Feature Requests

Hello, brand new user here. I am currently comparing SHIFT with Techlockdown. I have SHIFT installed on my wife's phone and am using Techlockdown on mine to compare. There are a few things I think could be added that would make Techlockdown the superior platform. The ability to schedule a "permanent" block: On SHIFT, you can "shift" your phone (removes a preset list of distracting apps), and schedule that to end at a predetermined time. During this scheduled time, there is no way to undo the "shift". I understand you can set an unlock delay up to 24 hrs, so maybe this could be accomplished by making it possible to set that delay out to an infinite duration. Additional verification from the user could prevent someone from accidentally locking themselves out. Scheduled app blocking: This is probably way more complicated. On Techlockdown, you can use the content policy to schedule downtime from apps or websites. On SHIFT, you can simply schedule the phone to be "shifted". There is no linking to Cloudflare and/or a content policy. I'm not sure how they do it, and I would assume it is very complicated. Everything can be done wirelessly on SHIFT so I'd guess it's a fully managed device rather than supervised. One-time payment: Self-explanatory. SHIFT is a one-time payment of $99 forever. Like Cold Turkey, this is very attractive. SHIFT does not currently allow a user to customize their blocks. The list of blocked apps is preset and unchangeable (for now). This is the biggest disadvantage of their platform imo. If they add this however, it will be hard to justify the subscription. Maybe a tiered approach could work? If you just want to block your phone that could be one price, and if you want to go next level and do some network stuff, that could be an ongoing subscription. Just a thought. Thanks! Cole

There’s a loophole here. I don’t want to say what it is exactly for the benefit of other users, but it has to do with adding users while one’s account is locked. Please could you take a look at this?

I believe I have a really good feature request. I have been using Techlockdown with the LivingRoom feature for nearly a week now and very impressed with both, while previously having tried both Kidslox and Covenant Eyes. LivingRoom is a far better required screen recorder than Telescope (Kidslox) and Covenant Eyes, but what both of those have is the ability to autodetect (via AI I assume) graphic or sexual images. My accountability partner and I made a very quick observation: Logging in every day to scroll through and review numerous images is inefficient and unsustainable for an accountability partner, and it will only be a matter a time where I am feeling confident that I can use my device as I please, as they won't take the time to review the content. If the stored images in LivingRoom were autoscanned via AI that would be excellent. Even better would be automated alerts/emails/text messages to an accountability partners email/phone number if AI had detected something not allowed, with the image itself attached or a link the flagged image. Understand that may require increased subscription costs, but I for one, would pay for that. The potential with LivingRoom is HUGE in my opinion. For others like me using techlockdown to help with porn use, LivingRoom can be the ideal solution. But because of the above problem (reviewing content being burdensome), I HAVE to use techlockdown to block basically everything that can be a trigger, ie whatever contains sexualized content (TikTok, Insta, Reddit, Facebook), which really sucks. This essentially make the LivingRoom app useless. With these blocked, and filters on Safari, there is really no reason to record the screen as there is almost no way to find "bad" content. In addition, I want to use FB marketplace, reddit searches for problems, etc, but I can't. The LivingRoom app, with proper features, could allow many techlockdown users like me the freedom and capability to use very helpful apps but with the confidence that their partner can easily keep them accountable.

Edge browser on android has a 'preview page' option when you click on a website in a search engine. I'd like a way to block this feature.

It would be helpful to be able to remove URLs from the logs. For example, I have smart devices, like light bulbs, on my network that are adding a lot of traffic to the logs. My thought is something like the block/allow list, but the option to not log that URL.

i want to request public free permanent tier with some limted features at least some with no payment methods

Does it work if one has two rules scheduled for the same time - one allow and one block? Thanks

Hello, I know you’ve said before that you don’t want to introduce super long unlock delays, because then people get locked out of their account in effect, but might you consider increasing the options slightly from 1 day as the maximum? Maybe to say a maximum of a few days or a week? I think this could only be a positive and give users more options and more time to reconsider making any changes Thanks

Hiding the domain responsible for videos and images is crucial for Twitter's Rule on content policy. This prevents users from knowing the domain's identity, as they might then create a new account on techlockdown and potentially overstep the boundaries. It's also important to consider that users might exceed the limits set when creating a new account on techlockdown. Therefore, consider implementing a method to prevent this.

I find myself in situations where I have access to other devices. I can't install device configs because they are not my devices/not personal devices (e.g., shared TV), so I was considering connecting the router to the content policy instead. However, I don't want the same restrictions to apply to other devices in the house which are not mine. Is there a way to only allow the router config to filter traffic for a pre-defined set of devices rather than all of them?