# Friend Controls: Screen Time

> Friends Block Apps & Websites

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6651826679](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6651826679)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6651826679`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ryan Moazzami
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (585 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.90.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29
- **First published:** 2025-09-03
- **Size:** 71 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/friend-controls-screen-time/id6651826679)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PaPDXGXr77teyi6FRuchfLX3G1Davw8q3PMK-0HCYbg/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PaPDXGXr77teyi6FRuchfLX3G1Davw8q3PMK-0HCYbg/edit?usp=sharing)

## Description

Friend Controls is the screen time app that actually works. Set daily limits for each app and let your real friends decide if you get more time—no algorithms, no willpower tricks. Users report an average 60% reduction in screen time. Privacy-first and on-device by design.

How it works
1. Download and choose apps to limit.
2. Set daily limits for each app.
3. Invite friends to be your buddies.
4. When time runs out, the app locks. Want more? Send a request to your friends.
5. Your friends see the request and decide: approve or deny.

## Rankings

- #68,231 — Overall
- #48 — website usage

## Review summary

Users praise the app for its innovative social approach to enforcing screen time and its positive impact on reducing doomscrolling and improving mental health. They also highlight it as fun and engaging, with developers who are responsive. Common drawbacks include bugs and unreliable time limits, a paywall that limits free use, usability issues, and missing features like metrics and fine-grained controls for groups.

### Pros

- Innovative social approach where friends control your screen time.
- Helps reduce doomscrolling and improves mental health.
- Fun and engaging experience that helps you stick to limits.
- Developers are responsive and supportive.
- Positive outcomes like accountability and reduced Instagram use.

### Cons

- Bugs and reliability issues, with time limits not enforcing correctly and occasional blocking problems.
- Pricing/paywall concerns; free tier is limited to blocking one app and more features require a subscription.
- Usability concerns; hard to navigate and some UI issues.
- Missing features and limitations (metrics, time-request controls, editable app groups), reducing fine-tuning.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6651826679)