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Reclaim FAQ
What Reclaim does, what stays private, and how it helps reduce Screen Time without becoming another app you have to manage.
How is Reclaim different from iPhone Focus modes?
Focus modes control notifications and presentation. Reclaim connects your private Screen Time baseline, a personal reduction goal, category-specific blocked app sets, protected sessions, and progress insights in one clear loop.
Can Reclaim see which apps I use?
Apple’s Screen Time frameworks process activity inside a dedicated report extension. Reclaim does not upload or sell raw app activity. The main app receives only the limited summaries needed to show progress.
Why does Reclaim ask for Screen Time access?
Permission is required to display your real Screen Time report and apply the app selections you choose. Reclaim remembers the system authorization state and should not repeatedly request access after it has been granted.
Can I block different apps for family and fitness?
Yes. Each category can have its own apps, website domains, and system categories. Family can quiet work and social apps while Fitness can quiet video and news, for example.
Does Reclaim work with widgets and Live Activities?
Yes. Start from Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets or Control Center, then follow the selected category and remaining time through a Live Activity and Dynamic Island.
How does personalization work?
Reclaim learns from protected sessions you start and complete: the category, duration, time of day, and rhythm. It uses those patterns for gentle suggestions and optional automations. Suggestions support your choices; they do not manipulate you into opening the app.
Does Reclaim sync between devices?
Preferences and focus history can sync privately through your iCloud account with CloudKit. Screen Time authorization and system-managed app selections remain subject to Apple’s platform rules.
What is free?
The free experience is designed to prove value: private daily Screen Time, a personal goal, 25-minute protected sessions, seven-day insights, widgets, and Live Activities. Reclaim Plus adds flexible sessions, category-aware routines, automation, personalized suggestions, and deeper patterns.
How can I try Reclaim before launch?
Join the Reclaim TestFlight beta on an iPhone running iOS 26 or later. Beta builds may change and can contain unfinished behavior; feedback is welcome through the support page.
Can Reclaim guarantee that my Screen Time will fall?
No app can honestly guarantee behavior change. Reclaim helps create better conditions, measures actual Screen Time, and shows useful associations without pretending that correlation proves causation.