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by Cayhamzz

I was looking up productivity apps for ADHD-ers to help with my screen time, but this is the most convoluted and difficult app, definitely not ADHD friendly despite what it says in the app description. (Also, kind of messed up to try to profit off neurodivergence because I’m going to take a wild guess at and say that ClearSpace hasn’t invested in the research) It’s really disorienting to use once you set up a restriction, you get boomeranged from the app you’re trying to restrict to the clear space app and I literally can’t get back into the app that I put the restriction even if I haven’t met my visit limit. There’s no explanation of what is happening, no clues or indicators as to what you can do other than restrict an app (did anybody who knows UX work on this app??). I figure the lack of capitalization is to make the app look cool because it definitely lacks any substance, but no capitalization is also not neurodivergent friendly (it makes it really hard to read, there’s a reason capitalization exists). I guess it kind of works because it will make you hate using your phone??? Just a really, really bad productivity app. I don’t know why this was invested in.

by Tedmiston

The Clearspace apps is EXTREMELY slow and laggy to the point of being unusable. Having to wait 3–5 seconds for the app to respond after every single tap is just crazy.

Maybe it's not a true native app and they're using some web intermediate layer to power this. It definitely feels like the mobile equivalent of an Electron app…

The basic feature of blocking an app works fine, but I don't see what this app does differently than One Sec.

I also tried the Clearspace Chrome Extension, and it just… doesn't really work at all? With all of the blocker toggles on, I was able to visit all of the sites that were supposed to be blocked. Half of them showed a cover on the homepage, but navigating to any other page circumvented the block completely.

It's like they pushed these apps out without even testing them. With the bugs and performance issues, it's current pre-alpha or alpha stage software at best.

I'm deleting the app and probably won't give it another try since it doesn't seem to do anything different or better than its cheaper competitors.

by Energetic Necromancer

I found this app on instagram where it was advertising its pushup for screentime feature. I was interested in that so I tried it out and I was disappointed with the result. The app uses a clucky looking kinematic tracker to track your limbs as you pushup. What I was put off was 1.) with my iPad it was really difficult to get the camera to point the right way when I was setting it up. It either made me look upside down or sideways, never right side up. After turning on autolock the problem persisted after some time but eventually was oriented correctly. 2.) You have to be in a certain distance away from your phone to do it. Im tall and have long limbs so I had to get really far away from my phone for the app to properly track my pushups. If I get any closer, my elbows will be out of frame and Ill get no credit for the push up. My apartment isnt the largest so to perform these pushups Id either have to move to certain rooms to do it.

Maybe inconvenience will help reduce screentime but if I have to pay for this app to get its full benefits, Im looking for the accountability and physical activity tracking, and there is another app I’ve found that performs that better.