of TLAU, Digital Wellbeing, StayFree, Family Link and Keep Me Out
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| TLAU | Digital Wellbeing | StayFree | Family Link | Keep Me Out | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get daily usage | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes |
| Decide your time after unlocking the phone |
🟢yes | 🔴no | 🔴no | 🔴no | 🟢yes |
| Prolong your time | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟡only from parent's phone |
🔴no |
| Force you to think before prolonging your time |
🟢yes | 🔴no | 🟢yes | 🟡you must get a pin code from parent's phone |
🔴no |
| sends your data | 🟢no | 🔴to Google | 🔴to many companies |
🔴to Google | 🟢no |
| see how much time is left | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes |
| Set limits for specific apps |
🔴no | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🔴no |
| Get a quote when your time runs out |
🟢yes | 🔴no | 🟢yes | 🔴no | 🟢yes |
| different limits than maximal time per day and sleep time |
🟢yes | 🔴no | 🟢yes | 🔴no | 🟢yes |
| emergency access to the phone | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes (customizable) | 🟡incoming calls and emergency |
🟡incoming calls and emergency |
| Set your own middle of the night for daily time |
🟢yes | 🔴no | 🟢yes | 🔴no | 🔴no |
| Specify custom cool-down period |
🟢yes | 🔴no | 🟢yes | 🔴no | 🟢yes |
| Cool-down period and time to start a new session can be different |
🟢yes | 🔴no | 🔴no | 🔴no | 🔴no |
| request a feature anytime | 🟢yes | 🔴no | 🟢yes | 🔴no | 🟢yes |
| has useless permissions as a technical limitation |
🟡few and we are working hard on removing them |
🟢zero | 🟡 few | 🔴multiple (some are used for tracking) |
🟡 few |
| has internet permission | 🟢no | 🔴yes | 🔴yes | 🔴yes | 🔴yes |
| is free | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟡 freemium | 🟢yes | 🟡 freemium |
| made in | 🇨🇿Czechia🇪🇺 | 🇺🇸USA | 🇺🇸USA | 🇺🇸USA | 🇦🇪UAE |
| supports more languages than English |
🔴no | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes |
| Uses AI | 🟢no | 🟢no | 🟢no | 🟢no | 🟢no |
| Control it yourself | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🔴no | 🟢yes |
| Downloadable from Google Play | 🔴no | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes | 🟢yes |
| Update frequency (update = new features) |
🟢monthly | 🟡annually | 🟡few times a year | 🔴multiple years | 🔴almost absent |
| Profits on you | 🟢not at all | 🔴yes | 🔴yes | 🔴yes | 🔴yes |
| Gets usage data | 🟢Directly | 🟢Directly | 🟡Partially from digital wellbeing |
🟡Partially from digital wellbeing |
🟢Directly |
| Score yes=1 point partially= 0.5 point no=0 points |
20 points🥇 | 12.5 points | 17 points🥈 | 9 points | 14,5 points🥉 |