Roots: Screen Time Control

I tried the Roots free trial and monk mode is so useful! I have ADHD and it is an absolute life saver! Plus the roots team are wonder ful, please reach out to them if you have any problems

The app has a sleek design and user experience that makes the process of gradually cutting back screen time very smooth. It’s easy to set no-distraction windows, where the app recommends certain targets which you can incorporate incrementally as you get used to less phone time. I can already see positive behavioural changes within the first few days of using the app. Many thanks!

The app is brilliant I asked for the help scheme and they gave me a discount code to get it absolutely brilliant so far been using it it’s stopped me using instagram and tik tok this evening Everyone should at least try the trial On top of this there is challenges you do and also the way they word the whole app so you are present only Hebrew world instead of you using your phone is absolutely brilliant Thank you so much

I never write app reviews, but roots is that good. I’ve tried countless methods and one other app to get myself to lower my screen time, but I just always find a way around it and it makes no difference. Roots is the first thing I’ve tried where, except for deleting the app, there is no workaround that I’ve found. It’s amazing and it has effectively reduced my time on bad apps a great deal in only a week or so. And I only use the free version - even with these limitations it works great. If you’re willing to pay for the pro, I’m sure it works even better, but it’s definitely ok to settle with free! Amazing app.

They gave me a premium trial for 1 yr and all I can say is that I am impressed. Opal could never.

Thank you so much for the student discount. This app is serving me so well

Love the graphs that let you look at averages of screen time over the weeks and months. One feature I’d love even more is an actual tracker - one goal for 2025 is to be under 1000 hours for the year, and to see actual data for the screen time for the weeks and months vs just averages would be huge.

When this app works, it’s great. But it has so many performance issues, and it can be very stressful to set it up. The app frequently needs to be reloaded. It often forgets that I paid for annual premium and I have to go through a process to sync my subscription. When selecting apps to block, the app freezes and has to reload, losing all progress made on setting up downtime or app limits. I’ve followed several of the workarounds for these known issues but some are really ridiculous workarounds. For instance, one is to copy each app name you need to block into Notes and then paste it into Roots. Imagine you want to block 70 apps. That’s a wild process. Also the app sometimes becomes completely non-responsive, so I delete the app and when I re-install, it loses all data so I have to completely set up my systems again. Their customer support is responsive and helpful and I have hopes this app will be awesome one day.

I really suggest to use this app specially in premium version, it really helps you to be more focused and detoxify all of the fake dopamine you receive from social media. This is the best application I used ever! Highly recommended!😍👌🏻

I have been using this app for the past couple months to see if it would help me reduce my social media usage. And it has! Because it physically keeps me from doom scrolling by blocking the app entirely, I’ve been spending a lot less time on my phone and more time with my family, friends, and my studies. It’s been such a game changer for me to get my work done and put down my phone to do other tasks I need to do.