Questions we get a lot

It blocks the apps and websites you choose, during the hours or past the daily limits you set. Keep the commitment and you earn BeatCoins and grow your streak. Break it and that streak goes back to zero.

Yes. Commitments, app and website blocking, Quick Focus, streaks, BeatCoins and the leaderboard are all in the free app. Premium adds the strongest protections, such as Anti-Uninstall Lock and Settings Lockdown.

BeatSocial is built for Android first. Some phones shut down background apps to save battery, so if blocking ever stops, set BeatSocial to Unrestricted under Settings > Battery.

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A focus window locks apps during set hours, for example 9 am to 6 pm on weekdays. A usage limit leaves apps open until you have used up your time for the day, then blocks them. You can share one limit across several apps or give each app its own.

A trusted friend who holds your passcode. It goes to them by email and you never see it. To unlock or edit a locked commitment early, you have to ask them for it.

Open it on the Home screen and choose Pause or Deactivate. If it is protected by a passcode, you will need that passcode first. Stopping a commitment can cost you your streak and any coins you staked on it.

To see which app is on screen so it can block the ones you picked, and to read the address bar of supported browsers so it can block websites and keywords. This all happens on your phone. There is a full explanation on our permissions page.

By completing commitments. Each one can pay up to 10 coins: more blocked items and longer hours pay more, and social, games and streaming apps count for more. To earn anything, a commitment needs at least 1 hour and 1 blocked item. A usage limit needs to be at least 30 minutes under your usual use.

You put coins on a commitment. Complete it and you get your stake back plus double the reward. Fail and you lose the stake. Staked commitments cannot be edited until the stake period ends.

A day counts towards your streak when you complete at least half of the commitments scheduled for it. Miss that and the streak resets.

The Rewards Store is still being stocked and is not open yet. Coins you earn now will count when it launches. Spending coins will never lower your leaderboard rank, because rank is based on coins earned in the last 7 days.

Friend Passcode Protection, Auto-Generated Passcodes, Anti-Uninstall Lock, Settings Lockdown and Advanced App Blocking.

In the Play Store: Profile > Payments & subscriptions > Subscriptions. Premium stays active until the end of the period you paid for. Deleting your BeatSocial account does not cancel a subscription.

Yes. Sign in with the same account, then tap Restore Purchases on the Premium page.