Wellspent: Replace Scrolling

Woke up and needed to access a different App immediately only to find my screen locked. It took scrolling through several pages to unlock it when time was of the essence.

This app worked great the first week or two, my screen time decreased considerably, then I noticed I was not getting notifications consistently. The type of notifications also changed and they became much easier to simply click and bypass (used to be you had to press and hold- which I found much more effective in making me pause and choose to log off). I wrote customer service and was told there was nothing they could do. Then I stopped getting regular notifications. They only popped every 30 minutes even though I set it to 5 minutes. The ap stopped logging how much time I spent on social media. Then it stopped working for days or weeks at a time. Now the app is down completely while they work through “technical difficulties.” Yikes. Customer service has been unhelpful and will not process a refund. Do not waste your money on this app!

Ok so I was only using it for a week after I started paying for it and it was locking me out of the apps that I told it to restrict and I wasn’t on them for very long and I had no indication when I could access them again. Also time spent on the apps isn’t well calculated and I cannot go back and see the times from previous days. Just feel like $60 is not a justifiable price, just wish I would have fully realized that before the week was up.

I’m not sure what’s going on—I just got a notification saying they are “working on it” but the app hasn’t worked reliably in months. It was helpful at first but not anymore. I regret paying for the year subscription tbh so I turned off the renewal. It’s just confusing… some days it won’t notify at all (despite the app being open for sure and no other blocking apps conflicting with it) and other days it is relentless and annoying and I want to delete the app. I’ll keep trying it in an attempt to not feel like I’ve wasted my money completely but I don’t have much hope. 🫤

I wish it worked like they say it will but it does not.

Doesn’t work. Worked for a while, giving nudges that were effective, but doesn’t work anymore. It always says I’ve spent 10 minutes on social media, no matter how much time I’ve actually spent.

This app appears well designed but often doesn’t do what it’s supposed to. It blocks apps not on my list, often fails to correctly count my time on apps, and doesn’t allow me to unblock apps without turning the app on and off again. Not worth the money for me.

I downloaded this app a few days ago and am in my free trial week. It does not work. I got one push nudge and then never got another one again. Checked all of the app settings, restarted app and phone. It also does not track screen time effectively. This morning I was scrolling Instagram and realized I had been on it for 15 minutes. I check the Wellspent app and it says my screen time has been 1 minute. It’s a great idea for an app but if it doesn’t work, what’s the point?

Experienced a lot of bugs both with free and paid version. It didn’t accurately track my social media usage and I had only linked it to 3 apps; eventually I linked it only to Facebook. It would say I’d spent zero minutes of my time budget when I’d already been on social for a couple hours. Many days it didn’t send me notifications/nudges at all. (I did appreciate/enjoy the mindfulness nudges when they actually worked). I wasn’t able to get answers from tech support either. Hoping I can get a refund.

Limit reminder doesn’t pop up reliably at the time limit set. When it does work it’s very helpful but doesn’t work enough to be worth it