https://scrappy-app.com/blog/ Things worth knowing about the phone in your hand. en https://scrappy-app.com/blog/working-from-home-is-a-two-screen-problem https://scrappy-app.com/blog/working-from-home-is-a-two-screen-problem What actually happens to the hours when the office and the sofa are the same room. 2026-10-10 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/a-screen-time-setup-that-survives-you https://scrappy-app.com/blog/a-screen-time-setup-that-survives-you Every setting worth turning on, in order, with the two that undo the rest flagged. 2026-10-09 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/brick-unpluq-and-the-physical-key https://scrappy-app.com/blog/brick-unpluq-and-the-physical-key A physical key is the strongest friction there is, until it is upstairs. 2026-10-08 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/six-things-that-beat-a-timer https://scrappy-app.com/blog/six-things-that-beat-a-timer Body doubling, the shut door, the paper list, and three more, each with the failure mode named. 2026-10-07 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/every-mac-browser-ranked-by-how-lockable-it-is https://scrappy-app.com/blog/every-mac-browser-ranked-by-how-lockable-it-is Five browsers, one table, tested rather than assumed. 2026-10-06 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/you-said-you-would-read-a-book https://scrappy-app.com/blog/you-said-you-would-read-a-book A fair fight between a book and a feed, scored honestly. The book loses on merit. 2026-10-05 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/block-websites-on-iphone https://scrappy-app.com/blog/block-websites-on-iphone The Websites field inside App Limits that almost nobody scrolls far enough to find. 2026-10-04 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/freedom-and-cold-turkey https://scrappy-app.com/blog/freedom-and-cold-turkey The two heaviest tools in the category, who they are right for, and what they cost in daily friction. 2026-10-03 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/delete-it-or-guard-it https://scrappy-app.com/blog/delete-it-or-guard-it Three questions that settle it, and permission to choose deletion if that is the answer. 2026-10-02 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/the-two-minute-rule-for-phones https://scrappy-app.com/blog/the-two-minute-rule-for-phones A one-sentence test for the reach, and what to do in the four seconds it buys you. 2026-10-01 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/block-youtube-shorts-not-youtube https://scrappy-app.com/blog/block-youtube-shorts-not-youtube Four ways to cut one feed out of one site while keeping the part you actually came for. 2026-09-30 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/what-forty-minutes-a-night-costs https://scrappy-app.com/blog/what-forty-minutes-a-night-costs Your own number, worked out, in hours and then in things you would have done with them. 2026-09-29 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/read-your-own-screen-time-report https://scrappy-app.com/blog/read-your-own-screen-time-report Read the weekly report properly, including the two numbers that matter more than total hours. 2026-09-28 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/one-sec-alternatives https://scrappy-app.com/blog/one-sec-alternatives A breath before you open it is a genuinely good idea. Here is what it does not cover. 2026-09-27 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/a-home-screen-with-nothing-on-it https://scrappy-app.com/blog/a-home-screen-with-nothing-on-it Every app still there, none of them looking at you. Screenshots at each step. 2026-09-26 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/twenty-three-minutes https://scrappy-app.com/blog/twenty-three-minutes What the study actually measured, what it did not, and the honest number for your day. 2026-09-25 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/a-browser-extension-is-two-clicks-from-off https://scrappy-app.com/blog/a-browser-extension-is-two-clicks-from-off Why the most recommended category of blocker is the least effective one, in one diagram. 2026-09-24 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/nine-minutes https://scrappy-app.com/blog/nine-minutes The arithmetic on one more video, done properly, with the sources. 2026-09-23 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/a-screen-time-passcode-you-will-type-anyway https://scrappy-app.com/blog/a-screen-time-passcode-you-will-type-anyway Four places to put a passcode you set on yourself, ranked by how long each one survives. 2026-09-22 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/screenzen-alternatives https://scrappy-app.com/blog/screenzen-alternatives Friction works until it does not. The exact point where it stops, and what to do then. 2026-09-21 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/grayscale-does-not-work-either https://scrappy-app.com/blog/grayscale-does-not-work-either The evidence is thinner than the advice. Here is what it actually supports. 2026-09-20 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/how-long-a-focus-block-should-be https://scrappy-app.com/blog/how-long-a-focus-block-should-be Pick your length from the work you are doing, not from a tomato-shaped kitchen timer. 2026-09-19 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/a-dog-for-your-mac https://scrappy-app.com/blog/a-dog-for-your-mac What the Mac version will do, what it will refuse to do, and when. 2026-09-18 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/which-kind-of-scroller-are-you https://scrappy-app.com/blog/which-kind-of-scroller-are-you Four honest self-diagnoses and the one rule that fits each. Find yourself in about ninety seconds. 