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Screen Time tracking: Duolingo style Focus Setting

Feature Request

In the language app duolingo they have used a great feature for blocking other apps. The same feature which also exists in our app but it’s not that effective. What they have done differently is we only unlock the other apps which we added in the blocking list only if we complete one lesson or 2 lessons or 3 lessons based on our preferences. Once this is set, we won’t be able to unlock any apps we choosed until we complete the required number of lessons we complete.

In Habitify I have added a habit for reducing screen time. Most of the time I do more than the required screen time and the app will show the Habitify screen time notification. But I will do is mark the Habit as skipped or Failed. Then the screen restriction is gone. What is supposed to do the selected blocking apps stay locked for that day.

Posted by An Anonymous User ·
Status: In Progress1 comment

Comments1

  • Minh Thư

    Team•

    Aug 10

    Hello!

    Thank you so much for taking the time to share this idea with us!

    As we understand it, your goal is to make app blocking much more aggressive and binding, specifically by enforcing strict, conditional locks once a limit is reached or until habits are completed, preventing the restriction from being easily bypassed by marking a habit as skipped or failed.

    To give a bit of context on how this works under the hood: our screen time tracking and app-locking features rely directly on the native frameworks and permissions made available to third-party developers by iOS (Apple's Screen Time API) and Android. Because mobile operating systems strictly regulate how one app can block or control other applications on your device, we have to design these features within the specific bounds of what each OS allows.

    That being said, we completely understand how a stricter, non-bypassable lock would provide much stronger accountability for cutting down screen time. We will closely evaluate this suggestion alongside future updates to iOS and Android system capabilities to see how we can make our app blocking more effective and resilient for you!

    Thank you again for helping us make Habitify better!