Ascent: screen time & offtime

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4.6
632 reviews
50K+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

The main goal of Ascent is to build healthy phone usage habits in the long term. Ascent pauses destructing apps giving the ability to avoid procrastination loop from the start. App prevents undesired scrolling through news feeds and short videos. Instead Ascent allows to spend time on mindful working and creating.

Ascent is a powerful and intuitive appblock that helps you stay focused and combat procrastination. With its advanced blocking and tracking features, Ascent makes it easy to take control of your time and achieve your goals.

Pause Exercise
Ascent makes you take pause before opening a destructing app. Take your time to reflect on whether you really want to open it. You can choose to either close the app or continue using it. This feature helps you to avoid compulsive app opening and makes your phone usage more mindful and reasonable.

Focus Session
Focus Session elevates your productivity by creating a dedicated space with minimized distractions. It temporarily restricts access to specific apps, ensuring your attention stays on the task at hand. This feature helps you stay deeply engaged, promoting a state of flow and maximizing your efficiency.

Reminder
Reminder helps you regain control over your digital habits by guiding you away from time-consuming apps. Set reminders to activate the Pause Screen, nudging you to step back and break free from unhealthy screen time patterns, fostering a more balanced relationship with your digital environment.

Reels & Shorts Blocking
Completely block specific locations inside configured apps like Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts to avoid distractions while using them. Using this feature, you will still be able to access the Instagram and YouTube app except the Reels and Shorts sections.

Intentions
Intentions reshape your interaction with digital distractions by prompting you to pause and state your purpose before using potentially harmful apps. This feature turns impulsive screen time into a deliberate choice, helping you build a more mindful and intentional relationship with your digital habits.

Shortcuts
Shortcuts transform your digital habits by letting you get more done with less taps, streamlining your workflow and minimizing interruptions. Arrange essential apps and links for quick access, so you can retrieve them when needed. By keeping your focus sharp and avoiding distractions, Shortcuts help you stay productive and intentional.

Bookmarks
Bookmarks transform your screen habits by shifting your focus from algorithmic content to what truly matters. Ascent helps you save bookmarks as valuable resources, providing a mindful alternative to chaotic feeds and integrating quality knowledge into your daily routine for a more meaningful and intentional digital experience.

Ascent makes it easy to set up custom blocking schedules and stay on track. You can choose to block apps for a specific period of time or during certain times of the day, and receive notifications when your blocking schedule is about to end or when you're approaching or exceeding your daily limits. This helps you stay aware of your habits and make positive changes to your daily routine.

But Ascent isn't just about blocking apps – it's also about empowering you to stay motivated and focused on your goals. With its motivational quotes and reminders, Ascent helps you stay inspired and on track, no matter what challenges you face. You can customize the frequency and content of these reminders to suit your needs, and see your progress over time with detailed activity tracking.

Keywords: ascent, screen time, offtime, appblock, app blocker, focus, stay focused, focus timer, one sec, productivity, opal, procrastination, stop scrolling, forest, pomodoro timer

Accessibility Service API
This app uses the Accessibility Service API to detect and block user-selected applications. We do not collect personal information, all data stays on your phone.
Updated on
Oct 30, 2024

Data safety

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Ratings and reviews

4.6
622 reviews
Diego Herrero
November 5, 2024
This is working well so far! It would be even better if the pause screen could change randomly, helping prevent my brain from automatically ignoring it. I also have a strong personalized message set up, but I’d prefer to use different messages depending on the app. This way, the powerful message doesn’t lose its impact on apps that are less distracting. Additionally, it would be great if I could block all of Instagram except the chat function.
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LanviteTeam
November 5, 2024
Thank you for your detailed feedback! You can try to use "random appearance" function to randomize how Pause Screen looks. Also, we are currently implementing the feature that will allow to customize appearance depending on the app and it will be released very soon!
Ethan
October 21, 2024
This app effectively interrupts doomscrolling, allowing users a chance to break from the grip of algorithms, but is not w/o problems. The settings are customizable, but the application is inflexible; settings are applied globally w/o respect to app type or time of day, which leads to habitual pausing. Features needed: 1. The option to create profiles: specific settings for groups of apps. 2. Add functionality to Intentions. 3. Pause app after first the interruption for every restricted app.
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LanviteTeam
October 22, 2024
Thank you very much for your detailed feedback and suggestions!
Farruk
November 6, 2024
This is the best app for blocking distracting apps and it can also block YouTube shorts or Instagram reels! And these features are for free! There are tons of other features in the premium section as well. I would like it if they added a total screen time section and maybe developed one for PC, and if you're lucky you can catch a gift 😉
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LanviteTeam
November 6, 2024
Thank you for your detailed feedback! We will add total screen time section very soon.

What's new

— New feature: Reels & Shorts Blocking! Now you can completely block specific locations inside configured apps to avoid distractions while using them.

— Technical improvements.

Thank you for following the updates and downloading our app. Best regards from the development team of Ascent: screen time & offtime!