# One Thing: Earn Screen Time

> App Blocker & Habit Builder

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6748092391](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6748092391)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6748092391`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** One Thing LTD
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (881 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-04
- **First published:** 2025-09-16
- **Size:** 188 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-03
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/one-thing-earn-screen-time/id6748092391)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://onethingapp.framer.website/privacy-policy](https://onethingapp.framer.website/privacy-policy)

## Description

Stop scrolling. Start living. One Thing blocks distractions until you complete one meaningful daily activity—exercise, reading, meditation, study, or a creative pursuit. Finish first, then earn back access for a daily digital detox that yields hours of focused time and builds lasting habits.

With subscription unlocks, features include system-level blocking via Screen Time, AI-powered verification of completed activities, cross-device focus, streak tracking, detailed analytics, and privacy-first on-device data. Personalizable schedules, daily challenges, emergency unlock, and motivational milestones help you stay consistent and reduce mindless scrolling.

## Rankings

- #57,535 — Overall
- #59 — screen time tracker
- #88 — screen

## Review summary

Users broadly report that One Thing helps with time management and reduces scrolling, especially through initial blocks and streaks that promote productive habits. However, the app is often hampered by a costly paywall and lack of free options, plus persistent bugs affecting blocks and timers. Some reviews also note intrusive, insulting AI feedback and privacy concerns, and a confusing setup that makes it hard to use effectively. Overall, it’s rated as helpful when it works, but expensive and buggy.

### Pros

- Improves time management and helps reduce social media scrolling
- Blocking with a streak system motivates consistent study/work routines and habit formation
- Helpful for students for staying focused on tasks and assignments

### Cons

- Expensive pricing / paywall with no free plan or free trial
- Frequent bugs and reliability problems with blocks, timers, and unlocking
- Intrusive AI feedback that insults or mocks the user, raising privacy and tone concerns
- Confusing UI or setup that makes it hard to understand how to configure blocks or unlock features

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6748092391)