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One potential use of this feature would be to reflect on “why” user is using apps. For example: 1. User adds a prompt to show, e.g. “Why do you want to use the app now?” 2. User then enters some text (journal) into a text field.These journals are stored against each app with timestamp. Users can later review them to reflect on why they used the apps. Note that this feature should be flexible. That is, the prompt can be anything and user can write anything. That way, it doesn’t have to be a journal of “why-user-using-app”. It should be a micro-journal with char limits so that user can quickly jot down their thoughts and not a full-powered journaling app. This is going to need more thought on:<ul><li>How to show the journals to users?</li><li>How to store them?</li><li>How to back them up?</li></ul>

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Allow users to micro-journal on Pause Screen

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Filing on behalf of user: Udufufu Overview:The app would automatically start a timer whenever the screen is turned on, and reset it when the screen is turned off. Each "screen-on" period would be recorded as a separate session, and all sessions would be logged with timestamps and durations. An optional overlay could show the ongoing timer directly on the screen.<h2> Key Features Suggested:</h2>1. Auto Timer Start/Stop – Starts counting when the screen is on, resets on screen off.2. Session System – Automatically logs each screen-on duration as a session.3. Floating Overlay Timer – Display a real-time timer above all apps (like picture-in-picture).4. Session Limit Alerts – Trigger a visual/audio/vibration effect after a set duration (e.g., 10 minutes).5. Fluid or "Amazing" Visual Feedback – Optional animations or vibrant notifications as positive reinforcement. (optional)6. Session History Log – Save all session data to local history (with time, date, duration).<h2> Potential Benefits:</h2>- Helps users manage screen time more mindfully.- Useful for Pomodoro-style workflows, digital breaks, or tracking focused time.- Works automatically without needing to press start/stop buttons.

Automatic Screen-Based Timer with Overlay and Session History

So treat device unlock similar to app-launch. This helps with reducing phone usage overall. A bit more higher level than app launches. This is going to be a bit hard to implement, but not impossible.

Behandeln Sie das Entsperren des Geräts also ähnlich wie das Starten einer App. Dies trägt dazu bei, die Telefonnutzung insgesamt zu reduzieren. Etwas höheres Niveau als App-Starts. Das wird ein bisschen schwierig zu implementieren sein, aber nicht unmöglich.

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Show Pause Screen on device Unlock

User might want to make the font size bigger, smaller, bold, italic and etc. Trying to make it fully customizable would be too much work, but maybe I can provide few more options? (bold, italic, small-font, medium-font, large-font)

Allow users to format the message

Using apps as overlay or split screen isn’t detected properly at the moment. Add support for it. Most likely this will require Accessibility Service option. Can’t do it with just usage-stats api.

Add Support for Multi-Window and Split Screens

Currently, it only shows time remaining until next pause. User wants to configure it to view their total app usage time instead.

Floating timer should show "Usage Time" instead

[UX] Create a Glass-like effect for Floating Timer rather than Green background

Green when there is plenty of time (more than 50% remaining) Orange when below 50% Red background when below 10%

[UX] Show floating timer in traffic light mode

User wants to be able to create a profile and activate it adhoc, irrespective of what other profiles are scheduled at the same time. Primary Use Case: Focus mode by activating a restrictive profile Potential Cons: Risk of abuse if the profile is actually lenient, then user can activate it to cheat on their scheduled intention.

Allow user to activate a profile overriding schedules

It’s the flip side of daily maximum app-usage limit (<a target="" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="link" href="https://unrushedapps.featurebase.app/p/daily-app-usage-limits-and-different-rules-once-limit-hit">link</a>), where we block the app after it has been used for MAX minutes. This is the MIN minute before which we shouldn’t show the pause screen at all. When both MIN-MAX is set, the behavior would be: - From 0 to MIN minutes of use: No pause screen - MIN - MAX minutes of use: Normal pause screen - MAX+ minutes: Hard block or other more restrictive pause screen.

