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Blocking is too easy to get around

Pain 4 out of 10, noticeable.

53 reviews · in 16 of 75 apps · 0.3% of the category’s reviews · hand-checked: 93 of 95

The block comes off in a couple of taps: turn off Screen Time access or the content blocker, remove the profile or just delete the app.

Category breakdown

How the 4/10 adds up

  • Share of the category’s reviews0.3%2.8 of 5
  • Apps16 of 750.4 of 2
  • Reviews530.9 of 3

Total4.1 ≈ 4/10

Where people write about it

16 with this pain59 withoutEach dot is one app in the category

Most often in

  • Freedom: Screen Time Control10
  • AppBlock: Block Apps & Website9
  • BlockSite: Block Apps & Focus5
  • Liberate - Website Blocker4
  • Opal: Screen Time Control4

Ratings in these reviews

  1. 5 out of 5: 6
  2. 4 out of 5: 4
  3. 3 out of 5: 12
  4. 2 out of 5: 5
  5. 1 out of 5: 26

What people write

Absolutely useless. All you have to do is go to settings and disable screen time permission. Once you do that the whole purpose of the app goes away
Freedom: Screen Time Control★★★★★

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