ClearSpace: Reduce Screen Time

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• ClearSpace Premium (Monthly) — $6.99/month
• ClearSpace Premium (Monthly) — $44.99/year ($3.74/mo)
• ClearSpace Premium (Monthly) — $49.99
• ClearSpace Premium (Monthly) — $59.99
• Clearspace Premium Family — $79.99

Last verified 4 Sep 2026

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4.7 8822 ratings · App Store

1. 5/5If the creators are reading this, i love you

   I never write reviews, but this is needed because this app is amazing. First, it is free for students which I APPRECIATE SO MUCH. Not a discount off a subscription, but FREE. The creators are so generous. I nearly shed a tear at the quote on the redeem screen. Second, the exercise feature drastically dropped my scroll time. Its so much more stricter than Opals “wait for x seconds.” It actually blocks screentime and its hard to bypass (especially since the challenge feature makes you feel bad for breaking the streak) unlike other apps that barely do anything and only works if you buy the subscription. My only wish is 1, have a more detailed screentime tracker (mine is currently not showing the accurate time, not sure if its because i just turned on the pro subscription) which can exclude apps. I feel like that is the biggest flaw with the default apple screentime, that you cant exclude productive apps. 2, for the app to be limited to how long you use it rather than how much you open a distracting app. When I get a job this will be the first app I will be supporting.

   Melonverses · 4 Sep 2026

2. 5/5Exceptionally Well Thought Through App

   I have used the Apple Screentime function for years without any change in behaviors because it was just so easy for me to override any limits. There’s no pause to the behavior with the flow. But with ClearSpace it is very methodically designed to procedurally provide a forced slowdown to mindfully choose your next step, and then further establishes a next level time limit even if you choose to use the app in question. I LOVE that if I choose to use one of my locked apps I have pre-determined amounts of use each day and when I use it for the length of time I choose it locks back up again! This feature is gold for accountability and follow-through. After using the free version and now the free trial, I will be going with the subscription. I feel like I am back in control of my phone usage, keeping all of the utilitarian benefits of my phone without the hazards. I was close to chucking it for a dumb phone, but with ClearSpace, I don’t feel like I have to make such an extreme change. Thank you!

   HappyJulie · 4 Sep 2026

3. 1/5Pointless and No Features - Why Pay for this at all

   Even when you haven't used the app at all that day and it says in the stats that you have not even opened that app today, it still blocks you out of it. You can't actually tap the home icon from your screen, and it says you have hit your time limit. I understand these apps aim to create barriers to losing time within applications, but it's clear that they have the belief that you can only lose time doom scrolling on social media. That is completely not a reality today. Me wanting an app that simply introduces an intervention when I'm in a long session doesn't mean that, from the moment I wake up in the morning, the solution is to prevent me from accessing the app and now needing to dig around my phone to find it when it does have a legitimate utility in my life. Yet, at the same time, that app can lose me in long sessions. Two things can be true at once. You can have an app that is essential to your daily life and has a legitimate utility for you, WHILE ALSO being an app that can lead you to lose tremendous time within it. Therefore, you need to catch yourself when you're in long sessions where logically, once you hit a certain interval of time, at that point, it is no longer serving a productive utility but instead stealing your time. It's extremely frustrating because apps like this, OneSec, ScreenZen, and seemingly all others that are advertising themselves as specifically effective for intervening doom scrolling are, in reality, not actually effective at all unless you solely want to use it for social media. Outside of that, they are completely archaic to the everyday reality of life.

   LegallyBlondeWI · 4 Sep 2026

4. 3/5Tracking could be improved

   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.

   Energetic Necromancer · 4 Sep 2026

5. 5/5Have tried a ton of these apps and I like this one best!

   Unfortunately I’m not able to use the coolest feature of this app — the exercise “challenges” to unlock addictive apps — because I’m paraplegic and all of the exercises require the use of legs. So I can’t speak to how well that feature works. Regardless, I’m going to pay for ClearSpace once the free trial is over. There are small details that make this app more effective (for me, at least) than others like it. For example, ClearSpace you pick how long you want to use the app at a time (from 1-10 minutes) right as you open the app. Then, when time runs out, it says, “the time you set aside for this app is over.” Theoretically I could unlock the app again but I never do…because the app is reminding me that I picked that shorter time (I usually pick 5 minutes, never 10), so I feel compelled to stick to it! I don’t know if that explanation fully makes sense, but trust me, my time spent on social media apps is WAY down since I started using ClearSpace!

   Kelwiththecowcats · 4 Sep 2026

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