one sec | screen time + focus

Worthless when you can easily delete the app and gain access to everything again. Forever lock means nothing.

This app is nifty and adds control to the user. Great product!! -Fozzibearr

So i used One Sec, I thought like i will be able to like use an app for like 30 minutes then it would tell me to take a break. But that’s not true. And when I clicked block I thought it would block me going in the app. The app did the exact opposite. For the rest I guess it’s okay. But I suggest to get a different app. AND I DON’T PAY FOR APPS !!!!!!!!!!!

No, I’m not interested in “redeeming a free week.” I tried “setting up the app for 5 minutes,” an I’m still getting the annoying pop-up telling me to do the exact same thing when I open the app…over and over again. It’s so frustrating— just leave me alone and let me use the app for free. Maybe I’d rate it more highly if this were fixed. It’s just another lame gimmick attempt of a cash grab…

I’ve been using this app for about 3 months and it does the mf job. This app has made using instagram (and any other app if I click away too fast to avoid the loading screen) a HUGE inconvenience to open. I would rather do my college homework, touch grass, try hard drugs, or find the cure to cancer than wait for the dumb loading screen to boot up and give me time to “breathe”. So far I’ve saved 2 days of my life from instagrams parasitic grasp. Bravo!

I bought One Sec at the beginning of the year and it’s given me the support I’ve needed to steadily decrease my social media usage. It’s also helped me reframe my social media usage and take pause. I love all the features, even if it is a bit of a process to fully customize everything (probably more on apple’s ios architecture and permissions than OneSec). Do it do it do it! 20$ a year is literally 5cents a day, a nickel a day!! I will gladly pay a nickel to save 2 hours of my time daily

I genuinely wanted to try this app because of Ali Abdaal. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to purchase yet but I thought I might if I liked it after the “free” trial. Was immediately charged exactly $20.81 IMMEDIATELY the same day I downloaded the app and selected the “FREE TRAIL”!!!! I WILL be reaching out to Apple to get a refund. Sad I was actually excited to use the app now I’ll just be deleting it.

Horrible guardrailing against apple glitches. Morning journal will randomly appear throughout the day. The ‘reset screen time API’ switch is buried deep in the settings, making it unnecessarily difficult to find. It would make way too much sense to include a deep link to this or at least present the option when opening the app after an intervention. The recovery process is a nightmare, and app glitches become even more frustrating because of it. Fix this, and maybe it could be usable, but right now it’s painful.

I just download this app and while setting it up it asked if you want to try a free trial for one year for $19.99 with one week free, so I continued, and I immediately saw a $54 charge from Apple for this app. I’m now having to dispute discharge because I definitely did not sign up for any $54 plan. Be careful when signing up. I’m so confused because I didn’t even see any $54 plan option.

Never in my life have I written a review for an app but I’ve tried every single thing to stop using Instagram (but still wanted to have it in my phone so I can use once in a while) and nothing worked. I deleted the app then used it on Safari (terrible interface so assumed I couldn’t possibly get addicted) and then used it sm I had to block the website on my phone. If I ever redownloaded Instagram I’d once more use it so so much. With One Sec, the little number of times opened in 24hrs and the x hours since last opened have an insane grip on me like I don’t want to see that number over like 1-2 times ever. So then I started like being more conscious about when I opened the app bc I don’t want to ‘waste’ my app opens (ex if Im switching between apps or have to leave the house in 5 mins not worth it). Now I’m opening Instagram just a couple times a week and just don’t feel the need to go on it much more. Anyways rant but so so good at least give it a try if you’ve ever wanted to use any app less you have nothing to lose.