Programs/Apps to Help with Screen Dependency:
  • Internet
    • Cold Turkey:  Cold Turkey Blocker lets you temporarily block online distractions to help you focus and finish your work sooner.  Cold Turkey Blocker is designed to be easy to configure for your specific needs. You can set it to block anything from a specific webpage to the entire Internet. You can also allow exceptions, block applications, or even use it to lock yourself out of your computer!  (from:  https://getcoldturkey.com)
    • Freedom is a comprehensive Internet, website and app blocker that allows you to block access to time wasters across all of your digital devices—so no cheating on your phone when you block websites from your computer. 
    • Habitica:  Habitica is a free habit-building and productivity app that treats your real life like a game.  With in-game rewards and punishments to motivate you and a strong social network to inspire you, Habitica can help you achieve you goals to become healthy, hard-working, and happy (from: https://habitica.com/static/home)
    • SelfControl is a free and open-source application for macOS that lets you block your own access to distracting websites, your mail servers, or anything else on the Internet. Just set a period of time to block for, add sites to your blacklist, and click "Start." Until that timer expires, you will be unable to access those sites—even if you restart your computer or delete the application. (from: https://selfcontrolapp.com/)
    • StayFocusd is a productivity extension for Google Chrome that helps you stay focused on work by restricting the amount of time you can spend on time-wasting websites. Once your allotted time has been used up, the sites you have blocked will be inaccessible for the rest of the day. (from: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stayfocusd/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji?hl=en)
    • FocusMe is the ultimate app and website blocker for Windows, Mac and Android. Get focused and productive .
    • Time Sink for Mac tracks your activity and reveals exactly what you've been working on—or not working on—throughout the day. Time Sink tracks the time you spend in macOS apps—and their associated windows—as you use your Mac. It does this automatically, so you can work without thinking about time tracking. (from: https://manytricks.com/timesink/)
  • Smartphone
    • ​Antisocial:  AntiSocial is one of the best-known screen-reduction apps available on Android. While it provides many of the standard features like screen time limits and app blocking, it has an interesting trick up its sleeve. AntiSocial compares your screen usage data to other people in your age and gender cohort, so you’ll have an idea if you’re using your device more than your peers.  (from:  https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/apps-to-reduce-screen-time-iphone-android/)
    • AppDetox (Android): Get more social time for your life, block apps and spent less time on the phone!  AppDetox helps you to calm down your mobile app usage, and take a digital detox. You are able to set your own rules for your apps to detox from some heavy usage and stop procrastinating and phubbing. Lock your apps with this applocker. (from: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.dfki.appdetox&hl=en_US)
    • BreakFree (iOS, Android):  BreakFree incorporates the usage tracking features found in many similar apps, but it differs in that it breaks down the information into an easy-to-understand "addiction score." It also shows you how often you unlock your phone screen, and comprehensively logs your usage for the day. This system makes it a great choice for those who like to set goals and challenge themselves. In an ironic twist, it can almost be addictive to try to see how low you can get your addiction score. (from: https://www.inc.com/jeremy-goldman/6-apps-to-stop-your-smartphone-addiction.html)
    • Dinner Mode: is a handy app for iOS users which inhibits you from accessing apps for an allocated period of time, allowing you to enjoy your meal. Users can set a timer, put down their phone, and "make dinner the place to be tech-free" for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or 1 hour. The app markets itself as giving iPhone users the chance to take back dinner—we would certainly give it a go. (from: https://smartphones.gadgethacks.com/how-to/these-4-apps-can-help-cure-your-smartphone-addiction-0176927/)
    • FamilyTime (iOS, Android)
      A parental control app that allows the following functionality:  Time Limits, BedTime controls, Homework Time screen lock, Web Filtering (for websites, images, videos and other content), SafeSearch, Web Filter, Mobile Geo-Fencing & Location Tracking, Application Control/App Blocker, Cell Phone Monitoring
    • Flipd (iOS, Android):  If you find that you need a more aggressive approach to unplugging, Flipd is the app for you. Flipd allows you to lock your phone for a set period of time, and once you do, there's no going back. Even restarting your phone won't disable the app, so it's impossible for you to cheat! Flipd can even be used to remotely "flip off" one user from another user's device, which is helpful for teams that want to keep one another on point. (from: https://www.inc.com/jeremy-goldman/6-apps-to-stop-your-smartphone-addiction.html)
    • Forest: is quirky little app that allows users to plant a virtual seed and grow a tree, which can soon become a forest, depending on how much time you spend focused on your task. When you don't want to be distracted by your phone, just open Forest and plant a tree, then your seedling will start to grow as long as you leave the app open in the foreground. Wander off and start using other apps, though, and it will wither and die, much like the goal you're trying to achieve. Heavy stuff, but it's most certainly a good motivator to get you up and off your phone. (from: https://smartphones.gadgethacks.com/how-to/these-4-apps-can-help-cure-your-smartphone-addiction-0176927/)
