PeerPause vs Grounded

Screen time limits only work when you can't quietly undo them. PeerPause fixes that by putting one person you trust between you and the "just five more minutes" button. Set a daily limit for the apps that eat your day. When the time is gone, the app locks. If you genuinely need longer, you send a request to your Time Buddy — a friend, partner, or sibling who taps accept or deny. No secret override, no deleting the limit at 1am. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the app that distracts you most. 2. Set its daily limit. 3. Add a Time Buddy. 4. When you hit the limit, the app locks. 5. Ask for more time, with a note if you want. 6. Your Time Buddy decides. WHAT YOU GET • Blocking for social, video, game, dating, and shopping apps • Daily limits built on Apple's Screen Time • Time extension requests, answered by a real person • Buddy confirmation before a limit is changed or removed • Streaks and insights that show what's actually improving • No instant self-override when you hit the limit WHY A BUDDY BEATS WILLPOWER Every other blocker lets you turn it off. That is the whole problem — the moment you want to break the limit is exactly the moment you are least able to argue with yourself. Handing that one decision to someone else takes about two seconds and changes the outcome. Your Time Buddy is not a parent or a monitor. They see the app name, how much time you asked for, and any note you send. They cannot see your messages, your browsing, your photos, or what you do inside any app. Your Screen Time data stays on your device. BEING SOMEONE'S TIME BUDDY Answering requests for a friend costs nothing — install PeerPause, get added, and tap accept or deny when they ask. A PeerPause Pro subscription is what lets you create and manage your own limits. Pause first. Scroll less. Take your time back. TERMS OF USE https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

You know the drill. You set a Screen Time limit, you hit it, and ten seconds later you tap "Ignore Limit." The person enforcing your rules is the same person who wants to break them - so the rules never stick. Grounded fixes that with one honest change: someone else holds the key. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick the apps that eat your time and set a daily limit for each. 2. Hit a limit and the app locks. No ignore button. No "15 more minutes." 3. Need more time? Send a request to your Guardian - a person you trust - with a note (and a well-chosen GIF, if you're begging). 4. They approve or deny from their phone, in real time. If they approve, you choose when to start your extra minutes. Your Guardian can be anyone you'd actually listen to: your partner, best friend, sibling, roommate. They get a full app of their own - your pending requests, your limits at a glance, a history of every change - because accountability is a two-person job. WHY IT WORKS Willpower apps let you hold your own key. Grounded gives it to a real person who can say no. That tiny difference is the whole product: it turns "just this once" into a conversation you have to win. FREE FOR EVERYONE • Unlimited daily limits on any apps or categories • Real blocking at the limit - enforced with Apple's Screen Time technology • Today's screen time, pickups, and notifications, with day-over-day trends • Your streak of days under limit • A heads-up notification before a limit hits WITH GROUNDED PREMIUM • Ask your Guardian for extra time - and approve or deny theirs • Limit changes need your Guardian's sign-off, so the rules actually stick • Full weekly insights: 4-week trends, per-app breakdowns, biggest movers • One subscription covers both of you. Your person pays nothing. PRIVACY FIRST Your Guardian sees your limits and your requests - never your screen, your messages, or what you do inside your apps. We don't sell data. We can't even see which apps you limit. Grounded is for the willing but weak: people who genuinely want their time back and are honest enough to know a timer won't stop them. It isn't surveillance and it isn't a parental-control app - you set your own rules; your person just helps you keep them. Put your phone down. Pick your person. Get grounded. Grounded Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms: https://www.get-groundedapp.com/terms · Privacy: https://www.get-groundedapp.com/privacy