🧰 Going further

App groups

In Shields › ••• › App groups you can save a set of apps and websites once ("Social", "Games") and reuse it in any shield. Change the group and every shield using it follows.

Only / All except

When picking apps, Only shields what you select. All except shields everything apart from your selection, handy for focus time when you only need a couple of tools.

Pause screens

Shields › ••• › Pause screens sets what you see when you open a shielded app: gentle thoughts, something else to do, or your own note, app or person to call. You can preview it there too. Your own pause screens are part of StillMode Plus.

Pausing a shield

Open a shield and tap Pause to rest it for an hour or until tomorrow. It comes back on by itself. Shields in Lockdown can't be paused while they're up.

Habits

An Earn with habits shield keeps apps quiet until you do the things you said you'd do. Choose Time per habit to earn minutes for each one, or Finish them all to open apps once every habit is done. Photo habits ask for a quick snap.

Daily allowances

In Shields › ••• › Daily allowances you decide how many times a day you can pause a shield or top up its breaks.