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About Present — your Android screen-time assistant
Present (Screen Time Manager) is a free Android app that helps you reduce distracted time by limiting how often you open individual apps. Instead of completely locking your device, Present lets you set daily launch limits per app and gently guides you to stay focused on what matters.
Key capabilities
- Clear, at-a-glance tracking of each app’s usage and remaining launches.
- Ability to pause only the app that has reached its daily cap while leaving other apps usable.
- Option to choose which apps you want to control and configure a per-app daily open limit.
- Enforcement via Android’s usage-access permissions so limits are applied reliably.
- Automatic midnight reset so each day starts with a fresh allowance.
- Soft reminders that notify you when you’re approaching or have hit a limit.
How Present enforces limits
When an app reaches the daily number of allowed launches, Present suspends just that app rather than blocking the entire phone. You can still access other applications normally, and the suspended app can be temporarily reopened if you override the limit. Enforcement relies on Android’s usage access controls, which the app requests during setup to apply limits consistently.
Setting limits — quick setup
- Grant usage-access permissions to Present so it can monitor and control launches.
- Browse the list of installed apps and select which ones you want to limit.
- Assign a daily launch cap for each chosen app.
- Enable reminders so the app can warn you as you near or reach your limits.
Monitoring and daily reset
Present displays a complete overview of installed apps along with each app’s current usage and limit status, making it simple to track progress. Limits and counters reset automatically at midnight every day, giving you a clean slate and making it easy to maintain regular screen-time habits.
Technical
- Android
- Free
