product designer
product designer
Zen Screen was an app developed from a start-up I co-founded with a few other members from Opera Software. We wanted to address the growing issue of screen and device addiction among children.
The concept of ‘zen’ emphasizes rigorous self-control and meditation practices. The goal was to incorporate those sentiments into the app in order to make it less of a utility app to monitor the user’s own usage as well as their loved ones.
As featured on TechCrunch.
The “Parent” device is able to create a profile and keep track of the usage and activities of each user under the account. The profile can include a number of devices being used by each “child”.
Schedules may be set so the “Parent” can be sure that certain or all apps cannot be used during impermissible times. Limits can also be set in order to ensure that every day the screen time of every “child” user is within an acceptable limit.
“Parent” dashboard showcasing the user enabling a ‘Quiet Time’ session for Christopher. Entering ‘Quiet Time’ hides all non-essential apps (on iOS devices) and locks the “child” device until the session is ended up the parent device. See the result on the “child” device below.
“Child” device going into ‘Quiet Time’ - apps are locked and when the device is unlocked from sleeping state, it will show this dialog until the “Parent” ends the session.