App Limit Monitor–Screen Time

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About this app

Reclaim your time. Build better habits. Stay in control.

App Limit Monitor is a powerful, privacy-first digital wellbeing tool that helps you understand how you spend time on your phone and empowers you to set firm boundaries. Whether you want to reduce social media scrolling, stay focused on work, or help your family develop healthier screen habits, App Limit Monitor gives you the tools to make it happen — entirely on your device.

📊 Real-Time App Usage Tracking
See exactly how many minutes you've spent in each app today. App Limit Monitor reads your device's daily usage statistics and presents them in a clean, live dashboard — updated in real time. Usage resets automatically at midnight every day, giving you a fresh start.

⏱️ Custom Daily Time Limits
Set a precise daily time limit for any app installed on your phone. Choose your limit in hours and minutes using an intuitive picker. Once your limit is reached, App Limit Monitor will bring up a blocking screen to stop you in your tracks — no tricks, no workarounds. A live progress bar on every app card lets you see at a glance how close you are to your limit.

🔒 Master Password & Biometric Security
Limits only work if they can't be bypassed easily. That's why every unlock requires your Master Password — set by you during a simple onboarding flow. Forgot your password? A Security Question and Answer recovery option is always available.

On supported devices, you can also unlock with biometrics (fingerprint / face recognition) for fast but secure access.

🎯 Unlock Count — Track Your Habits
Every time you unlock a restricted app, the app records it. The Unlock Count badge on each app card shows you honestly how many times you've broken through your own limits today. This gentle, non-judgmental nudge is one of the most powerful habit-building tools in the app — awareness is the first step to change.

📺 Earn Extra Time by Watching an Ad
Need a little more time? You can earn an extra 30 minutes of access for any app by watching a short rewarded video ad. This keeps the app free while still keeping your limits meaningful.


🔁 Always-On Background Monitoring
A lightweight foreground service runs silently in the background, checking the active foreground app every 500 milliseconds. The moment any monitored app exceeds its limit, the blocking screen appears — instantly and reliably, even after a device reboot.

🔐 Why Does This App Need Special Permissions?
We believe in complete transparency:

Usage Access (Usage Stats): Required to read how long you've used each app today. This data never leaves your device.

Display Over Other Apps (System Overlay): Required to show the blocking screen on top of restricted apps when your time limit is reached.

Foreground Service / Boot on Start: Ensures monitoring resumes automatically after your phone restarts, so your limits are always enforced.

All usage data is processed 100% locally on your device. Nothing is sent to any server.

🌟 Designed for Everyone
For yourself: Beat phone addiction, improve focus, and build a productive routine.
For parents: Set screen time limits on a shared family device.
For students: Block distracting social media during study sessions.
Download App Limit Monitor today and take the first step toward a more intentional digital life.