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Andrew Herbig
Do this app is a really cool idea hindered by 1) annoyance: having to force kill the application to get the 'counting down' notification to go away if I stop using an app early; and more importantly 2) lack of teeth: when the timer runs out, the app is simply shifted to the background. It's a three tap process to bring up the Recent Apps screen, swipe right, tap the window that you intended to not use anymore.
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A Google user
I've experimented with many ways to reduce unproductive phone usage, but this app and its simplicity is the most effective I've found. If you have the self-control necessary to not hit the "no limit" button every time you use the app you're tracking, your phone usage should drop pretty quickly. Stupidly simple, clean, quick, and free.
26 people found this review helpful
Hi, thank you very much for your feedback!
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A Google user
Would love to see an option that pauses timer when app not on screen. Also a countdown timer in notifications would be nice. Annoying feature exists where if another app is open (not timed) when a timer expires, it closes the currently opened app. For example, I had a Facebook timer running when writing this review expire which caused the play app to close resulting in me having to rewrite this review...
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