One Thing: Earn Screen Time has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for One Thing is 53 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

One Thing User Reviews

Name: One Thing: Earn Screen Time
Rating: 4.7 (878 reviews)

One Thing: Earn Screen Time

One Thing LTD

📊 Productivity

Customer Experience

Positive experience34.1% of reviews

Neutral11.4% of reviews

Negative experience54.5% of reviews

~ Based on 44 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of One Thing. Based on 878 reviews and a 4.7/5 average, it highlights the 4 positives and 2 negatives reviewers mention most about this Productivity app.

Positive things

🚀Helps stop doom-scrolling
👍Beneficial for users
👍Breaks bad habits
👍Helps with productivity

Negative things

💰Requires payment
🚫Limited functionality without payment

Is One Thing Safe?

One Thing: Earn Screen Time appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for One Thing is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 878 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

94.8% of ratings point to a safe experience

2.5% of ratings suggest some concerns

2.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 878 App Store ratings for One Thing.

Is One Thing Legit?

One Thing: Earn Screen Time has limited verification signals. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for One Thing is 53/100.

Based on 53 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

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Weird

Helpful but I deleted for a trip - made me watch a 10 min infomercial to get back in and then wouldn’t let me restore my purchase. Buggy and a little awkward but a good concept.

Delicious 1 cool moe dee

3 months ago

Best app I’ve ever used!!!

I have lost 20kg by using this app. My screen time has gone down by 80% percent. My parents are showing me love and appreciation me again. I am so grateful for this app it has changed my life forever!

Wonkeyjohn99

3 months ago

Great concept too much money

Got really excited but then got hit with a paywall, not even a free trial.

Palestinian Willy wrestling

4 months ago

Used to be a decent app

This used to be a great app for students. Especially when there was a free plan for students to focus on their work and get it done. However, it looks like times have changed. There is no more free plan than as soon as you get done analyzing the questions that ask you for micro transactions. I understood the main goal of this app was to help students. Get discounts because poor students/college kids can’t afford the world.

Oceanic217

4 months ago

Expensive

Made me go through a planning system for 15 minutes then told me I have to pay £30. What a waste of my time.

Tgb265

5 months ago

Not good

It’s paid

No one1123

5 months ago

paywall

i want to help myself, not pay to help myself.

varisty✨❄️

5 months ago

Paid

Makes you do a survey for a plan only to tell you right at the very end that it costs money. At least make it obvious from the start if it’s paid so I don’t waste my time.

Cherryy_7

5 months ago

Terrible support team

I’ve had to spend a lot of money on the premium option right, because they don’t have a trial plan. In my app has had heaps of problems, and not been working properly. I have tried contacting them several times however they won’t even respond. Really unhappy and I would love my money back

Charlie.L.

5 months ago

Very misleading

Don’t make me build a plan and spend time on the app for 20 minutes without even showing the pricing options. I don’t want to give you seven dollars a week to get me off my phone. That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen. Ai slop app

Branzem

5 months ago

Cost Money

One more app that sucks money from you. Too bad I didn’t know that until after I filled everything out.

jaallen203

6 months ago

DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY

I hate that they don’t do free trial period and now I see why. I paid for the yearly subscription cause I really liked the idea of it but the app doesn’t even function properly. I chose to block apps after 4 hours of use and it randomly blocks it after over 8-9 hours and all you have to do it open their app again and boom all the apps are unlocked. No need to do any activity. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY

ani19972

6 months ago

It works!

I still haven’t figured out what I have to do to unlock the apps, but it’s working because the app is so confusing that I just exit after 30 seconds of trying to figure it out. I haven’t been on social media for a week now.

