InteractOut: An App to Limit Your App Time

University of Michigan researchers’ InteractOut app works to manage screen time by delaying a phone’s swiping and tapping functions and forcing users to think harder. This makes it easier for them to consider whether to keep scrolling. Watch this video to learn more.

“Lockout apps are pretty disruptive, so if someone is in the middle of an important task or a game, they’ll scramble to skip through the screen timer. Then, they can forget about the time limit and spend more time on the phone than they wanted to,” said Anhong Guo , U-M assistant professor of computer science and engineering and the corresponding author of the study.