June 12, 2026
How to Lock a Phone During Study Hours: 3 Approaches Compared
Taking the phone away, using Android's built-in focus tools, or running a supervised routine — an honest comparison of what each approach costs and when it breaks.
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June 12, 2026
Using Google Family Link for Study Time — and Where It Stops
Family Link is free and good at account-level device management. Here's what it covers for study hours, where its model runs out, and what a study-first setup adds.
June 12, 2026
An Exam-Season Phone Plan That Doesn't End in Arguments
A practical four-week plan for phones during finals and exam season: what to tighten, what to leave alone, and how to make the rules end on time.
June 12, 2026
How to Block YouTube During Homework on Android (Without Taking the Phone)
Three ways to keep YouTube from swallowing homework time on an Android device — what each method actually blocks, where it leaks, and how to set up a routine that runs itself.
June 12, 2026
App Blockers vs Monitoring Apps: What's the Difference, and Which Do You Need?
The two categories get lumped together as 'parental controls,' but they answer different questions, collect very different data, and land very differently with the person being supervised.
Comparing options? See StudyLumen vs Google Family Link and StudyLumen vs Qustodio.