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3.7star
114 reviews
10K+
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About this app
TimesApp helps you in managing the time you spend on your phone by setting time limits on applications.
Why Use TimesApp:
TimesApp is the app you need if you ever find yourself:
• Wasting too much time on social media/games/other apps when you have more important things to do
• Endlessly scrolling your infinite social feeds
• Hating yourself for procrastinating on important tasks but not able to exit apps and leave your phone aside to focus on your work
• Wanting to check social feeds but don't want to end up spending all your time on them.
"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." -William Penn
Use your time wisely.
Features:
• Helps in Time Management
• Simple and Minimal UI inspired by Material Design
• Elegant in-app tutorials to help you get started
• Preferences for default time limit duration etc.
• Small App Size: Less than 2MB
• No Ads: Absolutely Free to Use
• Open Source: You can help it grow
How it Works:
• TimesApp displays a list of all the apps on your phone. You can create home screen shortcuts for the apps you want to launch with a time limit. You can also launch apps from this list itself if you don't want home screen shortcuts.
• A time limit dialog pops up using which you set a time limit for the app and then the app is launched.
• When the time limit is reached and your app is still being used (usage permission required), a dialog pops up notifying you of the same. From here you can either close the app or use the app for another 1 minute. If the app is not being used at the end of time limit, a notification is shown instead of a dialog (usage permission required).
Permissions Required:
•App Usage Stats: Permission to access your app usage stats is required in order to determine whether the launched app is being used at the end of the time limit. No data is saved and this permission is only used at the end of time limit. The app can function without this permission too but TimesApp is unable to determine the current app being used and a dialog is displayed(instead of a notification) even if app was closed earlier, thus spoiling the user experience.
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Have a feature request/feedback/query?
Email me at : agdev3@gmail.com
Contribute to TimesApp on GitHub:
https://github.com/addiegupta/TimesApp
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Why Use TimesApp:
TimesApp is the app you need if you ever find yourself:
• Wasting too much time on social media/games/other apps when you have more important things to do
• Endlessly scrolling your infinite social feeds
• Hating yourself for procrastinating on important tasks but not able to exit apps and leave your phone aside to focus on your work
• Wanting to check social feeds but don't want to end up spending all your time on them.
"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." -William Penn
Use your time wisely.
Features:
• Helps in Time Management
• Simple and Minimal UI inspired by Material Design
• Elegant in-app tutorials to help you get started
• Preferences for default time limit duration etc.
• Small App Size: Less than 2MB
• No Ads: Absolutely Free to Use
• Open Source: You can help it grow
How it Works:
• TimesApp displays a list of all the apps on your phone. You can create home screen shortcuts for the apps you want to launch with a time limit. You can also launch apps from this list itself if you don't want home screen shortcuts.
• A time limit dialog pops up using which you set a time limit for the app and then the app is launched.
• When the time limit is reached and your app is still being used (usage permission required), a dialog pops up notifying you of the same. From here you can either close the app or use the app for another 1 minute. If the app is not being used at the end of time limit, a notification is shown instead of a dialog (usage permission required).
Permissions Required:
•App Usage Stats: Permission to access your app usage stats is required in order to determine whether the launched app is being used at the end of the time limit. No data is saved and this permission is only used at the end of time limit. The app can function without this permission too but TimesApp is unable to determine the current app being used and a dialog is displayed(instead of a notification) even if app was closed earlier, thus spoiling the user experience.
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Have a feature request/feedback/query?
Email me at : agdev3@gmail.com
Contribute to TimesApp on GitHub:
https://github.com/addiegupta/TimesApp
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Ratings and reviews
3.7
110 reviews
Andrew Herbig
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December 20, 2021
Do this app is a really cool idea hindered by 1) annoyance: having to force kill the application to get the 'counting down' notification to go away if I stop using an app early; and more importantly 2) lack of teeth: when the timer runs out, the app is simply shifted to the background. It's a three tap process to bring up the Recent Apps screen, swipe right, tap the window that you intended to not use anymore.
A Google user
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July 27, 2019
I've experimented with many ways to reduce unproductive phone usage, but this app and its simplicity is the most effective I've found. If you have the self-control necessary to not hit the "no limit" button every time you use the app you're tracking, your phone usage should drop pretty quickly. Stupidly simple, clean, quick, and free.
26 people found this review helpful
aSoft
August 8, 2019
Hi, thank you very much for your feedback!
A Google user
- Flag inappropriate
September 19, 2019
Would love to see an option that pauses timer when app not on screen. Also a countdown timer in notifications would be nice. Annoying feature exists where if another app is open (not timed) when a timer expires, it closes the currently opened app. For example, I had a Facebook timer running when writing this review expire which caused the play app to close resulting in me having to rewrite this review...
11 people found this review helpful
What’s new
1.8
Fix crashes on some Samsung devices
1.7
Fix for Android 10!
- TimesApp now works on Android 10 after granting permission to display over other apps
1.6
New feature!
- Option to flip long click action to launch apps directly more easily!
1.5
- Bug fixes
1.4
New feature!
- Now you can stop the timer if you're done using the app. Simply enable this option from the settings menu in the app
- Fixed creation of shortcuts for Android Oreo
Fix crashes on some Samsung devices
1.7
Fix for Android 10!
- TimesApp now works on Android 10 after granting permission to display over other apps
1.6
New feature!
- Option to flip long click action to launch apps directly more easily!
1.5
- Bug fixes
1.4
New feature!
- Now you can stop the timer if you're done using the app. Simply enable this option from the settings menu in the app
- Fixed creation of shortcuts for Android Oreo
App support
About the developer
Aditya Gupta
agdev3@gmail.com
India
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