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May 15, 2014 07:34 am GMT

BreakFree App Measures How Addicted You Are to Your Phone

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Smartphone addiction may be on the rise, but a new app wants to help users spend less time on their phones.

BreakFree's Android app tracks the amount of time you spend looking at your phone, and gives you a heads-up when it might be time for a break

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BreakFree keeps tabs on how long you spend using apps, how often you unlock your phone and how much time you spend making phone calls. It calculates an "addiction score" based on these metrics, and will send reminders suggesting you slow down when your use is on the rise.

“We want to make people realize that human company is better than phone company,” the app's founder, Mrigaen Kapadia, told Mashable in an earlier interview Read more...

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