GreenBubbleBoy

6 months ago

Privacy intrusion

Too rigid. Im not sending this app a photo of the work that I am doing every time…it’s confidential. Also not showing myself working out meditating etc. It’s too intrusive. Also don’t need all the silly AI remarks when I show a corner of my screen where I am in fact working but from home so it tries to roast me bc there is a sofa in the distance. Annoying

@sb1776

7 months ago

Response from developer

Hey, thanks for the honest feedback and sorry this felt intrusive. That’s definitely not the experience we want people to have. Just to clarify a bit: photos are only used for background context so the AI can understand what’s happening in the moment, they aren’t stored, shared, or used for anything outside of that flow. That said, we totally get that even then, asking for photos can feel uncomfortable or unnecessary, especially when your work is confidential. The AI feedback is also meant to be light and motivating, not annoying or unfair. Clearly it missed the mark here, and the “roasting” based on small details like a sofa isn’t helpful at all. That’s on us. We’re actively improving both the flexibility of the system and how the AI responds, including giving users more control over when photos are used and how the feedback behaves. Really appreciate you calling this out, it genuinely helps us make the app better. If you’re open to it, feel free to reach out in-app or via support with more specifics - we do read it all.

Great

Honestly I though it was going to be just another app that you had to pay for a subscription but actually you don’t and I think it’s pretty cool

hails5!

7 months ago

Bug

I had high hopes but it got stuck on the options of listings when I try to enter for days of a week it just stay there and I can get out.

YoungOutlooker

7 months ago

Response from developer

Hi there! Thank you for letting us know and we’re really sorry for the frustration this caused. This definitely isn’t the experience we want for you. We have since fixed this rare setup flow bug, please let us know if you are still having issues by contacting jason@tryonething.app. Thanks for your patience we truly appreciate the feedback.

Bug

I selected weekday but it won’t let me continue

W by shsbwhwu

7 months ago

Response from developer

Price

Cost too much for an app the doesn’t work.

MightyLeo98765

9 months ago

Buggy

The app helps a lot with time management. To be honest the idea is hella great. I bought the subscription and the first week was great, but during the next week bugs started to show themselves, blocks stopped working or the one thing timer sets itself some random work time. Today it even started by itself and didn’t record it anywhere. Blocks are gone and I didn’t even do the one thing. For the discomfort I’m putting the 3 stars, waiting for the bug fixes after which we’ll see.

A. Zhuravlev

9 months ago

Response from developer

Hey! Thanks for the honest review and for sticking with the app despite the issues. You’re right, what you’re describing isn’t acceptable behavior. We’re actively fixing bugs related to timers and blocking logic, and feedback like this helps us prioritize exactly what needs attention. Please reach out to jason@tryonething.app so we can look into your specific case. We really appreciate you giving us another chance while we improve things.

Unnecessary aggression within the app.

I’ll give the app this: it’s decently effective at breaking scrolling and social media habits, but it has a really huge flaw. Whenever the app, even if it’s wrong, detects you’re “lying” and not actually doing your daily task, it throws unnecessarily disrespectful insults at you. A few days ago, I had taken a picture of myself to demonstrate the task I was doing, and it had told me I was incorrect. That’s fine, but then it followed with insulting my appearance and even poked fun at certain facial features I had which apparently, according it’s commentary, made me look like “a mess.” Today, I took a picture of a new productivity calendar I had set up for myself to help with organizing my side hustle, under the category “work on business.” Not only did it say I was lying, which I wasn’t, but it also starting making fun of the information I had on my calendar and began mock the goals I had down in a very derogatory way.
If you want an app to break scrolling habits, go find another because this one will only insult you, even if the AI itself, not you, produces a false negative.

Justin09111

9 months ago

Response from developer

Hi Justin, Thank you for taking the time to write this, and we’re genuinely sorry for that experience. That kind of language or personal commentary is not what we want users to feel when using One Thing. The AI feedback system is meant to be motivating, not disrespectful, and it’s clear we missed the mark here. We’re actively reviewing this behavior and adjusting the tone to ensure it’s constructive and supportive, especially in cases of false negatives. If you’re open to it, please email us at jason@tryonething.app so we can look into this more closely. Your feedback is taken seriously, and we appreciate you calling this out. Once again we really do apologize for your experience.