What Is The Brick App? Inside The Focus Tool Designed To Cut Screen Time

1/8Brick is a digital-wellbeing product combining an app and a small physical device that blocks distracting apps and notifications to help users focus. (IMAGE: NEWS18 ILLUSTRATION)

Brick is a digital-wellbeing product combining an app and a small physical device that blocks distracting apps and notifications to help users focus. (IMAGE: NEWS18 ILLUSTRATION)

2/8It was created by entrepreneurs TJ Driver and Zach Nasgowitz, who built it after struggling with phone distraction themselves. (IMAGE: NEWS18 ILLUSTRATION)

It was created by entrepreneurs TJ Driver and Zach Nasgowitz, who built it after struggling with phone distraction themselves. (IMAGE: NEWS18 ILLUSTRATION)

3/8The product launched in the early 2020s (around 2023) as a consumer tech tool aimed at tackling screen-time addiction. (IMAGE: NEWS18 ILLUSTRATION)

The product launched in the early 2020s (around 2023) as a consumer tech tool aimed at tackling screen-time addiction. (IMAGE: NEWS18 ILLUSTRATION)

4/8The company behind it is Brick LLC, and the app works on both iOS and Android devices. (IMAGE: NEWS18 ILLUSTRATION)

The company behind it is Brick LLC, and the app works on both iOS and Android devices. (IMAGE: NEWS18 ILLUSTRATION)

5/8Brick is essentially an NFC-enabled physical “key” that you tap your phone on to lock or unlock selected apps. (IMAGE: NEWS18 ILLUSTRATION)

Brick is essentially an NFC-enabled physical “key” that you tap your phone on to lock or unlock selected apps. (IMAGE: NEWS18 ILLUSTRATION)

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