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Less scrolling while your EV charges
You take the EV to a charger at home, a fast charging station at a mall or a highway service area, plug in, and then wait 30 to 60 minutes. Sitting in the car, short video or short drama is easy to open, and the battery is full before you stop while the next car is already waiting. On a family road trip, once you stop at a service area to charge, you scroll and the kid in the back scrolls on a tablet or phone too. The site also has traffic jam, travel, airport and train wait and parcel pickup pages. The traffic jam page covers red lights and waiting in parking lots, travel covers the whole trip, and airport and train covers stations. This page covers the time after you park and plug in. It is only about the car being parked and charging; please do not look at your phone while driving. The first part below is for adults setting their own limits, the second is for parents. Android is at v0.1.13 and iPhone at v0.1.5, and the features differ, so both are covered.
Adults: less scrolling while you charge
Set daily limits and open limits on apps you scroll most
A charge often takes half an hour or more, and short video and short drama are the easiest to overdo. Set how long each of these apps can run per day, in custom minutes, or 0 minutes to block it all day. Add how many times it can open, and turn on the short wait before each open so your hand pauses first. See the open limit page.
Turn on one-tap focus after you plug in
Once the car is parked and plugged in, check the charging app for the time left and start one-tap focus for about that long. Short video and games stay locked until it ends on its own. Maps, charging apps, payments and calls still work, so you can move the car when it is full. See the one-tap focus page.
WeChat Channels and Moments can start with a few minutes
On Android you can limit only Channels and Moments inside WeChat: start with a short allowance, then write a reason to extend, up to 3 times a day, counted toward the WeChat daily limit. In strict mode, extending needs the unlock code. Replying to messages and reading notices from the charging station still work.
Turn on strict mode if you undo the rules in the car
Nobody is watching in the car, so it is easy to switch rules off. Give an unlock code of at least 8 digits to family and turn on strict mode. Loosening rules then needs their code. Strict mode also turns on Anti-Uninstall. If you forget the code, you can request release after 72 hours. See the strict mode page.
Parents: kids scrolling while the car charges on a road trip
Add a trip schedule on the child's device before you leave
On the child's phone or tablet, add a schedule for the dates and hours of the drive, with short video and games on the list. During the half hour to an hour at a service area charger those apps will not open. Leave calls and family chat off the list. Parents keep the unlock code.
Turn on Anti-Uninstall; changing the clock does not help
A bored kid in the back seat may look for settings to turn the app off or remove it. On Android turn on Anti-Uninstall, and strict mode if needed. Ripple counts time since the phone started, so moving the clock back does not reset the limits.
Set one hard-to-quit game to 0 minutes for the trip
On normal days you can leave short video 20 to 40 minutes and a small open limit. If one game takes over during the trip, set it to 0 minutes for those days and change it back at home.
Use the same rules on your own phone
If the parent scrolls in the front seat, the child finds it hard to stop in the back. Set daily limits or one-tap focus after plugging in on your own phone first, and the child is more willing to follow. You can also get out and walk around together while the car charges. For the whole trip see the travel page, for parking lot waits and traffic see the traffic jam page, and for stations see the airport and train wait page.
If the child uses an iPhone
iPhone v0.1.5 can block apps by schedule, block deleting apps, protect against clock changes and use an unlock code, so a trip schedule works. Open limits, daily limits, 0 minutes, one-tap focus, strict mode, Channels allowance and website blocking are Android only for now.
Setup steps (Android v0.1.13)
Install or update to the latest version
Download the latest Android APK and turn on accessibility when asked. If you have an older build, update in Settings › About › Check for updates. On iPhone install v0.1.5, which needs iOS 16 or later.
Set daily limits and open limits on apps you scroll most
Give short video, short drama, news and social apps a daily cap and an open limit. Apps that take over a charging stop can be set to 0 minutes. WeChat Channels can use the short allowance with a written reason to extend. Leave maps, charging apps and payments off the list.
Start one-tap focus after you plug in
Set the length to the time left shown in the charging app. It ends on its own.
Set unlock codes, add a trip schedule and Anti-Uninstall for a child
Adults give the code to family, and parents keep the code on a child's device. Add a trip schedule on the child's device and turn on Anti-Uninstall on Android, with strict mode if you want a firmer lock. On iPhone turn on the block on deleting apps.
FAQ
I keep scrolling short video in the car while my EV charges. What helps?
On Ripple for Android v0.1.13, set daily limits and open limits on short video and short drama, and start one-tap focus after you plug in for about as long as the charge. For a firmer rule, turn on strict mode and give the unlock code to family. Maps, charging apps, payments and calls still work.
The battery is full and I am still scrolling, so I move the car late. What can I set?
When you start one-tap focus, use the time left in the charging app. Short video stays locked to the end, so you notice when the charge is done and move the car. A lower daily open limit on short video also helps.
On a road trip the kid scrolls on a tablet in the back while we charge at a service area. What can I do?
Before leaving, add a trip schedule on the child's device with short video and games on the list, keep the unlock code with parents, and turn on Anti-Uninstall. On Android, changing the system clock does not help. If one game is hard to put down, set it to 0 minutes for the trip and change it back at home.
How is this different from the traffic jam, travel, airport-train and parcel pickup pages?
The traffic jam page covers red lights, jams and parking lot waits, travel covers the whole trip, airport and train wait covers stations, and parcel pickup covers lockers and parcel counters. This page covers parking at a charger, a fast charging station or a highway service area while the EV charges, and it follows Android v0.1.13 daily limits, open limits, one-tap focus, strict mode and Channels allowance. More answers are on the FAQ.
Does the iPhone version have these features?
iPhone v0.1.5 has schedules, the block on deleting apps, clock change protection and an unlock code. Daily limits, open limits, 0 minutes, one-tap focus, strict mode, Channels allowance and website blocking are Android only.
Does it cost money or need an account?
It is free with no ads and no account.