ve contacted them for help and their support was not helpful. I regret giving them my money.
Good app, blocking process needs improvement
The concept, look, feel and portability of the item are excellent. It is relatively cheap being a metal card with an NFC tag. Given the customisable settings are preset prior to blocking, the tapping of the card should itself begin the block.
Edit: Remote blocking (without card) fixed the incentive issue.
Edit: Remote blocking (without card) fixed the incentive issue.
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Bugs affect function
Very effective when the blocks are active, however they regularly fail to trigger, making the app regularly useless.
No longer works
I absolutely love the Bloom app at first, but it has stopped working and I’m unable to get onto the tech team. I am assuming that this business has closed.
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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Excellent
Get your time back. Using the bloom card and app is so effective at stopping me from wasting my time on my phone whilst still being able to use it for calls or whatnot. I was skeptical of this at first but I really love it. The card is high quality and the app is intuitive and easy to use.
My only complaint is sometimes with the scheduling it won’t actually block the apps. So it will say Bloom is on but I can still access blocked apps. This resolves itself usually by closing and re-opening the Bloom app. Only happens a couple times, so does not detract from the app overall.
If you want to gain some control over your time, this is definitely for you!
My only complaint is sometimes with the scheduling it won’t actually block the apps. So it will say Bloom is on but I can still access blocked apps. This resolves itself usually by closing and re-opening the Bloom app. Only happens a couple times, so does not detract from the app overall.
If you want to gain some control over your time, this is definitely for you!
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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!
