# Useless - Screen Time Control — user reviews > 48 indexed App Store user reviews of Useless by DaDaMa Ug (haftungsbeschränkt), rated 4.50/5 from 269 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/useless-screen-time-control/id6755298184/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/useless-screen-time-control/id6755298184.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 212 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 18 ## Newest reviews (15 of 48) ### 4/5 — Pls kostenlos *2026-07-01* Einmal Payment für lifetime access wäre auch cool ### 3/5 — Tolle App, jedoch... *2026-05-30* Gute Idee, allerdings ist das Hauptfeature nur mit Pro freischaltbar und somit kostenpflichtig. Nie im Leben schafft man es mehrere Leute dazu zu überzeugen. Ihr solltet euch auf Werbeeinnahmen beschränken wenn ihr die App populär machen wollt. ### 4/5 — Gut aber eine Sache muss nicht sein *2026-05-25* perfekt bis der self approve integriert wurde. Ich weiß nicht wie oder ob man ihn deaktivieren kann. Seit dem ist es wie die reguläre Apple Bildschirmzeit. bitte wieder ändern ### 4/5 — Blocked every app except for the one I specified *2026-05-12* Overall, the app is quite good, and very useful. I’ve been able to reduce my screentime by about 50% just in the last few weeks of using it. Today, however, the app blocked all of my apps until midnight (including UseLess itself) EXCEPT for the one that I wanted it to block, Instagram. I never indicated that I wanted to impose this limit. I’ve tried deleting the app, but the restrictions remain and there’s no way to turn them off in the Screentime settings. This is a serious bug, and it’s making me not want to redownload the app. Please address this. ### 2/5 — The app is very buggy *2026-05-10* Any action on the app takes forever to load. ### 4/5 — Leider nicht empfehlenswert! *2026-05-09* Man kann die App nur sinnvoll mit Freunden nutzen. Coole Idee! Aber dass jede einzelne Person zahlen muss, damit die App wirklich sinnvoll genutzt werden kann, ist einfach unrealistisch. Kaum jemand bekommt seinen kompletten Freundeskreis dazu, extra eine App herunterzuladen und dann auch noch ein eigenes Abo abzuschließen. Daher leider nicht zu empfehlen… ### 4/5 — Alright *2026-04-04* I don’t like it how you have to pay to cut your screen time there must be better ways .edit: worth it it works very well and I hate it because it always works **Developer response:** We hear you! Great news we just launched a free version so you can use UseLess without paying. Update the app and give it a shot! ### 1/5 — Pay to play?!?!? *2026-03-04* I don’t like it how you have to pay to cut your screen time there must be better ways **Developer response:** We hear you! Great news we just launched a free version so you can use UseLess without paying. Update the app and give it a shot! ### 1/5 — PAYWALL *2026-03-04, version 1.0.8* So mad about this, I saw this on reels and I was so excited to finally test an app that was useful, because the concept was really good. Might as well say that you have to pay to use, because this is really disappointing and inaccessible to many people who need this. Would’ve been a great tool ### 1/5 — Expensive *2026-02-28* I didn’t want to pay for the app, and tried to delete it, but it wouldn’t let me, and I was only able to remove from Home Screen. ### 1/5 — Wortwörtlich Useless *2026-02-28* Habe gedacht es wäre gratis doch am Ende kommt eine paywall **Developer response:** Hi! Verstehen wir voll. Deswegen haben wir gerade eine kostenlose Version gelauncht! Du kannst UseLess jetzt komplett gratis nutzen. Einfach updaten und nochmal ausprobieren! ### 1/5 — Costs money *2026-02-27* I was very excited to use this app for my screen time but I realized it cost money. I wish it didn’t. **Developer response:** Hi! Great news — we just launched a free version! You can now use UseLess without paying. Update the app and give it a try! ### 1/5 — Buggy and broken *2026-02-27* Tried sending a request and then the app turned blank and everytime I opened it it would just be blank. I deleted and reinstalled and even that didn’t fix it **Developer response:** Hi, really sorry about that! That was a bug we've since fixed in our latest update. Things should work smoothly now. If you're still having issues, reach out directly in the app and we'll sort it out! ### 1/5 — Bad *2026-02-22, version 1.0.8* You have to pay which was so disappointing for me and my friends, especially because it was not displayed beforehand except in fine print in the app store. As a teenager I wanted to be able to study and make use of my time so when I found this app I was excited but it was extremely sad to find that it requires payment. I get that they need to make money but maybe if they made a version which is free this app could be much more popular ### 1/5 — Uses Psychological tricks to scam you *2026-02-21* This app uses psychological tricks on you to try to get you to grow their platform. They make you go through a really long onboarding and hit you with a paywall at the end so you sunk cost fallacy and pay them. Additionally they ask for a rating in the onboarding so most of these ratings are farmed and faked since you don’t even use the app when they ask (they also ask for it before the paywall). On top of all of that I PAID for the app and it is buggy as hell clearly AI Coded money grab. **Developer response:** Sorry for the disappointment. It’s never our goal to mislead you. We are currently working on a free version to make the app accessible for everyone. Thanks for the honest feedback! