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

Absolutely the only app that actually works to get me off my phone. I set it to allow texts and nothing else nearly all the time. (Tip: turn off the "watch ad to unlock phone" feature.) You'll be amazed at how much new time you have to engage with the real world. Thank you!!! Note: sometimes an alarm will ring that I forgot about and I won't be able to turn it off. That's my fault, but usually if I'm quick enough I can slide the cancel button before the screen gets blocked by Off the Grid.

This was great for about 2 weeks. Signed up for the paid subscription for 5 apps since I have google home and other things I need if my phone is on lockdown and everything was fine. Now it won't let me select most of my apps - only the most basic ones like clock or calculator. Whats the point then!!!??? Support has been no help! Super disappointed.

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.