<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Screentide Blog</title><description>Healthy screen time habits, step-by-step Screentide playbooks, and honest Android app comparisons.</description><link>https://screentide.app/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Turn an NFC Sticker Into a Physical App Blocker</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/nfc-app-blocker/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/nfc-app-blocker/</guid><description>Set up a reusable NFC tag to switch app blocking on or off from across the room. A step-by-step Screentide guide for Android.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Screentide Playbooks</category><category>Screentide</category><category>NFC</category><category>App Blockers</category></item><item><title>Physical App Blockers: Do You Need to Buy One?</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/physical-phone-blockers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/physical-phone-blockers/</guid><description>Compare free ways to put distance between you and distracting apps with dedicated devices like Brick, including current price and platform limits.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Healthy Habits</category><category>App Blockers</category><category>NFC</category><category>Screen Time</category></item><item><title>Turn a Printed QR Code Into a Physical App Blocker</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/qr-code-app-blocker/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/qr-code-app-blocker/</guid><description>No NFC needed: print separate start and stop codes, then put the stop code somewhere you have to walk to. A step-by-step Screentide guide for Android.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Screentide Playbooks</category><category>Screentide</category><category>QR Code</category><category>App Blockers</category></item><item><title>An NFC Bedtime App Blocker You Have to Get Up to Turn Off</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/bedtime-nfc-switch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/bedtime-nfc-switch/</guid><description>Tap an NFC sticker by your bed to start blocking late-night apps, and put the only way to stop it in the kitchen. A step-by-step setup with Screentide, a free Android screen time app.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Screentide Playbooks</category><category>Screentide</category><category>NFC</category><category>Sleep</category></item><item><title>Best Screen Time Apps for Android (2026)</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/best-android-screen-time-apps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/best-android-screen-time-apps/</guid><description>A comparison of five Android screen time apps and the tools each offers to help change phone habits.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Comparisons</category><category>Screen Time</category><category>App Blockers</category><category>Digital Wellbeing</category><category>Doomscrolling</category><category>ScreenZen</category><category>AppBlock</category><category>one sec</category><category>StayFree</category></item><item><title>Best AppBlock Alternatives for Android</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/best-appblock-alternatives-android/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/best-appblock-alternatives-android/</guid><description>AppBlock works well when you want firm limits. These Android apps offer different ways to respond to distracting apps.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Comparisons</category><category>Screen Time</category><category>App Blockers</category><category>Digital Wellbeing</category><category>AppBlock</category><category>ScreenZen</category><category>one sec</category><category>StayFree</category></item><item><title>How to Be Present With Friends and Family</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/be-present-with-friends-and-family/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/be-present-with-friends-and-family/</guid><description>Simple, research-backed ways to keep your phone from gatecrashing dinners, dates and catch-ups.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Healthy Habits</category><category>Digital Wellbeing</category><category>Relationships</category><category>Screen Time</category></item><item><title>Best one sec Alternatives for Android</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/best-one-sec-alternatives-android/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/best-one-sec-alternatives-android/</guid><description>one sec uses a breathing pause before opening an app. These Android alternatives offer ways to manage more apps or use other kinds of friction.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Comparisons</category><category>Screen Time</category><category>App Blockers</category><category>Digital Wellbeing</category><category>Doomscrolling</category><category>one sec</category><category>ScreenZen</category><category>AppBlock</category><category>StayFree</category></item><item><title>Best ScreenZen Alternatives for Android</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/best-screenzen-alternatives-android/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/best-screenzen-alternatives-android/</guid><description>ScreenZen offers a capable free pause before opening apps. These Android alternatives suit different schedules, restrictions and tracking needs.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Comparisons</category><category>Screen Time</category><category>App Blockers</category><category>Digital Wellbeing</category><category>ScreenZen</category><category>AppBlock</category><category>one sec</category><category>StayFree</category></item><item><title>Best StayFree Alternatives for Android</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/best-stayfree-alternatives-android/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/best-stayfree-alternatives-android/</guid><description>StayFree tracks app use across devices. These Android alternatives add pauses, stricter blocking or gradual friction.