Iâm glad to hear that that was useful in some way.
This might be presumptuous, but Im a software/ML engineer, now working on a couple of my own AI product ideas. If you already have AI talent on your team, Iâm sure youâre totally fine. But if you donât, I know how hard it can be to come up with an AI strategy / build an AI team. I have some practical ideas for how you could implement some of this. Iâd be happy to talk with you if you think that would be useful. Absolutely no pressure whatsoever of course :).
I think you should be able to set some apps which are used for focus such as study aids. This should not impact your focus levels and instead show you are on task
I love this app, it has helped me tremendously with my ADHD. One suggestion, could we allow unlimited use of certain apps without the screen time being affected? I drive 6-8 hours a day and use my phones GPS. My screen time is always so high because of this and Iâve never been able to get an accurate number.
I 100% agree with this thread
The focus score at the moment is not accurate. We should definitely be allowed to at the very least omit some apps from the Focus Score, or even better, set some apps as âproductiveâ, and possibly remove some apps from the âproductivityâ tab as well (e.g., Mail is considered productive but I actually kind of want to cut down on the time I read emails).
One of the biggest issues with the built-in Screen Time app is that the app categories arenât accurate at all, and also counts all screen time indiscriminately, productive or not, so there is huge potential in the app to fix this problem by allowing users to adjust the app categories/productive score themselves. Otherwise the focus score is just a fancier but just as inaccurate version of the âtotal screen timeâ counter on the Screen Time app.
I want this feature so much that I made an acc just to write this here
I agree particularly with the folks requesting that we custom-assign which apps are productive and which arenât. Thereâs never going to be an app or site that you can safely universally call âunproductiveâ for everyone.
Twitter or Facebookâmaybe the user is a businessâs social media manager and posting & engaging with customers is their job, and they use Opal to not listen to podcasts & watch Youtube during work hours.
Podcasts & Youtubeâmaybe the user is a college student whose professors post class lectures as podcasts or videos, and they use Opal to not get distracted by phone games while studying.
Gamesâmaybe the user writes indie game reviews, and they use Opal to not get distracted by Facebook/Twitter when theyâre trying to analyze a new mobile game release.
Even something as obvious as âadult sitesââmaybe itâs a nonprofit reaching out to sex workers. Productivity is relative.
Right now, the only thing my focus score tells me is when Iâm using my phone. It doesnât tell me how focused I am.
Agreed. To pile on here, I use a sleep tracking app all night long, which as you can imagine, has a huge negative impact on my focus score as the app is today. It renders the focus score useless and dissuades me from using my sleep-tracking app. Iâm confident the developers can get this rolling soon enough
Update @here , we are working on this feature currently and except to be able to ship it this month! Thank you to everyone who contributed here. We will need everyone to test once itâs ready and provide feedback. Looking forward!
Would be great to be able to not count some apps in usage time such as maps - I use it via my car for personal and work but I wouldnât count that as me being on my phone. Also music apps playing in the background wouldnât class as usage of phone so ability to discount them would be useful!
Whenever I see my screen time is high, it seems to count my pomodoro app and listening to lofi music on my phone. It would be cool if certain apps that help me focus werenât counted. Being able to select âsafeâ apps might be cool.
I love the app as itâs helped me really be more productive during the work day and drastic sleeping improvements but I would like to see Maps and Spotify negatively effecting my score.
This is now live! @here
With the latest app release, you can now edit your Focus Score and Decide which apps distract you and which help you be productive..
Here is a little preview
To access this screen - make sure you have updated your Opal app (v.3.16), go to the Score tab, and hit Edit on the top menu bar.
I wish we could do this - but because of restrictions built in by Appleâs Screen Time API we cannot access apps installed on your device for the purpose of adjusting ratings. We have to recreate our own list manually. Thatâs why weâre asking Focus Score Edit / Customization - which Apps do you want to add?
The technical explanation is that within the Screen Time API extension, apps you select are âtokenizedâ to protect privacy (so only YOU know which apps you selected).
Edit on the top menu bar.