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — immer wieder derselbe Bug *2026-08-21* Es passiert immer wieder, dass sich das tägliche Limit für die Apps, obwohl es noch als aktiv angezeigt wird, von selber deaktivieren zu scheint und ich für meine 30min. Instagram-Zeit auf einmal kein Limit mehr habe, weil die App es nicht mehr blockiert. Bitte fixt das, das ist extrem nervig. ### 1/5 — Bietet keinen Mehrwert in der kostenlosen Version *2026-05-26* Ohne Pro-Abo bietet die App keinen Mehrwert zu Apples eigener Bildschirmzeit, da die Funktion, Freunde um Erlaubnis zu bitten, kostenpflichtig ist. Es gibt kostenlose Alternativen, die das Gleiche leisten – nur eben ohne optische Spielereien wie eine ‚Wall of Shame‘ oder Profilbilder. ### 1/5 — App kostet für mehr als eine App-Blockierung *2026-04-29* Die App bietet in der kostenlosen Version nur die Möglichkeit eine einzige App zu blockieren. Das macht die kostenlose Version somit fast komplett unnötig. Ein bisschen funktionaler sollte die kostenlose Version schon sein. ### 1/5 — funktioniert leider nicht mehr *2026-04-09* An sich ist die App super und hilft echt, die Bildschrimzeit zu reduzieren. Aber seit einigen Tagen kann man keine Freunde mehr auswählen, die die Apps freischalten könnten. ### 1/5 — Limits und Zeitpläne *2026-03-30* App funktioniert eigentlich ganz gut, aber die Limits halten länger an als eingestellt und die Fokus Zeitpläne sind auch länger aktiv als eingestellt. Eine Möglichkeit um die Funktion zu überprüfen habe ich nicht gefunden, Einstellungen gibt es irgendwie auch nicht. Sehr nervig. ### 1/5 — Beast Mode *2026-03-25* Supposedly released “Beast Mode” so you can no longer edit your screen time at any time but you can still activate and deactivate Beast Mode whenever you feel like which in turn means you can edit your screen time whenever you want without your friends knowing which renders this app completely useless( no pun intended). Who is making these decisions??? Please fix this! I bought the one year subscription for me and my daughter and feel like I wasted my money! **Developer response:** Hey, thanks for letting us know. We are really sorry for this behaviour, could you reach out to us via mail or directly in the UseLess app, so we can get this resolved directly. Apologies for the bug. Best, David ### 1/5 — Not helpful *2026-03-18* This app doesn’t work, it also didn’t send the request to my friend because they didn’t get a notification so they texted me that they didn’t get a notification when I told them so that was really disappointing. I was really excited to use this app and it did not go well. I really hope this helps. ### 1/5 — Your friends can change their own screentime limits *2026-03-16* Went through the whole process and paid for the year subscription just to realize your friends or you (if you are trying to limit your own screen time) can change your limits without anyone knowing! I am on this with my college age daughter and limiting her instagram to 15 minutes a day. What they don’t tell you during the “onboarding” is that she can change that limit to 90 minutes a day without my knowing. Likewise all your friends can change theirs and if I want to change my limits I can as well and no one will know since all they see is generic “App limit” without the actual app name. It’s ridiculous. Thank goodness I have a 3 day free trial to cancel my 1 year subscription. ### 1/5 — Платно? *2026-03-10* Пролистал и заполнил всю эту нудную анкету чтобы узнать что пользоваться можно за 2000+ год **Developer response:** Привет! Спасибо за отзыв. Мы слышим вас — в нашем последнем обновлении мы добавили бесплатную версию! Теперь можно пользоваться UseLess бесплатно и перейти на Pro когда захотите. Обновите приложение и попробуйте! ### 1/5 — Buggy *2026-03-09* App very buggy **Developer response:** Hi, sorry about the bugs — we just shipped a big update that fixes the main issues users reported. Update the app and let us know if things are smoother now. If you run into anything else, directly contact us in the app! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — pls *2026-08-11* I hope I don’t get scammed ### 5/5 — Genau was ich gesucht hab *2026-07-29* Super cooles onboarding und genau was wir als Freundesgruppe gesucht haben. Das es mein Freund zum approval braucht ist das was die Sperre endlich mal wirklich nutzbar macht. Keine Selbstverarsche mehr. ### 5/5 — Top Team *2026-03-18* Die App hat uns sehr geholfen! Super einfach zu nutzen, sehr lustige Features und perfekt um Screentime zu reduzieren oder zu Schedulen. Sehr freundliche und gute Kunden Betreuung bei jeglichen Fragen! ### 5/5 — Change ur life *2026-03-04* I love it this initiatives ### 5/5 — Instagram reels *2026-02-22* I’ve finally been able to save 8 hours of my day which could have otherwise been spent on Insta reels.😭🥀 **Developer response:** Very happy that we can help you! ### 5/5 — Best app ever *2026-02-16* I love the principe of this app. The team is it is very nice and the app reduced my screen time from 9 hours to 3. A huge jump. I noticed my grade keep getting better and I had more time for outside activity like sport or hanging out with friends. 10/10 I recommend this app to everyone who has a bad screentime ### 5/5 — The first screentime app that really works!!! *2026-02-12* I’ve tried a lot of screen time apps, and this is the first one that actually reduced my screen time. I started at 9 hours a day and am now down to 3 hours. Involving friends is such a simple and brilliant idea. Love it! ### 5/5 — love this app *2026-02-07* genius idea **Developer response:** Thanks! ### 5/5 — I finally don’t feel alone with my screen time problem *2026-01-26* I really like this app because finally I don’t feel alone with my screen time struggles. This app makes it a social thing and you feel connected with your friends and staying away from the screen is way easier. ### 5/5 — Useful! *2026-01-22* Love this app!! My screen time never been this low and you feel morally superior when you're studying and your friends are begging for more screen time **Developer response:** Thank you for the Feedback! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*