I love TikTok. From viral dances and human fairies cavorting through meadows to reality TV deep dives and ScienceTok, it’s my endless source of entertainment and distraction. But it’s also the toxic friend that keeps me up past midnight, chasing that elusive, final dopamine hit that never comes. It’s clear that I need boundaries, but setting them is easier said than done. It’s too easy to set the limit on my iPhone and then endlessly ask for an extra 15 minutes.

Clint Jarvis, co-founder and CEO of screen time app Roots (available only on iOS), says he's struggled with phone addiction since he got his first flip phone in high school.

“Building an app in the screen time space was the perfect intersection of passion and experience for me,” Jarvis said.

Roots is designed to gently ease you into offline activities while setting strict boundaries on your app's time limits.