Most of us can use a smartphone detox. Yet, no one can afford to stay offline anymore. Much of our lives are intertwined with our phones, from paying for coffee to keeping in touch to navigating around. And the measly screen time tools phone makers do offer are far too easy to ignore and circumvent. So how can you break your phone attachment issues without going cold turkey? A bunch of new offbeat apps and tricks may hold the answer.
Several unique apps and hacks have emerged as more effective solutions to cutting screen time. While they may come off as too bizarre to work, most of them tend to target the root causes responsible for keeping us hooked to our screens, and hence can potentially help us develop healthier long-term relationships with our devices. Here are five such unique ways to get your smartphone screen time under control.
