Helped me practice
Great if you need to use an app (Babbel in this case) regularly and need to block distracting apps. Easy to set up and effective.
Used to be good
I bought this app a year ago and for about 6 months it worked well. Over the past 3-6 months they did an update and it is pretty much a pointless app. Previously it allowed me to customize settings. It no longer does. Unlocking apps is simple; not that I didn’t have the willpower to resist but the reminders to not overspend time on apps used to be much more user friendly.
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Such a good app but it’s not working anymore
I loved it but now it doesn’t work. When I installed it it takes me to 3 questions. When I click on either yes or no nothing happens
Doesn’t work consistently
It doesn’t work consistently, blasts you with notifications sometimes and then nothing for hours.
Also all the human emojis are white, like… what year is this?
Also all the human emojis are white, like… what year is this?
Broken
I used to love this app - about 8 months ago I disabled it because I needed to use an app after I reached my budget. However, since then Wellspent hasn’t worked. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled it, and given it all the permissions possible, but it still doesn’t seem to register I’m using an app. It was a very helpful app, but I can’t use it anymore, and for that I can only give it 3 stars
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Good idea but poor timing to lock my phone.
Woke up and needed to access a different App immediately only to find my screen locked. It took scrolling through several pages to unlock it when time was of the essence.
So glitchy, and stopped working completely
This app worked great the first week or two, my screen time decreased considerably, then I noticed I was not getting notifications consistently. The type of notifications also changed and they became much easier to simply click and bypass (used to be you had to press and hold- which I found much more effective in making me pause and choose to log off). I wrote customer service and was told there was nothing they could do. Then I stopped getting regular notifications. They only popped every 30 minutes even though I set it to 5 minutes. The ap stopped logging how much time I spent on social media. Then it stopped working for days or weeks at a time. Now the app is down completely while they work through “technical difficulties.” Yikes. Customer service has been unhelpful and will not process a refund.
Do not waste your money on this app!
Do not waste your money on this app!
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Isn’t reliable
Have been using it for months, the app used to work okay, but lately it’s been completely unusable. It either blocks apps entirely, or doesn’t block them at all
Locks me out of apps
Ok so I was only using it for a week after I started paying for it and it was locking me out of the apps that I told it to restrict and I wasn’t on them for very long and I had no indication when I could access them again. Also time spent on the apps isn’t well calculated and I cannot go back and see the times from previous days. Just feel like $60 is not a justifiable price, just wish I would have fully realized that before the week was up.
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App worked last year but has gone downhill
I’m not sure what’s going on—I just got a notification saying they are “working on it” but the app hasn’t worked reliably in months. It was helpful at first but not anymore. I regret paying for the year subscription tbh so I turned off the renewal.
It’s just confusing… some days it won’t notify at all (despite the app being open for sure and no other blocking apps conflicting with it) and other days it is relentless and annoying and I want to delete the app.
I’ll keep trying it in an attempt to not feel like I’ve wasted my money completely but I don’t have much hope. 🫤
It’s just confusing… some days it won’t notify at all (despite the app being open for sure and no other blocking apps conflicting with it) and other days it is relentless and annoying and I want to delete the app.
I’ll keep trying it in an attempt to not feel like I’ve wasted my money completely but I don’t have much hope. 🫤
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Concept is good, execution is not
I wish it worked like they say it will but it does not.
Doesn’t do anything
Doesn’t work. Worked for a while, giving nudges that were effective, but doesn’t work anymore. It always says I’ve spent 10 minutes on social media, no matter how much time I’ve actually spent.
Disappointing
Thought it was a good idea and liked it at first, but it’s never worked properly. Locks you out of your apps completely, and yes there’s a fix for it but it involves disabling the app and re-enabling it every time. Sometimes it locks my apps when I’m not even over my limit yet, etc. Paid for the subscription because of the positives I saw in the beginning but have already cancelled for it to not renew again. Lately seems to work even less than before and I’ve gone back to using the screen time function thats already built into the phone. Just very very buggy and honestly a good idea but bad execution.
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I love it, but doesn’t always work
I love the options to pick what kind of messages you want (I need mean ones) and the frequency. My only issue is oftentimes it doesn’t register my app usage. I’ll be on for what feels like longer than my 5 minute interval and when I check the app, it’ll show no minutes of usage. Due to that, I ended up deleting it previously. I’ve only just redownloaded yesterday and it worked great and now today it already isn’t working.
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Great when it works!
It’s effective at managing screen time and the pop ups are excellent. With new phone and app updates however, it has struggled more often than not. I have had to reset my phone and redownload a couple of times, but the fix doesn’t always work. It’s excellent when it does work but unfortunately is a bit buggy.
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Good concept but buggy
This app appears well designed but often doesn’t do what it’s supposed to. It blocks apps not on my list, often fails to correctly count my time on apps, and doesn’t allow me to unblock apps without turning the app on and off again. Not worth the money for me.
The app doesn’t work
I downloaded this app a few days ago and am in my free trial week. It does not work. I got one push nudge and then never got another one again. Checked all of the app settings, restarted app and phone. It also does not track screen time effectively. This morning I was scrolling Instagram and realized I had been on it for 15 minutes. I check the Wellspent app and it says my screen time has been 1 minute. It’s a great idea for an app but if it doesn’t work, what’s the point?
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Does not work as advertised
Experienced a lot of bugs both with free and paid version. It didn’t accurately track my social media usage and I had only linked it to 3 apps; eventually I linked it only to Facebook. It would say I’d spent zero minutes of my time budget when I’d already been on social for a couple hours. Many days it didn’t send me notifications/nudges at all. (I did appreciate/enjoy the mindfulness nudges when they actually worked). I wasn’t able to get answers from tech support either. Hoping I can get a refund.
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Great… when it works
I’ve had this app for a while and even purchased the yearly option. When it works it’s great, really helps me be mindful of my screen usage, but it hasn’t worked consistently since I’ve had it.
Customer support is great and always there to answer but it seems as soon as one feature is fixed, it quickly begins to fail again.. I’m holding out hoping that it’ll settle itself out eventually but I do feel gypped paying for something that doesn’t quite work as intended..
Customer support is great and always there to answer but it seems as soon as one feature is fixed, it quickly begins to fail again.. I’m holding out hoping that it’ll settle itself out eventually but I do feel gypped paying for something that doesn’t quite work as intended..
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Chris kyte
It’s actually screwed my phone up, would give this negative stats if I could. I requested not to have my WhatsApp blocked as I need it for work, the app blocked it anyways. Then the app blocked my apps past the schedule input on the app, and I’ve been locked out since. Literally didn’t come back once so far. I deleted the app, and it was still blocked after I deleted the app. I have contacted the customer support and I get a pretty useless response and I still do not have a solution to unlocking my phone. Avoid like the plague
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