    • Hold: Aimed at students, Hold tracks how much time they spend not using their phone, and converts that into points to be redeemed for real-world rewards. (from: https://brandminds.ro/can-an-app-cure-your-mobile-addiction/)
    • Kaspersky Safe Kids (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows)
      A parental control app that allows the following functionality:  Screen Time Management (including blocking access to adult websites and content, reports on their public Facebook activity, management of screen time and use of apps), Location, Call and Text Monitoring
    • Locategy (iOS, Android)
      A parental control app that allows the following functionality:  Location, Usage Reports, Application Time Limits, Location Alerts, Historical Location, Multiple “Parent” Devices
    • Mobicip (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Google Chrome, Kindle)
      A parental control app that allows the following functionality:  Screen Time Management, Location Tracking, App and Game Management, Video Supervision, Internet Filtering, Check Browsing History
    • Moment (iOS):  Moment tracks your device usage and allows you to set daily limits; the app notifies you if you exceed them. You can even use a setting that "forces" you off your phone by flooding your screen with annoying alerts when you try to extend your screen time. Moment can also be used for families, with the option to track your family's device use from your own phone.(from: https://www.inc.com/jeremy-goldman/6-apps-to-stop-your-smartphone-addiction.html)
    • Net Nanny (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows)
      A parental control app that allows the following functionality:  Parental Controls, Internet Filter, Pornography Blocking, Time Management, Profanity Masking, Social Media Monitoring, Alerts and Reporting, Remote Administration
    • Norton Family Premier (iOS, Android, Windows)
      A parental control app that allows the following functionality:  Web Supervision, Time Supervision, Search Supervision, Social Network Supervision, Personal Information Supervision, Video Supervision, Mobile App Supervision, Text Message Supervision, Location Supervision, Instant Lock, Email Alerts, Access Request
    • Offtime (iOS, Android): This app helps users unplug by blocking distracting apps like Facebook and games and filtering communications. It includes information on how much you actually use your smartphone. You can choose tailored modes like Work, Family, or Me Time to ensure that you have access to the things you need, but aren't distracted by what you don't. Analytics of your phone and app usage can be an important wake-up call, and can help you curb your habits. (from: https://www.inc.com/jeremy-goldman/6-apps-to-stop-your-smartphone-addiction.html)
    • Off the Grid:  For those who truly have a problem staying off that phone, Off the Grid may be for you. Off the Grid completely blocks your phone for a length of time you determine. Should you get the urge to use your phone after you’ve activated Off the Grid, it’s going to cost you. The app will charge your credit card $1 for each time you end your session early. (from: https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/apps-to-reduce-screen-time-iphone-android/)
    • OurPact:  (iOS, Android)
      A parental control app that allows the following functionality:  Screen Time Management (including scheduling blocking, blocking and granting access to apps/social media/games, app rules, screen time limits), Family Location, Text Blocking, and Web Filtering
    • Pumpic:  (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows)
      A parental control app that allows the following functionality:  Monitoring Mobile Phone Usage, Following Online Activity, Controlling the Device Remotely, Content Filtering, Site and App Blocking, Location Tracking, Call and Text Monitoring, Social Network Supervision
    • Qustodio (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Kindle, Nook)
      A parental control app that allows the following functionality:  see how child uses devices/apps/web (view social network activity, track calls/SMS), set limits on online experience (block pornography, balance screen time, control games & apps, location tracking and panic button
    • Space: The Space App is a personalised behaviour change programme designed to help you think about how you use your phone and how it affects your life.  We want to help you to see the opportunities to put down your phone and to look up at the world around you.  (from:  https://findyourphonelifebalance.com/)
    • StepLock:  StepLock An innovative self-control tool which blocks applications of your choice until you walk a specific amount of steps every day.  Simply pick the app from a list of installed apps on your device, sets the amount of steps needed for you to use it and get walking! StepLock will count your steps, and block the app when you open it if the steps target is not reached. (from: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leoncvlt.steplock&hl=en_US)
    • Unglue (iOS, Android, Windows):  Your kids have grown up with the internet. And it’s not going anywhere. Even so, you don’t want it to rule your family. Easily set ON and OFF schedules for your children based on their individual needs. Your limits, their choices.  (from:  https://www.unglue.com/)
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