Detox: Stop Infinite Scrolling

It works well but I still can check Instagram on my browser

After making me take a 5 minute survey and pretending to give me “personalised” results, it prompted me to pay with no option for a free tier. It’s disingenuous and outright disgusting to present yourself as a time saving app while simultaneously wasting my time the moment I open the app. Prompt the user with how much the app will cost the second they open the app, not a moment later.

Listen. I got this app because I felt like “hey I can work on my scrolling,” until I found out that it costs money? It tells me all these statistics about me relating to my time on the phone. But at the same time, why do I need to spend money to work on my screen time. The morality of it is a bit, twisted. It’s such a good concept, and it’s now being slapped with a dollar sign. It’s just a bit disappointing.

This idea is a good idea for an app, unfortunately I didn’t get to use it because it costs money to use the app. Seriously, why would I download this app when it costs me less to scroll on instagram on my own. The idea is useful in theory however in practice it’s just another way to add a subscription service to your never ending list of purchases. I know it has very low cost in short term but i’d rather mediate my screen time myself than waste money using an app that is going to simply restrict my phone more. I think its even funnier how they make you complete an “oath” to lowering your screen time to manipulate you into a commitment before telling you that it costs money so you’re like “well I already made the oath and it’s only a few dollars”

When you advertise a free app, you should make sure that you also advertise you have to pay for a subscription to use it at all!

I love the idea of this app, I really do. But the fact they make you pay for it really doesn’t sit right with me = I (and also makes the app seriously inaccessible). When I saw an instagram add for it, I was under the impression it was free. It seems I was misled, so here’s my heads up to anybody who also came from there.

It looks like it’s free until you download them it tells you, you have to pay!!!!!

Seems kind of extreme to have to pay a subscription in order to even use it at all.

Absolutely useless, I paid for the app and everything and when I opened it back again, it said that I needed to renew my payment or downgrade to free use.

It shows up and i can never open the app, is it necessary to pay??