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Setup Guide

Set up Screenless step by step

Follow the same iPhone screens your users will see in the app.

Approve Screen Time access
Choose the right mode
Finish Parent Mode setup
Set schedules and rules
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Approve Screen Time access

Start by allowing Screen Time access in the pop-up flow.

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Grant Screen Time Access

Start with the required Screen Time approval flow on iPhone.

This needs to happen before the rest of setup.

Tap Grant Screen Time Access
Tap Continue
Tap Allow with Face ID
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Tap Grant Screen Time Access

Start the Screen Time approval pop-up.

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Choose Your Mode

Next, users choose whether they are setting up the app for themselves or for a child.

Keep this block very clear because it decides the rest of the path.

Open the mode screen
Pick "For myself" or "For my child"
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Open the mode screen

Show the first screen where the two setup paths appear.

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Parent Mode Setup

Show the full parent flow from choosing the child path through blocked apps and schedules.

This is the longest setup block, so let the screenshots carry most of the explanation.

Tap "For my child"
Tap Continue
Scan the breaker
Open the Settings app
Tap Screen Time
Tap Lock Screen Time Settings
Set a passcode
Re-enter the passcode
Add recovery info or tap Skip
Return to the app and tap Select
Choose Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok
Confirm the setup
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Tap "For my child"

Start the parent setup path.

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Normal Mode For Myself

Follow the instructions on the screen.

Use this block as a placeholder for the full "For myself" flow.

Add first self-setup screen
Feature Selection
Confirm by clicking "Continue"
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Add first self-setup screen

If you have a Breaker you must activate the Breaker section by selecting it.

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Schedules

Schedules define specific time periods during which selected apps are automatically locked.

Select Schedules
Edit a schedule.
Tapping the Breaker
Select App Groups
Select the time frame
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Select Schedules

Select Schedules

6

Alarms

Alarms are designed to get you out of bed. To turn them off, you have to scan the Breaker, so you place it out of reach and physically get up. At the same time, your distracting apps are automatically blocked.

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Select a previously created app group. If you need additional apps, create a new group under "App Groups." You don’t need to select an app group for this step, but you can if you want.

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Limit & Locks

Set a limit on how often you can open an app per day with Lock, or block it after a set amount of usage time with App Limit.

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Select a previously created app group. If you need additional apps, create a new group under "App Groups."

Need further help?

If you have more questions regarding the app contact us at: contact@screenlessapp.com