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Description
A screen time management app that makes phones progressively more annoying to use by interfering with swiping and tapping functions, delaying responses, shifting tap registration, and slowing scroll speed to reduce mindless phone usage
Market positioning
Research-stage innovative solution with superior effectiveness compared to existing lockout-based apps
Use cases
Smartphone users who want to manage their screen time and reduce mindless phone usage
Features
16% more effective at reducing screen time than lockout apps
Better user retention (62% vs 36% for lockout apps)
Allows continued phone use while encouraging mindfulness
Less disruptive than hard lockouts
Promotes deliberate phone usage
User-customizable interference levels
Pros and cons
Based on: (AI summary)
Pros
- 16% more effective at reducing screen time than lockout apps
- Better user retention (62% vs 36% for lockout apps)
- Allows continued phone use while encouraging mindfulness
- Less disruptive than hard lockouts
- Promotes deliberate phone usage
Cons
- Too intrusive for games requiring precise real-time movements
- Less effective for apps with minimal tapping/swiping (video streaming)
- Still in research phase, not commercially available
- Limited to Android platform in study
- May become insufferable if not properly balanced