parent , are you sick of being ignored by your own young ? Worried that their lack of response to your text messages mean something terrible has happened ? British dad Nick Herbert was , which is why he designedReplyASAP , an app that locks kids out of their earphone until they respond to their parent ’ content .
ReplyASAP was bear of a common problem : Herbert ’s boy Ben keeps his phone in tacit musical mode and either does n’t get wind or ignores incoming messages from his dada . Herbert looked for an app that would override the silent function and demand Ben ’s attention . That app did n’t seem to subsist , so Herbert decided to make his own .
user give the app , typecast out a subject matter , and send it . When the message go far at the other end ( recipient must also have the app on their phones ) , it sound a brassy alarm and locks the sieve , unlocking it only when the recipient responds .
Ben was glad to add the app to his phone . " It gives him the exemption to keep his phone on silent , ” HerberttoldGood Housekeepingin 2017 , “ but with the knowledge that I can get a message to him if necessary . "
It ’s gratuitous to send subject matter on the app , but Herbert says his family set aside it for pressing situations . “ There is a reciprocal understanding that using ReplyASAP is only for important things , ” hewroteon the app ’s website , “ and not because [ Ben ] needs new batteries for his Xbox controller . ”
Herbert note that while he designed the app for family , his admirer quickly envisioned “ turn up ” fashion they could habituate it themselves . “ Their suggestions ranged from changing your lodge when your friend is get the drinks in at the cake , to happen your phone when you ’ve mislay it at home , to forge berth when you need to get grip of body of work colleagues quickly . ”
The app is currently available for Android users in the U.S. Herbert is hoping to tote up an iPhone version presently .
An former interpretation of this tale appeared in 2017 .
