Comment by snowwrestler

An alternate strategy is to turn off most of those alerts. When I open my home screen I see a bunch of icons, but only two of them are allowed to show the little red circle with a number in it: Phone and Messages. I picked those since I am habitually up to date on them. So the number is usually quite low, usually below 5.

I also do not allow most apps to put banners on the screen (locked or unlocked), or beep, or buzz the phone. Almost all my apps have notifications turned off completely. If I want to know the status of my email, I open the email app. If I want to see what's new in Instagram, I open Instagram. Etc.

But the point is, those checks happen on my schedule, not when I'm prompted.