Doesn’t work
I do not have instagram selected as an approved app, but it’s not blocked. I also do not like how I have to tap the bloom to lock the phone. Makes sense to unlock but not to lock
Schedules aren’t working as expected
I have schedules setup to block from 06:00 to 18:00 and then from 23:00 until 05:00. So should be able to look at my apps in the period 18:00 to 23:00 without having to go get the card. This isn’t currently working.
Love it!
It’s the best!
Love it but needs remove friend feature
Yeah love this app but I need to remove a friend because pain yeah please add that feature
Perfect for an adhd brain
I was so sick of knowing I had an addiction to my phone and the internet, I could hear my inner voice yelling to stop as I was sucked into scrolling or picking up my phone first thing in the morning. I’d wish that my phone could just text/make calls, play music/books, take photos and hive directions but without the access to anything else. No scrolling, no constant news cycle, no dopamining in the worst way. I would loose hours and hours to it . I now have my phone set up to only allow the things I actually want access to and I can feel my brain coming back into its creative power. This is such a helpful tool, it is pricey but I choose to think of it as a one time purchase medicine to help my brain.
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Good solution, buggy execution
The app blocker search functionality constantly crashes. It takes 5 minutes to add 10 app to the blocked approved list. Constantly crashing then restarting the app and navigating to same spot
The scheduled time feature stops working randomly
I think this my main problem with the app. Other than that it’s great.
Sometimes in the morning it doesn’t work
It is a great app. It forces me to put down my phone and work but in the mornings is when I struggle with my phone the most and so does the app. If I schedule beforehand to block my phone in the morning I would wake up to all my apps even tho the app itself says they’re blocked.
Schedules have a mind of their own
To elaborate on the title. The schedules feel like they’re just for show. Several times I’ve been locked out of apps when I shouldn’t have been. Other times I’m locked out of the wrong mode. Once I was even locked out of an app that was on zero of my block out modes. I have deleted this app several times and ultimately end up going back only bc it’s the only way I can decrease screen time. I wish they’d work out the bugs. Also!! make it so I don’t have to go through the stupid unskippable set up dramatization of how much the app will help me every time I need to delete and redownload bc of bugs, especially since I have to log in first. Like you already know I have an account. Leave me alone
Update!! Request for the developers: can there be a 30 second warning notification before your break is about to end. Let me know I need to wrap it up before the blackout happens
Update!! Request for the developers: can there be a 30 second warning notification before your break is about to end. Let me know I need to wrap it up before the blackout happens
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Good app, one knit pick
I feel like the app should allow cross device access, like one device is in focus mode, and the other device can be in focus mode as well, without the need for an nfc. The manual blocking on the ipad does not have the same physical boundary to unblock, and serves more as an act of discipline. If this change was possible, please make it an option. Thank you for your product.
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Does exactly what I was wanting
The schedule feature in the app does exactly what I wanted - I can block apps for set times during the day and can only unblock by tapping the card which I keep away from me in my car. But the apps are automatically released for set times as per the schedule I’ve set up. Great!
Too many bugs
The app is definitely useful but for the amount I have paid for the card, bugs such as
1. Scheduling not working as expected. (Apps getting blocked at random times, or not getting blocked at all)
2. App showing focus mode is on, but no apps are being blocked.
3. Apps not getting unlocked even though schedule is showing it’s free time.
Make it impossible to use this app predictably and makes it a frustrating experience.
1. Scheduling not working as expected. (Apps getting blocked at random times, or not getting blocked at all)
2. App showing focus mode is on, but no apps are being blocked.
3. Apps not getting unlocked even though schedule is showing it’s free time.
Make it impossible to use this app predictably and makes it a frustrating experience.
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Definitely has helped
I had let myself get into a night time scrolling loop and setting Bloom has definitely helped. It does sometimes get the time wrong though eg. set from 11pm- 6.30am but still barring me from using at 6.55. It’s holding on to a previous schedule and can’t for the life of me work out how to fix it so I’m obliged to use my card to break into my own phone
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Helped reduced tech addiction
Before getting the bloom app, I was mindlessly opening apps and procrastinating the day away. The best part of the bloom app is the scheduled block out periods. A feature I didn’t see with the competition. I have significant reduced my screen time and tech addiction.
Doesn’t work
I do not have instagram selected as an approved app, but it’s not blocked
Jeremy
Game-changer
ADHD?
It’s only day 4 for me so I am new to this. But last night I had the longest sleep that I have had in about 3 years. I think my doom scrolling was really heightening my adhd. I’m spending more time exercising and more time connecting! Very happy so far!
buggy :(
love it when it works but it keeps kicking me out of my schedules immediately after they begin. i get a notification “your scheduled focused session has started” and then immediately after “your scheduled focused session has ended”. then all my apps are available to use and my app says i am in focus mode…relaunching doesn’t work and then i have to go get my card to restart. this happens every time. anyone know how to fix???
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Good
Keeps my addictions in check
Schedules have a mind of their own
To elaborate on the title. The schedules feel like they’re just for show. Several times I’ve been locked out of apps when I shouldn’t have been. Other times I’m locked out of the wrong mode. Once I was even locked out of an app that was on zero of my block out modes. I have deleted this app several times and ultimately end up going back only bc it’s the only way I can decrease screen time. I wish they’d work out the bugs. Also!! make it so I don’t have to go through the stupid unskippable set up dramatization of how much the app will help me every time I need to delete and redownload bc of bugs, especially since I have to log in first. Like you already know I have an account. Leave me alone
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