GoKawiilBloom Card 4 / 5 Very good pros and cons Pros Better app than Brick.
Easy app scheduling.
Lower price. Cons Continued to block apps after my scheduled time was over.
Breaks defeat the purpose of strictly curbing screen time. View now at Bloom
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I'm on track to have spent 16 years of my life glued to my phone screen. That's what Bloom, the latest salve to phone addiction, tells me as I create my account.
16 years. According to my calculations, if I weren't attached to my phone's addictive mechanisms, I could have spent that time running 1,700 marathons, grabbing 2,900 cups of coffee with friends, or adding 1 or 2 more hours of sleep each night. Instead, I scroll.
And I'm not alone.
Also: The base model Kindle is my secret weapon against doomscrolling - and it's on sale
As phone addiction becomes more widespread -- and as we learn how social media keeps us addicted -- more companies are coming up with solutions. Bloom is one of those companies that, like the popular Brick, developed a tap-able NFC-enabled card that creates a physical boundary between the user and their dopamine-triggering device.
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