An App to End Smartphone Addiction

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Makers of the BreakFree app say it will help users become more conscious of their phone time.
0:28 | 05/16/14

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You can call this the anti Smartphone app because if you're -- -- the staring at your -- screen and many of us are. Help is on the way because -- an app called break free and it tracks your phone usage. -- calculate an addiction score. If he -- a particular effort too long you get a notification break free house provides phone management tools like disabling Internet -- phone calls and sending auto text messages.

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