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Another screen-time app, or Apple's Downtime, is interfering

Other blockers and Apple's own limits work separately from us. Here's how to tell them apart and switch them off.

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Look at the block screen you're seeing. Ours is dark, shows our little worm, and either mentions Slow Time Club or says That's it for today. If it looks different, it comes from another app or from Apple's own Screen Time settings, and you'll need to change it there.

Steps

  1. Look at the block screen. A grey screen with an hourglass that says "Time Limit" usually comes from Apple's own Screen Time settings, not from us.

  2. Check Apple's own limits: Settings → Screen Time → App Limits, Downtime and Always Allowed.

  3. Check other blocker apps you've installed. Pause or remove their sessions from inside those apps.

  4. Switch off blockers you no longer use: go to Settings → Screen Time → Apps With Screen Time Access and turn off the ones you don't need. Leave Slow Time Club on.

  5. Open Slow Time Club so it can recheck its own blocks.

If Slow Time Club's own blocks still aren't behaving, go through Blocking isn't working: start here.

Why this happens

Several apps can use Screen Time on the same iPhone, and Apple's own App Limits and Downtime run alongside them. Each one blocks apps separately, and iPhone keeps them apart. Slow Time Club can only lift its own blocks, never another app's or Apple's.

Related: Apps are still blocked after the block ended · What's on the block screen?

Still stuck? Send us a screenshot of the block screen. Contact us from Profile → Help and Legal → Contact support and include your User ID (Help and Legal → User ID).

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