Technology can also work this miracle: helping you avoid being its prisoner. Faced with the increasingly frequent risk of addiction to smartphones, apps, and social networks, there are also apps that help you avoid using the Internet, with all its seductions, for certain hours. And thus, they allow you to do, almost automatically, a digital detox very natural or at least significantly reduce the time, often wasted, spent tinkering, using social networks and applications. As happens in the case of Opal, the most famous app to help reduce screen usage time smartphone.
- Opal: It allows you to set temporary blocks, effectively hindering the advancement of technology, for specific apps or groups of apps (such as social media, games, etc.). You can decide to block apps entirely or limit their use for a period of time, ranging from a few hours to entire days. For example, you can decide to block all social media apps during work or before bed.It is estimated that, if used properly, this app can help reduce screen time by around 35 percent.
- Digital wellbeing: realized by Google, has several useful features for limiting social media use, all contained in a single app. It can be downloaded from the Play Store.
- StayFree: With this app, you can accurately monitor and calculate your daily usage of each application on your phone and compare it to previous days. StayFree also allows you to set usage limits and goals, so you can monitor the time you actually spend on your smartphone, on social media, and using apps. AppBlock: It allows you to temporarily block distracting apps, such as social networks or email, by setting specific dates and times.
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Siemp: An Android app that removes app badges from the home screen and organizes them into submenus to reduce visual clutter and the desire to open apps.
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