Screen Time equivalent for Android?

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Romeo_RX

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I know about the parental controls, but I don’t think it’s quite the same.

What I do on iPhone is set a specific amount of time I’m allowed for each app and lock myself out of the App Store and I can enforce this using a passcode that the girlfriend can select. When the allocated amount of time runs out, I either wait for it to reset at midnight or get the gf to enter the passcode.

This is a huge productivity booster for me and I can’t do without it, so if I’m going to try Android out I need the same functionality. Does it exist?
 
Nike7 said:
I know about the parental controls, but I don’t think it’s quite the same.

What I do on iPhone is set a specific amount of time I’m allowed for each app and lock myself out of the App Store and I can enforce this using a passcode that the girlfriend can select. When the allocated amount of time runs out, I either wait for it to reset at midnight or get the gf to enter the passcode.

This is a huge productivity booster for me and I can’t do without it, so if I’m going to try Android out I need the same functionality. Does it exist?
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For android you'll need to rely on the 99999 dodgy apps to give you functionality that will never be as reliable, effective or work like Apple's built-in OS functionality :)
On the plus side while checking your screen time on a free Android app you might be offered some specials on underwear from Amazon.
 
neoprema said:
For android you'll need to rely on the 99999 dodgy apps to give you functionality that will never be as reliable, effective or work like Apple's built-in OS functionality :)
On the plus side while checking your screen time on a free Android app you might be offered some specials on underwear from Amazon.
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This is what I was afraid of. If that’s the case, then no thank you.
 
Use your own willpower.
neoprema said:
For android you'll need to rely on the 99999 dodgy apps to give you functionality that will never be as reliable, effective or work like Apple's built-in OS functionality :)
On the plus side while checking your screen time on a free Android app you might be offered some specials on underwear from Amazon.
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Lol Android users don't need an app to babysit them.
 
Willpower is a finite resource and I prefer to use it on other things.
 
Have a look at the Digital Wellbeing feature in the latest versions of Android. Sounds like that does what you're describing.
 
dj_jyno said:
Have a look at the Digital Wellbeing feature in the latest versions of Android. Sounds like that does what you're describing.
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That’s it, thank you! Now all I need to know is if I can actually passcode lock it. Pointless if I can just disable it as soon as the timers run out.
 
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