minimalist phone® Screen Time

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What is minimalist phone?

FAQ

Features

How does minimalist phone reduce screen time?

Use your phone in a mindful way to improve happiness, productivity and stay focused.

A minimalist home screen designed to help reduce screen time and stay focused.

App blocker and website blocker.

Screen time control to live a happier life.

About this app

"Turn your phone into a minimalist phone launcher. Use screen time control, app blocker, and time limits to stay focused and increase productivity

Reduce distractions, filter notifications and build healthier digital habits with a minimalist home screen designed for digital detox and less screen time.

What is minimalist phone?

minimalist phone is a minimalist launcher with app blocker and dumb phone interface designed to support productivity. Use minimalist phone as a focus launcher that helps you stay focused and build healthier phone habits.

FAQ

• What plans does the minimalist phone offer? You can choose from monthly, annual, or one-time purchase. All 3 plans include a free trial.
• How to uninstall the minimalist phone? To go back to your original home screen uninstall the simple phone app by clicking on ""Uninstall"" here in the Play Store.

Features

👍 Icon-free home screen setup to support focus and reduce mindless scrolling
👍 App blocker – block apps and limit phone usage
👍 Block opening short videos – Block short videos on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat
👍 Blocking schedules – plan your daily screen time routine. Block distracting apps, and set limits for work, study, sleep, or use schedules as pomodoro timer for focus sessions
👍 Set in-app reminders and track your time with the progress bar
👍 Notification filter – hide unimportant notifications to reduce distractions and avoid procrastination
👍 Customizable themes, app renaming, and fonts, unlike opal, to reduce visual stimulation
👍 Supports work profile apps (install minimalist from non-work profile first)
👍 Grayscale / monochrome mode to reduce dopamine triggers

How does minimalist phone reduce screen time?

Open only the apps you need and spend less screen time on distractions. Plan your daily phone routine with blocking schedules that support focus, work, study & sleep.

This dumb phone launcher combines app blocker, screen time control and grayscale to support digital detox and improve focus.

Use your phone in a mindful way to improve happiness, productivity and stay focused.

Take control of your habits and limit phone usage and reduce screen time on your device. The minimalist phone launcher is more than just an app theme with widgets - with app blocker & app hiding featues to restrict addictive apps.

A minimalist home screen designed to help reduce screen time and stay focused.

The minimalist launcher allows you to hide distracting apps and filter notifications. Reduce screen time with our dumb phone launcher and app blocker. Set time limits to boost focus and improve time management.

App blocker and website blocker.

Block apps and websites with a built-in app blocker and website blocker. Create an ADHD-friendly phone setup and get better at task management.

Screen time control to live a happier life.

Phone addiction can affect your mental health, relationships and productivity. Plan your routine with minimalist phone to reduce late-night scrolling, protect your sleep routine and use blank spaces.
*applies to dark theme and OLED displays.

minimalist launcher may use Accessibility services for in-app reminders and blocking. No personal information provided by accessibility services is collected.

By downloading minimalist phone you agree to Terms of Service and Privacy Policy."

Ratings and reviews

So far loving and I just paid for the lifetime subscription after trying every similar app I could find. Only thing is the push to get a subscription to continue using features is very annoying and starts too soon. They let you have it for a couple days and then stop giving quick access to fave apps unless you start a trial, then reduce more and more features including app interruptions. But, to be fair, they aren't pushing you to pay immediately as they allow a 7 day trial at that point.

This app works great. You can add your favorite apps to a main screen for easy access. Anything else has to be searched (also quick and easy). Not seeing icons and not having apps readily available bas cut down on my doomscrolling for sure. I do wish it also made apps grayscale. If Instagram, for example, were grayscale, it would definitely be less appealing.

I was very skeptical about this, but it instantly halved the time I spend on my phone and even recontextualized my phone when I take it off (so it's like rehab). I have to take it off sometimes when I am traveling and need to find stuff "habitually", but it's really a very boring launcher. the app features like timers and blockers work even if you don't have the launcher running on the whole phone. I feel funny about paying for something so ugly and boring but that's what I needed.

What’s new

* Block opening short videos
* Exit and block (e.g. for 5min)
* New block options: 1h and 2h
* Block app folder
* Stricter blocking schedules
* Double-tap to lock
* Block websites of blocked apps (enable Precision mode)
* App shortcuts (e.g. from Chrome, Maps)
* Optional mindful delay when opening an app
* Folders
* App blocker
* In-app time reminder
* Choose search provider for swipe up gesture
* Monochrome mode for selected apps (requires activation on PC or Mac)