Time with family & friends

Phone-free time with family and friends

You are spending time with people you actually want to be with – yet your attention keeps returning to your phone. A message, an email or checking just one thing can be enough to pull you out of the moment. If you want to spend less time on your phone, reduce your screen time or deliberately create phone-free time, you can decide beforehand which apps should wait.

Phone distraction during time with family

More time with your family

During a meal, while playing together or simply spending an afternoon at home, the phone is often right there beside us. You only want to reply to a message or read an email for a moment – and suddenly your attention is somewhere else.

With children, there is another aspect too: parents are role models in how they use smartphones. Children notice how naturally we reach for our phones. If you want your child to learn that a phone can sometimes be put aside, you can show them that messages, social media and emails do not always need immediate attention.

You do not have to switch off your phone completely or put it away. You may want to stay reachable, take photos or keep using certain functions. You decide which apps can wait while you spend time together.

Phone-free family time during a game night

Protect the time you spend together

You decide beforehand which apps can wait during family time. Your phone remains usable – only the apps that keep pulling your attention away are blocked for the time you choose.

Be present with your friends

During an evening with friends, over dinner, at a café or while doing something together, your phone can keep asking for attention. You are sitting together and talking – yet still checking Instagram, Snapchat, messages or emails in between.

You may not want to put your phone away completely. You may simply want to stop certain apps from repeatedly interrupting the time you are spending together. You can decide beforehand which apps should wait during that time.

Snapchat blocked with VoidAccess during an evening with friends

Block distracting apps – not your whole phone

VoidAccess is an app blocker for Android where you decide beforehand which apps you want to block and how long the block should last. Everything you still need remains available. For example, you can block Gmail, Instagram, Snapchat or other apps before spending time with family or friends.

You decide beforehand how long the block lasts and how high your unlock price is. An unlock price is part of every block.

If you later try to access a blocked app, VoidAccess reminds you of the decision you made beforehand. If you still choose to unlock it early, you pay the unlock price you set yourself. If you wait until your chosen time is over, you pay nothing.

Your time belongs to the people you want to spend it with

This is not about banning smartphones from shared moments. You decide when your phone matters – and when the people around you matter more. VoidAccess then helps you stick to that decision.