Forest If you want to get off your phone just to focus on your work, Forest is a tool that can help. This app allows users to plant a virtual seed and make it grow and lusher, depending on how much time you spend doing your real life work.\u00a0 Just open the app, plant a seed, grow a tree, and make a forest. Make sure you leave the app open otherwise, they will wither and die. This is an exciting challenge that will test your urge to limit yourself by not opening other apps that will surely distract you.<\/p>\n Flipd<\/span><\/strong> Flipd is an app that can hide your social media apps and games, so you can keep yourself motivated to stay present and on task. Here, you can challenge other users and track your progress over time.\u00a0A perfect tool while you study, work, sleep, or daydream, Flipd empowers you to get the most out of your time well spent.<\/p>\n QualityTime – My Digital Diet<\/span><\/strong> A visually engaging and fun-to-use Android app, QualityTime allows you to easily monitor and get reports on the time you spend on your smartphone and on your favorite apps. With\u00a0an in-depth analysis of your smartphone activities, it can track total usage, screen unlocks, and individual apps with hourly, daily, and weekly summary reporting options. There are also\u00a0actionable features allowing you to control your usage like \u2018alerts\u2019, \u2018take a break\u2019 and \u2018scheduled breaks\u2019.<\/p>\n Kid’s Place<\/span><\/strong> As described by GooglePlay, Kids Place\u00a0is an app created for parents who want to control their children’s activity and screen time on phones and tablets. It has\u00a0parental control features that give parents a lot of flexibility on how to configure their phone and tablets to limit screen time; block ads and inappropriate content. It can limit the apps accessible from his\/her device and have\u00a024\/7 support.<\/p>\n SPACE<\/span><\/strong> Formerly Breakfree, SPACE is here to help you balance your screen time. Break the phone addiction and connect with the real world by using this app that can observe\u00a0your current habits and what type of\u00a0phone user you are–be it “boredom battler,” “social sticky-mitt,” “rabbit hole wanderer,” or busy bee.” It can also\u00a0track phone usage, exclude apps, and block notifications that will distract you over time. Share your progress with friends, families, and colleagues and evaluate\u00a0performance against other users.<\/p>\n Off the Grid<\/strong><\/span> Off the Grid is a digital detox app developed to curb phone usage, cut down the time, and reconnect with much more important matters.\u00a0It locks down your phone by scheduling your own restriction time. To make sure important persons can still reach you,\u00a0<\/b>the app has a\u00a0whitelist where you can add them in. You can also make\u00a0auto-reply messages and let your friends know you\u2019re Off the Grid.<\/p>\n Focus Keeper Focus Keeper helps keep the productivity high using a timer and have it tracked with insightful charts. You can customize the length of its features like Focus Session, Short Break, and Long Break. Aside from that, this app has a unique and intuitive interface that makes you achieve the goal easily.<\/p>\n Do you know other favorable apps that\u00a0can help cut down on people’s mobile screen time? 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