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1. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Waste of time because you can’t block apps. This app is a waste of money, it has some continuous flaw in it where you can’t see half your apps in order to select them to block them, so it’s essentially pointless to have as an app blocker because you can’t block what you need.

2. ★★★★★trial charges and refunds

   So frustrating!. I was excited about this app at first. It has some cool features. But ultimately I decided to cancel before the end of the free trial and yet I’m still locked out of apps! It is impossible to get the locks to cancel. And no one is responding to my emails regarding this issue. Extremely frustrated and disappointed. Don’t download this app!!!

3. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Location block doesn’t work on ios25 as they say it might. Got this only for that reason and paid for the subscription. Might cancel. Really miss it on Android. Will update review if they fix it.

4. ★★★★★data, history or progress disappears

   App doesn’t work. I can’t even open the app the delete or remove my account.

5. ★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors

   Geo-locking apps is broken. I would like to lock myself out of tik tok unless I’m at the gym on the exercise bike. To unlock tik tok I have to open appblock when I’m at the gym and to lock it again when I leave o have again open appblock. Whatever they are doing to refresh the lock in the background is totally broken (at least on iPhone 17). What is the point of the app if I have to open it every time I want to lock myself out of an app?

6. ★★★★★trial charges and refunds

   Charged me up front for a free trial, 3 times. 3rd payment went through. Edit 2: the company conveniently can’t find the charge and Apple has no record of the charge. They told me, after I already told them Apple has no record of me being charged that I would have to report the issue to apple, which you can’t since there is no charge to report a problem to. Use at your own risk Edit: I was actually charged 3 times but only one of the charges stuck. I want my 21.95 back. Apple has NO record of the charges, NONE. Which tells me you all probably processed the fees in the name of Apple. Thinking it was a Apple Pay issue I tried again and was told it was denied but I was charged a 2nd time

7. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Requires Premium Version for Even the Basics. This app used to be usable at the free tier for basic app blocking. Now it is completely useless unless you are on the premium tier. I understand putting features behind a paywall, but this app is worthless without a subscription.

8. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Premium.... Requires premium for literally everything and i connected it to my screen time as a minor and now i can't delete it. It requires screen time pass code to removr

9. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Trash.. The free one is trash bro only one thing per?!?!

10. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Constantly getting logged out. I am constantly having to log back in. I use it daily and don't understand why I'm being logged out.

11. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Another great idea turned into a wallet sucking machine. The great thing about innovation is that it brings new ideas into the market that help a lot of people. The problem: people are getting addicted to their phones. The solution: limit screen time to ween off of phone dependency. Great! Lets make an app to do just that- its essentially a screen time block that allows you to only be aboe access the apps you want outside that block! Apple doesnt already do that, I’m so happy this app can! such a simple premise too, so gratef- Ohhh paid subscription modellll. Right then. For a clock. The value of this app is as much as they want you to believe, not what it really is. If you tried hard enough, you can achieve exactly what this app is offering you, but because the app does the hard ooga booga thinking and discipline FOR you, now you gotta pay 7.99 a week. 7.99. I fell for it because I’ve conditioned myself to prioritize conveniance over effort, and almost got scammed by this app because I didnt have the confidence to discipline myself. To depend on this app to remove my dependence from other apps. What a joke.

12. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Worst setup ever. Don’t force me to do anything!. Trash

13. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Not free.. So looking for something to help with the brain rot scrolling. Found this app online. It’s advertised as the best free app to help with pick ups and screen time. It is not free. Get a 7 day trial and it requires you to pay.

14. ★★★★★data, history or progress disappears

    I hate this app so much. This app is the worst app that I have ever used in my life!!!!!! I started using it a few months ago. Didn’t really like the setup too much so I decided to delete it from my phone. No harm no foul, right? WRONG! The app still had strict mode on, and it was somehow STILL ACTIVE ON MY PHONE AND THE APP STORE WAS COMPLETELY GONE! I tried resetting all the settings on my phone! I tried disabling content restrictions! I had no VPN on my phone so I couldn’t use that! I tried downloading the app from Googleplay in order to try and fix it, but because this is an iPhone that didn’t work! I tried deleting the account on their website, but that didn’t work because the account was still in strict mode so I couldn’t get the verification email to delete the account! I tried emailing the company that made this app, but their response time is garbage! Not to mention, their solution was to redownload the app and put in their emergency number which I couldn’t do because again THE APP STORE IS GONE!!! I updated my Iphone to the latest version and that did nothing! I tried calling them , but they don’t have a US phone number! Their phone number is in the freaking Czech Republic! I called Apple Support and even they didn’t know what do to! They were completely flabbergasted that an app somehow had access to a phone even after deletion! I was forced to just do a hard factory reset on my phone and wipe my data completely just to get the AppStore back! Whatever you do, don’t use this app to help you manage your time! The app sucks and the customer service is absolutely atrocious!

15. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Took my money, didn’t give what I paid for. Paid for an annual premium subscription and it’s still showing that I don’t have premium access. Rip off.

16. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    They are fraud. They are totally scam. They offer 7 day trial but they deduct miney immediately

17. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Money grab. Too many basic basic features like selecting multiple days to block apps is behind a paywall. Blocking apps on your phone for more than one day should be a free feature

18. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Not Tracking Usage Correctly. I have a social media limit set up to block my usage after 1hr 30 min, but it is always tracking more time than I’ve used. I genuinely don’t know how they count the time. It makes the app frustrating to use and I will not be renewing my subscription for this reason. I also wish they had an adequate accompanying app for mac, but that seems lacking as well.

19. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Too hard to customize unless you’re willing to shell out money for it.. Unless you’re willing to pay for it you’ll never be able to access your apps. Unless you pay for the app you only get access to social apps for 30 min total. Not per app that’s 30 min combined. I only want this while I’m working. Not always!

20. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Doesn’t work half the time. Often doesn’t work when it is supposed to be active

21. ★★★★★a needed feature is missing

    Its not blocking the apps anymore. I dont know what happened. But this app does not block the apps on my phone anymore. It used to though. I need an update or assistance regarding this.

22. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Didn’t start using can’t delete. Dumbest app, I didn’t even start blocking because of its lack of features. Now I can’t delete it. Criminal. Don’t use or waste your money

23. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    To much payments. I can’t even use the app at this point

24. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Always blocking. I have had the app for a couple of weeks and lately when I wake up the app block is already active even though my screen time is only minutes. I have now deleted the app.

25. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Paywall. Paywall for blocking apps on more than one day of the week

26. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    This kinda sucks. its one of those pay to win apps, sorta. You have to pay to block apps for more than one day a week. im not doing that lol

27. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    App won’t unblock apps. The app is now blocking apps that are not on any list and even after refreshing won’t go away.

28. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Disappointed. I really found this app to be very cumbersome to use. It was difficult to change settings and it wasnt accurate in the weekly usage reports. For instance, it said that I used apps that I don’t even have like the NY Times news app. I’ve cancelled my subscription and deleted it even though I have a few months left. I’m sure there are better blockers out there.

29. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Issues with scheduling. Blocks well but doesn't follow schedules which is annoying

30. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    You can get around the block. The purpose of the app is to lock the owner/user of the phone from apps/websites. However the power for this app is in the screen time settings. You can’t prevent the Face ID from unlocking these settings. So no matter what, you can bypass the blocking. You don’t need to pause the edit lock at all. DO NOT BUY, doesn’t do the only thing it’s supposed to do.