We live in a time where our phones are almost always within reach. Whether they’re in our hands, our pockets or on our desks at work. With our social lives happening more and more online, and so much content out there to consume, it’s tempting to check our phones.  In fact, the average American checks their phones 96 times a day. About once every 10 minutes! Unfortunately, this obsession with checking our phones has negative side effects. We’re less present for our family, miss out on real experiences and it hurts our concentration at work.

Spotty Time, available to download on Google Play, helps us to resist checking our phones by locking us out of them entirely for periods of time.

It works by setting time periods of ‘no phone time’ for up to 3 hours. During that time, Spotty Time will limit your phone’s usage by blocking apps and some features. Not even a restart will stop the timer (for the tech-savvy kids who will try a workaround). You can choose the same time-slots for the other devices in your house when you want to enjoy some screen-free family time.

By completing phone free sessions, you earn coins. These coins can be used to customize your app with a variety of different options, pictures and more. It’s a fun way to gamify not using your phone.  So whether you feel as though your productivity at work is affected because you use your phone too much, or you want to make more quality time for you and your family, Spotty Time can help. Download the app today on Google Play!