Don't show pause Screen until app has been used for X minutes

Finer grained control for blocking the addicting parts of the app only. For example, Youtube videos is fine, but users might want to stay away from shorts. Such things are simple on desktop (just get a chrome extension that deletes the shorts button), but harder to implement on Android natively. Probably still somewhat doable with Accessibility Service with some maintenance burden to keep them working.

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Block Scrolling Elements of Apps only, e.g. Youtube Shorts, Instagram Reels

Kian Lopez

Instead of black/white background, we can put meaningfull image as background of the popup screen.This visual feedback rather than text only, custom text is really nice but we won't read it each time cause it requires effort and we may be lazy, But a background give message without effort. So I can put a nice car as background because it reminds me that I need to stop wasting time to achieve my goals for example, or for religious people an image of a mosque or the Kaaba 🕋 so that It put an additional barrier to doing something forbidden like opening the browser you see the popup with religious meaninfull image this will help you stop acting compulsively.

Custom background for popup screen

Programir

This way, not just reddit app, users can be intentional when using reddit via browser on phone. This will involve getting Accessibility Service permission.

Show Pause screens for Websites

Instead of showing a count down timer, show a breathing exercise for “X number of breaths”. For example: 1) A circle becoming larger with text: “Breath in” for 2 seconds.2) A circle becoming smaller with text: “Breath out” for 2 seconds.

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Breathing meditation as an alternative to Countdown Timer

Dhruv Erry

Instead of opening the distracting app, user may want to open some other productive app (like Duolingo). Let user configure if they want to see this option. Should be configurable per-app.

Allow User to launch a substitute app instead

Samanta Tobar

Instead of boring text field, make the UI nicer by showing cool spinners for selecting time/duration.

Better Time Picker instead of Text Field

Right now, you can just open the app and turn off APS service. The user has to be disciplined themselves to avoid doing that. Maybe the app can help out somehow here?There are lots of ways to implement such restrictions:<ul><li>Any change would require device reboot.</li><li>Editing any configuration would require you to wait X seconds.</li></ul>I haven’t thought too deeply about it. Creating this feature to see if it gets upvotes. If anyone is reading this, please feel free to add your idea in the comments.

Allow users to set restrictions on App Pause itself

Right now, we have a single rule. Wait X seconds and then use Y min. But sometimes, user wants to use an app for 1 hour a day and then drastically reduce its usage once the limit is hit. To help the user, what we can do is to allow user set different rules once daily usage limit is hit. Like 3X wait time and 0.5Y min usage.

Daily App Usage Limits and different rules once limit hit

Currently Pause Screen shows: 1) A countdown timer.2) A message (coming up in next release)3) App usage details (summary + bar chart) The screen is getting overwhelming. User might not want to see so many things. There should be some way to customise this.

Allow users to configure what they see in the Pause Screen

For example, user might have: 1) Study Profile: Where all distracting apps have large wait time and small grace-period.2) Relaxation Profile: Where apps have smaller wait-time and slightly longer grace-period.With profile support, user will be able to quickly switch between them. In future, we could even allow user to set schedule for profiles so that they turn on/off automatically.

Allow users to create profiles with set of apps

Currently, Pause-on-Resume is very aggressive. Any time you move away from the app, you get paused when you come back. User might want to allow themselves a grace-period for quick switch. For example, quickly move to SMS app, copy a code and come back within 15 seconds. This shouldn’t trigger Pause-on-Resume.

Add quick-switch in Pause-on-Resume

User might not want to get paused immediately after launching an app and prefer the Pause to happen after a delay. This would allow them to quickly check if there is any notification or update.

Allow configuring a delay for the Pause screen

Currently there is no onboarding journey. User is expected to figure out how to use the app by themselves. While this is still possible since we have low number of features, it might become daunting in future as we add more features.A onboarding flow will explain the basic usage to app and make it feel less overwhelming.

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