Off the Grid - Digital Detox

Digital Detox

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

Do you need a digital detox? The average American spends 31% of their waking hours on mobile devices. Yes, really! Off the Grid is a digital detox app that helps curb phone addiction so you can cut that number down and reconnect with real life. And it's free!

• Out to dinner and always checking your phone?
  Off the Grid locks down your phone so you engage with the people around you.
• Want to put down your phone every night at 8pm?
  Schedule your Off the Grid time and your phone will stop distracting you, automatically.
• Need to make sure your significant other can reach you?
  Choose whether to allow calls when you're Off the Grid.
• Worried your friends will wonder why you're not responding?
  Custom auto-reply messages let your friends know you’re Off the Grid.
• Want to take a selfie with your friends?
  No problem, you can still access your camera app.

Still not convinced the quality of your life will improve by putting down your phone and doing a digital detox? Check out our digital detox articles at http://www.offthegridapp.com/overuse-of-technology-articles/.

Off the Grid is effective and a cinch to use. Give it a try! :)

Ratings and reviews

I love this app and use it to help me stay accountable. I have ADHD, so i use the schedule options to help me stay on task and on time getting out the door and then build in deep work sessions manually throughout the day. I rarely try to end a session early, feeling that kinda defeats my purposes for the app for in the first place, but the few times I did, I didn't encounter issues. It's definitely one of my go-to tools for adhd focus and productivity support!

It's great when it works, but the schedule function frequently doesn't work. Only once has it actually kicked me off my phone at the scheduled time. The other nights it didn't do anything, and I had to manually turn it on, which defeats the purpose if you're trying to use it to beat a phone addiction. Update 5/30: I installed the new version, and it started working consistently. However now it's back to not turning on at the scheduled time and my app seems to be up to date.

Not bad. It could be better, and I wish there were a greater number of apps you could whitelist for free. Also, if you want to be let in early, it costs a dollar if you have disabled video ads, which I think is a bit much. It's a good idea, but not everyone has money to do that and they might need their phone to access something right then. It does run well and would work for some people's needs. Edit: I do think this is a good app. I see the point in the dollar to get in, as the idea of the app is to help people be on their phones less. This is the sort of app you should look over to make sure it matches your needs, which people should be doing anyway. I do have a suggestion. You might consider having different backgrounds available for when the phone is off. All that being said, this is a good app that I plan to continue using. Thank you!

What's new

Updated to use new Google APIs.