More and more, apps and features are being developed that take into account the effect of phone use on a person's life.

The first phase of this is third party apps that allow a user insight into the amount of time spent on their devices. This aims to provide perspective on how much time we spend using our screens each day, with an aim to minimize screen hours. This is a basic approach which uses passive suggestion to persuade the users, but is an important step. The success of these apps is testament to reality and pervasiveness of this issue, and that users are aware of how dependent they are on their devices.

With the success of these apps, we saw these features being integrated into larger platforms. iOS has included a screen time monitor that is able to break down screen time spent on each individual app.