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DigiPaws - Gamify Screentime

Block apps, reels, explicit keywords and more.
Tired of losing hours to endless scrolling? Meet DigiPaws – the app that gamifies your screen time and turns it into a productive adventure!


Features

- Versatile Blockers: Take control of your digital environment by blocking apps, keywords, and unwanted in-app screens (e.g., YouTube shorts, comments).
- Anti-Uninstall: Take up the "TechRehab" challenge to prevent any uninstallation attempts for the next 3 weeks.
- Three Unique Modes: Tailor your screen usage experience with Easy, Adventure, and Hard modes.
- Gamified Challenges: Earn Aura by becoming productive, and use them to unlock app usage.
- Focus Quest : blocks all apps (except essentials like calls and SMS) for a few minutes.
- Open Source: Fully transparent and free to use, with the source code available for community contributions.
- Productivity Enhancement: Helps build healthier digital habits and reduce screen addiction.
- Open API: Turn your existing application into a digipaws quest!! Learn More at https://github.com/nethical6/digipause/blob/main/HowToUseApi.md

Usage

1. Launch DigiPaws on your Android device.
2. Provide all necessary permissions like Accessibility service, Notification, Draw over other apps etc
3. On Android 13+ devices, you need to additionally allow restricted settings before enabling the accessibility permission. Watch a tutorial here -> https://youtu.be/91B72lEpcqc?si=PCKKUSwM1aLdELqJ
4. Choose your preferred mode: Easy, Adventure, or Hard.
5. Configure the apps and views you want to block and set your preferences.
6. Start using your device with DigiPaws managing your screen time.

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Versions

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  • Version 0.7.1-alpha-lite (8) suggested Added on Sep 25, 2024

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "specialUse"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "specialUse"
    • retrieve running apps
      Allows the app to retrieve information about currently and recently running tasks. This may allow the app to discover information about which applications are used on the device.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • query all packages
      Allows an app to see all installed packages.
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • ask to ignore battery optimizations
      Allows an app to ask for permission to ignore battery optimizations for that app.
    • This app can appear on top of other apps
      This app can appear on top of other apps or other parts of the screen. This may interfere with normal app usage and change the way that other apps appear.
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • nethical.digipaws.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
    • nethical.digipaws.permission.API_V1

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