Saved me from myself
Only had the brick a few days but already the relief I feel is amazing. It has stopped me just mindlessly picking up my phone and getting sucked into a social media black hole. Thank you for coming up with such an effective solution to a terrible problem! Back to living!
It just works
This has been the most helpful tool to stop my phone addiction. The routines that automatically start brick mode are amazing and I rarely if ever un-brick once it turns on.
Life changer
I’ve gotten my time back
Why add logins???? Overcomicated
Loved this app before logins existed. Now you have to go through the hurdle of creating an account and the app logging you out occasionally. Not everything needs a login and this was the perfect example of a simple app that didn’t. They should make logins optional.
Loophole needs fixing
I loved this app, but found a loophole that’s made it useless now. Putting the app in the hidden folder in the iPhone has stopped it working. Really disappointed and hope a solution can be found soon.
Hate it
Keeps me on task
Lifesaver
Been trying to study for the MCAT and the internal iPhone screen control measures just weren’t enough. Brick has been a lifesaver adding needed friction between accessing my phone which has prevented mindless scrolling and helped me lock in my studying.
Decent but needs more clear descriptions
I was very confused this morning when the app store disappeared from my phone. I was checking my email, reading The Athletic, and I went to go download the app for The Athletic only to find out that I couldn't. Well, I had turned on all the brick rules, thinking this would block the downloads of the apps I chose, but it actually blocks all downloads of all apps. It removed the app store from my phone entirely. It wasn't on my homescreen where it normally is. It wasn't listed in the app library. I had no idea to what degree the brick rules would block access to the app store which led to a frantic attempt at troubleshooting until I eventually figured out it was the brick. This was a frustrating experience that I think could have been avoided with more clarity from brick as to exactly what the consequences of enabling the brick rules were, and the unneccesary frustration left a bad taste in my mouth. I thought I was blocking apps that I had chosen from being downloaded, not the download of all apps. Very uncool!
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Response from developer
Thanks for sharing your experience! We're sorry for the confusion and frustration caused by the App Store being restricted. We understand how unexpected that must have been. We appreciate your feedback about making our blocking settings clearer, and we'll pass it along to our team to help improve the experience!
Why does it need my email
This is crazy why did I have to give and confirm and email addresses just for this thing to work
Good
Was quite happy with everything, but then I couldn’t unblock my phone because the app wouldn’t open!
Update: I had to delete and reinstall the app to fix it
Customer support replied quickly which was good. I’m not sure if they could have fixed the issue as it had already sorted itself out
Update: I had to delete and reinstall the app to fix it
Customer support replied quickly which was good. I’m not sure if they could have fixed the issue as it had already sorted itself out
Update lifetime activity to be accurate!
This app/the Brick has saved my mental health. The only annoying thing is the fact that the lifetime activity doesn’t update until you ‘unbrick’ which isn’t helpful when I’m doing a 30+ day streak. After 7 days, I had to unbrick to allow the App Store for updates so my ‘Lifetime’ says 7 days, and then my current bricked time says 27 days but there is no where to show the accumulative times until the next time I unbrick. Part of the joy of being bricked is seeing how much time you’ve done, so I really wish they’d make so the lifetime activity updates live as well. The daily/weekly one does so I’m not sure why the Lifetime can’t?🤔 they update the app often enough so it’s a little strange
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Measure different modes please!
This app has been amazing, and I love all the ways you can customize your schedule. What I wish is that we could get a breakdown of the different modes we use. I have a mode for writing and I would love to track how much time I spend writing, but I also brick my phone when I sleep so I can’t tell. Would love to have separate measurements for each mode! Color coded would be great too :)
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Focusing in the right things!
From the moment I set my Brick to mindfulness, and the apps on my phone turned grey; I was able to focus on everything I wanted to. When the apps went gray my life went technicolor.
Get it and use it.
Get it and use it.
Get back to living
Could not recommend more highly.
It works
We’ve had it for three days and I already see a difference. If you want it to work, it does wonders.
Great but to many emergency unbricks
Should be able to edit the amount of unbricks you are allowed, only thing I would change.
Saved me from my social media addiction
It was genuinely horrifying how many hours I wasted doomscrolling on Instagram. With the brick it’s been one month since I’ve looked at Insta, and I’ve replaced that time with reading and taking walks. Truly a game changer.
No Sale: Binding Arbitration clause
Setting up a Brick account (at least in the United States) requires waiving one’s rights as a consumer and agreeing to binding arbitration, including a class action waiver. I deleted the app immediately upon seeing this clause in the Terms of Service.
Sucks
This sucks so bad
4/5 love it but could be better
Would love an inverse function, where you unbrick and it gives you a countdown of 20 min left of your socials or whatever. And love to see in addition to the bricked time the unbricked time.
