Fab Find of the Week: Moment (Cut Screen Time)
Itâs been awfully easy over the past year, in particular, to âloseâ hours on our phones â whether scrolling through Instagram, checking news websites or planning bucket-list dream holidays for When This Is All Over.
Conscious of how easy it is to fall down the rabbit hole that lurks inside our phones, weâve experimented with various apps in the past that aim to help us cut down our screen-time â but weâre sharing this because itâs the best weâve tried, and is really working for us.
There are lots of ways that the Moment screen time tracker can nudge you towards spending less time on your phone, and more in the real world. And ânudgeâ is really the word: unlike some rather bossy apps, Moment cleverly uses humour and gentle encouragement to help you switch off. (You get an idea, from the visual above.)
First of all, it invites you to take phone âfastsâ. You simply choose a chunk of time â half an hour, an hour, a couple of hours â when youâd rather NOT be scrolling. (Weirdly, just embarking on a âfastâ really makes you think twice â or thrice â about picking up your phone.) Thereâs a nice congratulation if you make it through, too.
You also get a suggested âMomentâ, each day, to help you be more present. Yesterdayâs, for instance, was to listen to an entire five-minute song, all the way through, without looking at your phone. And truly, when was the last time you truly immersed yourself in music in that wayâĻ?
You can also see at a glance how often youâve picked up your phone (VERY SCARY!), how much time youâve spent online each day â but more encouragingly, how much time youâve spent âin the momentâ, too.
Thereâs also the opportunity to create a âFamily Groupâ or a âFriend Groupâ, whereby you all share info with each other by way of offering support and positive reinforcement.
So if youâre keen to âbe here nowâ a bit more (or maybe a LOT more), in 2021, we canât recommend Moment too highlyâĻ
Itâs free at the Apple App Store â and you can find it here