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Comparisons</category><category>Screen Time</category><category>App Blockers</category><category>Digital Wellbeing</category><category>StayFree</category><category>ScreenZen</category><category>AppBlock</category><category>one sec</category></item><item><title>Screen Time Limits That Follow Your Calendar</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/calendar-focus-blocks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/calendar-focus-blocks/</guid><description>Make distracting apps step aside during your real meetings, lectures and shifts, even when they move. A step-by-step setup with Screentide, a free Android screen time app.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Screentide Playbooks</category><category>Screentide</category><category>Focus</category><category>Productivity</category></item><item><title>Make Your Screen Time Limits Harder to Turn Off</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/lock-your-rules/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/lock-your-rules/</guid><description>Add a cooldown, device restart, or someone else&apos;s code before you can edit your Screentide rules. See how each challenge works and choose the right level of friction.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Screentide Playbooks</category><category>Screentide</category><category>Accountability</category><category>App Blockers</category></item><item><title>How to Protect Focus Time With Your Calendar</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/protect-focus-time-with-your-calendar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/protect-focus-time-with-your-calendar/</guid><description>Turn the focus blocks in your calendar into plans you actually keep, with simple if-then habits and a little help from your phone.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Healthy Habits</category><category>Focus</category><category>Productivity</category><category>Screen Time</category></item><item><title>Slow Down Endless Feeds the Longer You Scroll</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/slow-down-endless-feeds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/slow-down-endless-feeds/</guid><description>Make social feeds gradually slower or dimmer the longer you scroll, while your messages keep working. A step-by-step setup with Screentide for Android.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Screentide Playbooks</category><category>Screentide</category><category>Doomscrolling</category><category>Social Media</category></item><item><title>How to Stop Checking Your Phone at Work</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/stop-checking-phone-at-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/stop-checking-phone-at-work/</guid><description>Research-backed habits for fewer phone interruptions at work, and the tools that help when habits aren&apos;t enough.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Healthy Habits</category><category>Focus</category><category>Notifications</category><category>Screen Time</category></item><item><title>How to Stop Doomscrolling Without Quitting Social Media</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/stop-doomscrolling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/stop-doomscrolling/</guid><description>Research-backed ways to spend less time scrolling while keeping the social media apps and accounts you value.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Healthy Habits</category><category>Doomscrolling</category><category>Social Media</category><category>Screen Time</category></item><item><title>How to Stop Scrolling in Bed</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/stop-scrolling-in-bed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/stop-scrolling-in-bed/</guid><description>Sleep-friendly habits to break the late-night scroll, backed by sleep research, plus tools for the nights habits aren&apos;t enough.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Healthy Habits</category><category>Sleep</category><category>Doomscrolling</category><category>Screen Time</category></item><item><title>How to Stop Switching Off Your Own Restrictions</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/stop-switching-off-restrictions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/stop-switching-off-restrictions/</guid><description>If your screen time limits work until the moment you turn them off, these strategies make that moment much harder, with or without an app.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Healthy Habits</category><category>Screen Time</category><category>Accountability</category><category>App Blockers</category></item><item><title>Tap an NFC Tag to Mute Distracting Apps at Dinner</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/together-time-switch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/together-time-switch/</guid><description>Tap an NFC sticker on the dinner table to silence distracting apps during meals and time with friends. A step-by-step setup with Screentide for Android.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Screentide Playbooks</category><category>Screentide</category><category>NFC</category><category>Relationships</category></item><item><title>Hold Work-Hour Notifications Until You Clock Off</title><link>https://screentide.app/insights/work-hours-notification-hold/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://screentide.app/insights/work-hours-notification-hold/</guid><description>Silence distracting apps during work, then get every notification you missed when you finish. A step-by-step setup with Screentide for Android.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Screentide Playbooks</category><category>Screentide</category><category>Focus</category><category>Notifications</category></item></channel></rss>