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One thing that worked well for me was to uninstall the attention grabbing apps. Helped immensely with battery life too :) Pretty much all that is left on my p

One thing that worked well for me was to uninstall the attention grabbing apps. Helped immensely with battery life too :) Pretty much all that is left on my phone is 'augmented reality' sort of applications. Translate, maps, 'what song is that', barcode scanner, etc. Anything that pops a notification for something I do not really need to know about right now gets uninstalled pretty quickly. I then use the actual websites for those sorts of applications as I can schedule when it happens. I basically made my phone a tool instead of something that is needy like a Tamagotchi.

whytaka 6y ago
The problem for me is the browser. Unfortunately iOS doesn’t let you put safari into restricted apps on screen time. I’ve managed to train myself to regard my computer mostly as a work machine but that just means my phone is my mindless browsing machine.
- egypturnash 6y ago
  I just checked and was able to set a time limit for Safari on both ios13.3 and 14.4.1. Type "safari" in the search box at the top of the list of categories that comes up when you go to set a new limit, pull the list down to reveal the search box if it doesn't show up at first.
- moneywoes 6y ago
  Have the same issue. Like I deleted Instagram on my phone but I’ll just use the web version. Also, I think Android’s digital well being let’s you restrict websites on the browser
- davzie 6y ago
  Hey, you can do this. In Screentime, turn on Content & Privacy Restrictions and switch off Safari in “Allowed Apps”. game changer!
- sumtechguy 6y ago
  I can not stand using the built in browsers on phones so I guess I am in luck :) Either the pages are designed with you having a mouse. Or they are infinite scroll time sinks. Ok maybe not that bad but sometimes I feel that way... Also my eyes have recently decided 'oh you want to be able to see?! that aint a good idea anymore'. I went from being able to read 4pt to 12 to 15 being readable. You can guess how well that is working on a phone...

whytaka 6y ago

The problem for me is the browser. Unfortunately iOS doesn’t let you put safari into restricted apps on screen time. I’ve managed to train myself to regard my computer mostly as a work machine but that just means my phone is my mindless browsing machine.

egypturnash 6y ago
I just checked and was able to set a time limit for Safari on both ios13.3 and 14.4.1. Type "safari" in the search box at the top of the list of categories that comes up when you go to set a new limit, pull the list down to reveal the search box if it doesn't show up at first.
moneywoes 6y ago
Have the same issue. Like I deleted Instagram on my phone but I’ll just use the web version. Also, I think Android’s digital well being let’s you restrict websites on the browser
davzie 6y ago
Hey, you can do this. In Screentime, turn on Content & Privacy Restrictions and switch off Safari in “Allowed Apps”. game changer!
sumtechguy 6y ago
I can not stand using the built in browsers on phones so I guess I am in luck :) Either the pages are designed with you having a mouse. Or they are infinite scroll time sinks. Ok maybe not that bad but sometimes I feel that way... Also my eyes have recently decided 'oh you want to be able to see?! that aint a good idea anymore'. I went from being able to read 4pt to 12 to 15 being readable. You can guess how well that is working on a phone...