2026-09-17 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/downtime-vs-app-limits https://scrappy-app.com/blog/downtime-vs-app-limits Three tools that look interchangeable and are not. Pick by what your bad hour looks like. 2026-09-16 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/screen-time-apps-ranked-by-how-hard-they-are-to-cheat https://scrappy-app.com/blog/screen-time-apps-ranked-by-how-hard-they-are-to-cheat One axis, tested by hand on every app: how many seconds to get past it when you really want to. 2026-09-15 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/the-dumb-phone-experiment-week-two https://scrappy-app.com/blog/the-dumb-phone-experiment-week-two Week one is euphoric and every article stops there. Week two is the useful one. 2026-09-14 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/screen-time-on-mac-is-not-screen-time-on-iphone https://scrappy-app.com/blog/screen-time-on-mac-is-not-screen-time-on-iphone Everything that syncs, everything that does not, and the three gaps that matter. 2026-09-13 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/how-to-make-your-phone-boring-after-ten https://scrappy-app.com/blog/how-to-make-your-phone-boring-after-ten Six things built into iOS, ranked by how much they actually change the hour. 2026-09-12 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/screen-time-was-built-for-your-kid https://scrappy-app.com/blog/screen-time-was-built-for-your-kid Why every gap in Apple's tool follows from one design assumption, and what to do given that it is not changing. 2026-09-11 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/best-free-screen-time-apps https://scrappy-app.com/blog/best-free-screen-time-apps Nine free tiers, and the specific thing each one is holding back. 2026-09-10 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/focus-when-your-job-lives-in-slack https://scrappy-app.com/blog/focus-when-your-job-lives-in-slack How to build an always-allowed list that is short enough to mean something. 2026-09-09 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/the-hosts-file https://scrappy-app.com/blog/the-hosts-file Copy-paste ready, with sudo explained, and the four ways it quietly stops working. 2026-09-08 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/charging-your-phone-in-another-room https://scrappy-app.com/blog/charging-your-phone-in-another-room Eleven nights of trying the advice everyone gives. What broke it, on night four. 2026-09-07 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/the-delete-and-reinstall-loop https://scrappy-app.com/blog/the-delete-and-reinstall-loop Why this loophole beats almost everyone: it does not feel like cheating, it feels like tidying up. 2026-09-06 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/brainrot-is-a-real-word-now https://scrappy-app.com/blog/brainrot-is-a-real-word-now Where the word came from, what it names that no clinical term does, and whether it is happening to you. 2026-09-05 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/pomodoro-does-not-fail-your-phone-does https://scrappy-app.com/blog/pomodoro-does-not-fail-your-phone-does Where in the twenty-five minutes it actually breaks, and the one change that fixes it. 2026-09-04 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/block-a-website-on-mac-in-every-browser https://scrappy-app.com/blog/block-a-website-on-mac-in-every-browser Four methods, tested in five browsers, with the leak in each one named before you commit to it. 2026-09-03 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/revenge-bedtime-procrastination-at-half-past-ten https://scrappy-app.com/blog/revenge-bedtime-procrastination-at-half-past-ten Not why it happens. What to physically do in the twenty minutes before it happens. 2026-09-02 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/remove-the-ignore-limit-button https://scrappy-app.com/blog/remove-the-ignore-limit-button Ninety seconds, two settings, and the grey screen stops offering you a way out. 2026-09-01 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/opal-alternatives https://scrappy-app.com/blog/opal-alternatives Six alternatives sorted by what you are actually unhappy about: the price, the strictness, or the vibe. 2026-08-31 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/dumb-phone-mode-without-the-dumb-phone https://scrappy-app.com/blog/dumb-phone-mode-without-the-dumb-phone An afternoon of settings that gets you eighty per cent of the way, keeping the camera and the maps. 2026-08-30 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/you-never-stopped-working https://scrappy-app.com/blog/you-never-stopped-working The difference between a break and a drift, and the tell that separates them. 2026-08-29 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/you-are-not-still-awake https://scrappy-app.com/blog/you-are-not-still-awake The difference between the two, and why only one of them can be fixed with a rule. 2026-08-28 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/screen-time-app-limits-not-working https://scrappy-app.com/blog/screen-time-app-limits-not-working Ordered by how often it is actually the cause, each with a twenty second check. 2026-08-27 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/every-way-an-iphone-hands-back-a-blocked-app https://scrappy-app.com/blog/every-way-an-iphone-hands-back-a-blocked-app Nine doors, what each costs to shut, and the two that cannot be shut at all. 2026-08-26 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/you-blocked-it-on-your-phone-so-you-opened-the-laptop https://scrappy-app.com/blog/you-blocked-it-on-your-phone-so-you-opened-the-laptop Why a phone-only fix lasts about eleven days, and what the second screen actually needs. 2026-08-25 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/touch-grass-unironically https://scrappy-app.com/blog/touch-grass-unironically Why a walk beats every app on this list, including ours, and what to do with that. 2026-08-24 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/what-the-pet-apps-get-right https://scrappy-app.com/blog/what-the-pet-apps-get-right Why caring for a small imaginary thing works better than a timer, and where the trick runs out. 2026-08-23 https://scrappy-app.com/blog/a-focus-setup-for-people-who-tried-nine https://scrappy-app.com/blog/a-focus-setup-for-people-who-tried-nine Why the tenth one fails on day nine like the other nine did, and what has to be different. 2026-08-22