ScreenZen- Screen Time Control Hack 1.2.41 + Redeem Codes

If you’re addicted to your phone and it’s sucking the happiness out of you I promise you need this app IMMEDIATELY. Literally SO GOOD AND EFFECTIVE!!!!! I wanted to cut down on screen time and my app addiction (im looking at you tiktok) and this has helped so much and the results were literally INSTANT. Something about the psychology of having a limited number of opens makes me want to cherish them and never open the app ever unless its dire, so day 1 my screen time was cut legit in half.

This app also tops every other one it’s category. Besides the fact that there’s NO ADS OR PAYWALL it has more features than the others I’ve tried, such as restricting access only during certain time periods (for me bed time) which makes it so much less tempting to rage delete when I just want to open an app to find a picture or show someone a video in the middle of the day. It also has an immensely better UI and the way that it doesn’t require setting up a shortcut and awkwardly jumping between apps on your screen to run the popup is just 😙🤌 chefs kiss. AND screen time is integrated for the apps you choose to limit so you can actively SEE your progress is so neat!

long story short, perfect, effective app that everyone needs

Unlike many of the other apps that offer the same blocking options, ScreenZen gives that and more at no monthly subscription. The philosophy that this app uses, which is creating a delay before you open the app, is a great way to get you to ask “why?” before you indulge your app-opening habits. ScreenZen also has a great blocking system when you reach the end of your opening goals, which prevents you from breaking your goals the same way you could with the “ignore limit” and “15 minutes more” options in screen time. I’ve been locking my settings page on ScreenZen to stop myself from impulsively changing my settings, and I’ve found that I have been truly sticking to my time goals for my phone and iPad. Really, this app gives way more than other app blocking apps and doesn’t lock important features, like unoverrideable blocks and scheduling your blocks, behind a paywall. If I could donate to this developer, I would.

Between being unable to work due to a disability, the accompanying depression, and my already ADHD brain. Let me tell you the doom scrolling was taking over my life. ScreenZen brought my social media usage down from 4 + hours a day, to 30 minutes a day!! Even though my limit is an hour a day. Having it cut me off after 15 minutes and waiting 30 seconds to open has got me out of the addiction-like mindset of social media. I’m recommending it to everyone, can’t say enough about it.

I looked for hours for a app time limiter that would work for me. I could not fined one! My daily schedule varies greatly between doctor apts and physical therapy and such, so a “block from 9-5” wouldn’t work for me. All the other apps that had an actual minute limit would just remind you to get off, but I would just ignore the reminder . ScreenZen is the only app I found that could put a hard per day time limit. And it’s exactly what I needed.

This is perfect for my use, which is dealing with a moderate phone addiction while still needing to use social media for photography purposes. I’ve tried various blockers in the past, but they tend to be either too lenient (letting you bypass too quickly and easily) or too strict (blocking apps completely with no bypass option). I’ve also tried ditching my smart phone completely, but that does disconnect me from social networks that I do want to be a part of.

With ScreenZen, I can set a prompt like “Is this for business?” on relevant apps, and it’s been shocking to me the number of times I’ve mindlessly opened an app and been given the prompt without even realizing that I was just seeking a dopamine hit. Having a specific time delay, up to 30 seconds, before being able to access an app is also brilliant, as it prevents me from bypassing the prompt without truly being confronted with the consequences of my actions.

Great app!

Pros: This app is exactly what I was looking for because I spend way too much time checking and rechecking social media and before I know it nothing in my house is getting done.

It allows you to select each individual app you want to put a timer and message on the screen requiring you to really think, “ should I be doing something more productive” that’s what I have mine say. You can select the amount of time it makes you wait for it to unlock. And has a counter to show you how many times you’ve pressed unlock that day.

It’s definitely helped me.

Cons: There is one small glitch that needs to be fixed, that doesn’t work properly. The pause button under settings that says it lets you pause for 60 minutes, doesn’t pause for 60 minutes. It turns it off for the rest of the day allowing you to use your phone as normal. This doesn’t help. I have turned it off while I take a lunch break and after the 60 it just stays off and I get sucked back into sitting down on my phone. Just that bug needs to get fixed and maybe make it have a pause for 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes since most people have lunch breaks for 30 to 60 minutes and gives them the ability to set it for how long their break is.

I was looking for something to stop me from mindlessly opening my top used social media apps. I wanted to make a habit of enjoying some of my old hobbies instead of scrolling. This has really helped me limit my opens and get back to some of the things I love, along with elimating social media fatigue and the anxiety that can come with it. I do have one complaint - and the reason for the lost star. When I’m in social, I often read stories and open a new tab to look something up, or click on a link to an outside source. Unfortunately, that boots me out of my social app and then when I go back, it tracks against my open count. And it seems to happen immediately and give no time at all to switch back. It would be nice if it didn’t time out so quickly when you open a new window. Maybe I missed something in setup to prevent this from happening? I would appreciate a response from the developer in case I am mistaken.

As a teen I’m realizing how addictive an app can be and how I can just subconsciously tap on a app and never leave. I was looking for a self blocker to brake this annoying system of going to bed too late then waking up late. Ofc there were so many apps out there trying to go for the same purpose but this app really helped me out. I also love that you can have a choice to reopen the app when it sends the “are you sure you want to continue” memo.

Can everyone give them a round of applause for the simple and practical use of this. they don’t shove advertisement in your face! There’s vary few apps who don’t send spontaneously ads. Here

few ideas:
-is it possible to add more labels such as how you added “Pinterest”, “safari” eta. I understand there’s a lot of apps out there but maybe is it possible to add simple categories such as “games” or you can create your own label for the app?
- a reward system; where you reached a certain amount of times you didn’t open the app. Such as confetti all over homepage of “ScreenZen”. These are just a few ideas, thank you for this fantastic app.

It’s a great concept and I like the simple interface as well as the ability to separate apps and websites into different timing block and/or time limits. The unlock feature is also well-thought out because you set the delay to unlock for 0 seconds or much longer and you can customize the messages that pop up such as “Do you really need to check social media right now?”.

However, the unlock button does not work…it will not unlock the apps even though it is supposed to and as much as I would like to avoid over-using my phone, it’s annoying when I am intentionally trying to check something or I need to order something online and I can’t bypass the screen. I emailed their customer support on Jan. 3rd and haven’t heard back, it’s been 2.5 weeks so I’d love to re-download in the future if they can make it work as intended but until then, it’s just not helpful and I can’t get an answer or solution within a reasonable time period.

ScreenZen has been very helpful to me in reducing my time on social media. It was so helpful, I convinced my friend to download the app! However, when I spoke to her about how she was liking it, it became clear that our apps have completely different UI and features. I have a “groups” tab which allows me to pick which set of apps is blocked at which time; she has a “pickups” tab which tracks how often she’s opened her blocked apps. The other two tabs, “settings” and “more”, are similar between our phones, but still have notable differences.

We both have iPhones, from the same generation, and we have the same version of the app. So why the different experiences? This has left both of us feeling confused, and like we’re missing out on features the other enjoys. Hopefully the developer can resolve these discrepancies soon.

I love the features of this app - adding seconds each time you want to unlock an app is genius. However, I just couldn’t get the website blocker to work. At first, I couldn’t find the website in the list. Then, I realized the list was only populated with sites visited in Safari, and I use Chrome as my main browser, so I finally got the website to appear by visiting it in Safari. That didn’t end up making a difference, though. Even though I added the website, it wouldn’t block it on Safari or on Chrome. I tried hitting the reset screen time button, updating iOS, then deleting and redownloading the app, and finally hitting the reset screen time button again, but none of those worked.