You've tried taking the phone away. You've tried screen time limits. You've tried the "one more hour" negotiation. None of it works because it's all based on restriction — and kids push back against restriction.
Drift takes a different approach: your kids earn their screen time by completing tasks you set.
Instead of "you can't have your phone," the conversation becomes "here's how you earn your phone." It's fair, it's clear, and it works.
Homework, chores, reading, practice — anything meaningful. Set how many minutes of screen time each task is worth.
They take a photo or describe what they did. AI verifies it's real — no faking a clean room with yesterday's photo.
Completed tasks unlock minutes of app access. When time runs out, apps are blocked again until they earn more.
This sounds like it would start another fight, but the opposite happens. Kids respond well to systems that feel fair. When the rules are clear and they have agency ("I can earn more time whenever I want"), the resentment disappears.
"My son actually asked me to add more tasks so he could earn more time. That has never happened with any other approach."
Download Drift, create a parent account, and send your child a family code. They join on their phone, and you start setting tasks. That's it.