SwingScreen time awareness is useful. But sometimes you need help at the exact moment your thumb opens the app—not only after the hour is already gone.
Swing is focused on the app-open moment. You choose apps to protect, then Swing gives you a funny interruption before they open. It is not trying to turn your life into a spreadsheet.
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1. Pick the apps that pull you in
Choose the apps where a quick interruption would be more useful than discovering later that you lost your afternoon to the feed.
2. Finish the iPhone setup
Follow Swing’s on-screen permission setup. This lets Swing show its interruption before your protected app opens, instead of asking your half-awake thumb to be the whole plan.
3. Let Swing catch the first tap
Swing appears before the protected app opens, so the decision lives at the beginning of the loop instead of in a report after it.
4. Make the call
Leave the app, or unblock it deliberately. You can still use your iPhone tools and settings; Swing adds a separate moment of friction.
Quick answers
Do I have to delete the app?
No. Swing adds an interruption before a protected app opens. Your app, account, and data stay on your iPhone.
Can I still use it when I need to?
Yep. You choose whether to leave the app or unblock it for a while. Swing is there to interrupt the reflex, not run your life.
What should I protect first?
Start with the app that most often turns a quick check into a missing hour. One honest choice beats a huge list you will never use.
Related: Reduce screen time on iPhone · Block apps without deleting them.
Download Swing on the App Store or browse the scroll-less guides.