AntiSocial
Screen-time app that tracks your phone and social-media usage, benchmarks it against peers, and lets you set and enforce app-blocking limits.
Automates the boring discipline of screen-time limits so willpower isn't the bottleneck, same logic as automating price-watching.
AntiSocial does something most screen-time tools don't bother with: it actually blocks. Plenty of apps will show you a chart of how long you spent on your phone today, which is interesting for about a week and then becomes background noise you stop looking at. AntiSocial sets a limit and enforces it, so hitting the cap on a specific app actually locks you out rather than just logging the fact you went over.
The tracking side is solid too, per-app usage breakdowns and a benchmark against other users so you have a real sense of whether your usage is typical or well above it. That comparison is more motivating than a number in isolation. Seeing you're in the top 10% of usage for a specific app tends to land harder than just seeing a raw hours figure.
It's built by an Australian team (Bugbean), and it's free to download with the core tracking available before you hit a paywall. The subscription, from $4.99 a week, adds the full blocking and limit-enforcement features, which is really the part that changes behaviour rather than just measuring it.
I keep coming back to the same idea with this one: the tools that actually reduce screen time are the ones that remove the moment of choice, not the ones that ask you to notice a number and decide to do better. A block you can't easily talk yourself out of is doing the automation work your willpower shouldn't have to.
Frequently Asked Questions
What actually makes AntiSocial different from the screen-time tools built into my phone?
Built-in tools like iOS Screen Time and Android Digital Wellbeing track usage and let you set limits, but they're easy to override with your own passcode in the moment. AntiSocial adds peer benchmarking so you know if your usage is typical, and its blocking is designed to be harder to talk yourself out of once you've hit a limit.
Is AntiSocial actually free, or is that misleading?
The app is free to download and the core usage tracking is available without paying. The subscription, from $4.99 a week, is required for the full app-blocking and enforcement features, which is the part that actually changes behaviour rather than just showing you data.
How does the peer benchmarking in AntiSocial work?
AntiSocial compares your usage data, anonymised, against other users of the app so you can see whether your screen time on a given app is typical, above average, or well above average. It's a relative signal rather than an absolute one, useful because a raw number of hours doesn't tell you much on its own.
Is AntiSocial built in Australia?
Yes, it's made by Bugbean, an Australian developer. That's separate from whether it's the right tool for you, but worth knowing if you're weighing up Australian-built options specifically.
Can I set different limits for different apps?
Yes, limits and blocks are set per app, so you can be strict about social media specifically while leaving other apps you rely on for work or communication unrestricted.
Stop searching. Start fetching.
Tell FindFetcher what you want, and it watches the Australian retailers for you, quietly, until it finds a match.