Bloom - Conquer Screen Time

Find Your Bloom LLC

About this app

Most screen time apps fail because they’re easy to bypass. Bloom was created to fix that.

Bloom revolutionizes your productivity by requiring you to scan an NFC keycard to your phone to access distracting apps.

**How It Works**
- Choose Your Distractions: Select the apps or websites you find most distracting.
- Block Your Distractions: Tap your Bloom card to your phone to block those apps.
- Live Distraction-Free: Stay productive with your card out of reach. When ready, just tap your Bloom card to your phone to unblock your apps.

**Features**
- Schedules: Set personalized schedules for your focus periods, allowing them to start and end automatically.
- Breaks: Use your apps mindfully by setting limits on the frequency and duration of your breaks.
- Emergency Exits: Unblock all of your apps without your bloom card up to three times.
- Block Websites: With your permission, Bloom can use the Accessibility Service API to prevent you from accessing different websites of your choosing.

**Why Bloom**
- Spend less time on your phone and more time doing things that actually matter.
- Improve your work habits by blocking out distractions.
- Our physical solution is the ultimate solution for digital detox and time management.

With Bloom’s NFC keycard, you can leave the “key” to your distractions behind, ensuring you stay focused and productive.

Find your Bloom today and enjoy life beyond your phone!

(We prioritize your privacy—your screen time data stays securely on your device and is never shared or stored elsewhere).

Learn more by visiting our website: bloom.inc

Ratings and reviews

I'll admit, it's been hard not being able to access things like Facebook and YouTube these past couple of weeks from my phone, but I've noticed a major productivity boost as well! One thing that is kind of weird is that if enough data accumulates in the app, it won't block the listed apps properly until I clear the app data, log back in, and reconfigure the apps to block from scratch. Again, I'm loving it overall! Thank you for creating this!!!

So far so good after about 2 weeks of use. I leave the card in my car and it's just inconvenient enough to dissuade me from being distracted. One issue I've encountered is that I typically switch between a strict mode for work and a looser mode for home, and sometimes, even though I switch modes before scanning the card, it doesn't switch properly. Also, it'd be great to have a widget or a background process so that I didn't have to go into the app and click through 2-3 layers of menu to scan.

Overall, its effective at blocking apps, but it does not turn off notifications. For example, you can block your email app, but you will still hear non stop notifications. To stop them, you have to manually turn on Do not Disturb. I messaged Bloom about this and they said the only way to do it automatically was to buy yet another app like Tasker and set up automations. This seems like a huge oversight given the whole purpose of the card and the app. I hope they add this in a future update.

What’s new

This update includes minor bug fixes to improve the Bloom app experience!