Block Apps - More Productivity
Spending too much time on Facebook? Block it! Still watching YouTube videos late at night? Block it!
Create schedulesYou can create multiple schedules (also called blocks), where each schedule has a list of apps to be blocked. Select a time window and the days you want the apps to be blocked, and you are good to go! The schedules will be activated automatically, and idle when the screen is off to be friendly for your battery. An active block cannot be turned off, so that it prevents you from using distracting apps. Being productive, that is the plan!
Quickly start a block at any given timeTo start a block immediately at any given time, just swipe it to the left in the list. Set a duration, and the apps will be blocked for that time period. Works great in combination with a Pomodoro timer.
Undo your changesHandy little snackbars pop up at the bottom of the screen to allow you to undo any changes you made to a block. So when your plan was not do delete that block, you can press undo and the block pops right back up in your list.
NotificationA notification is displayed in the status bar to remind you of any active blocks, including their ending times. You can of course also turn off this notification if that is your preference.
WidgetsWidgets can be placed on your home screen to start a block with a single press, which is ideal for studying. Place one on your home screen next to a Pomodoro timer, and you are set up for success.
Tasker supportUsing Tasker to automate your workflow? You can now use it to start blocks as well! More Tasker features will be coming in the near future, and if there is anything specific you would like to see added please send me an email.
Feel free to leave any suggestions or improvements at [email protected], or leave a rating here in the store!
Category : Productivity
Reviews (26)
I will leave the last star so my review may be more noticeable. Can I extend my app blocking more than 24 hours? I often forget to reactivate it after that. I need more time to focus on my other works but I get distracted by one of my social media apps. It sends notification after the blocking time ended. Other than that, the app works well. That's all!
This is just what I've been looking for,it blocks apps according to what you chose and it has pauses in between.You can even create a daily schedule and select during which time exactly you would want your app to be blocked.It even has strict restriction whereby it wont allow you to pause the block depending on your choice.This is perfection and what I suggest for everyone to download. This has to be the best first rate app ever !!
Super Effective, useful, efficient and Flexible enough. . I personally would recommend this for any working professional to serious academicians or people who need to inculcate Mobile Device Discipline for increased productivity. . Great experience. . Thanks to the developers. . This app is one of the innovations/work be it small or large, that is making the world a better place.
Very good app. You can add 6 apps at a time and schedule time or give duration for blocking usage. One flaw i found is that we cannot modify block duration after starting of that duration. Otherwise a very useful app.
Block is free. There are no ads, and it's simple to use. I can limit my app usage to certain times of day, or for certain lengths of time per hour. I can even bundle certain apps together under one timeframe so I'm not jumping from one social media app to another when the previous one expires. Block is my top pick for limiting screen time, it's really helped me get more intentional about my time and my attention.
Works really well. Has the hourly limits which is exactly the feature I wanted that most apps are lacking. This means can set yourself 5 (or whatever) minutes an hour to check in with your socials. Then the app shuts them down and prevents you from using them again. The free functionality is pretty extensive but I got the paid version because it lets you have some more complicated rules.
It was actually perfect for me. And then I mistakenly realized you can easily bypass the block by opening the blocked app in a smart pop up view window. You know, like a floating window over other apps? Maybe just samsung. Anyway, it's now useless to me because if the temptation hits me to stay on my most addictive social apps, this app can no longer stop me. Ya'll should fix that.
I like the app. However, it doesnt quickly block the app during the scheduled block. I hate it when it delays for almost 30 minutes :( i hope they can fix that issue
Very good app. Works very well. Love the overview of the usage of the different apps. Also, very nice to have the option for "strict mode", as I don't want that for all blocks, but maybe some. Easy to use. Helped me waste a lot less time on my phone and become a lot more aware of how much time I spend on social media.
Absolutely useful app. Made me a whole lot more productive and really managed to save time. One of the only free apps out there that give you a "strict mode" for free.
this app is amazing but only have 3 free slots and then you have to buy premium, but the three slots can help you to focus on your more important work and to get rid of anyone's mobile addiction. I recommend to try this app by yourself and also I would love to if its developers will add something new in this app in its new update.
I'm now having much control over my screentime especially for you tube which I have lost countless hours and that too in useless videos. Plus it's is easy to customise according to your preference which is very helpful.
Really lovely app - works perfectly & has help me massively cut down on the time I spend on my phone. Strict mode especially is a game changer. My main feature request would be for website blocking support - quite often I can get around a blocked app by going to its webapp if I'm desperate!
Very nice and premium is very good, yet there is smth I wanna comment about ...when I put 2 apps in a single block (for example : I need both to be set to max usage of 30 mins daily ) when I use one of them for like 20 mins and the other for 5 mins ... when I reopen the one I used for only 5 mins , it says I only have 10 mins left (like the other app I used for 20 mins) and I can't settle this issue except by separating every app in a separate block ... Kindly support with the issue Thanks
This app has changed my life. I am more productive since the last few months because I started using this app. I used to had 14 hours of screentime but it has lessened down to 3-6 hours which I still can't believe is true. I rated 5 stars but would love to give 100 stars if I could. So definitely recommended app!
This is very good app. I tried various such apps but they didn't block while app worked on split screen but this app worked very well even in split screen. So thank you developers of this app it has helped in reducing my phone addiction to a large extent. Dhanyawad
Helps me adjust my phone usage to my liking while using much less will power. The customization added over time drastically improved my experience with this app. Thank you for the great app and continued development.
Was great til I figured out you can easily bypass the strict mode by doing "something" that I've been asked to remove for courtesy of new users. Not too big of a deal for most purposes, but it kind of defeats the purpose of blocking apps.
The pause feature that was recently added was totally unnecessary and makes the block mute because you can easily override the block by pressing pause. Please get rid of the pause feature
We can uninstall this app anytime. That defeats the purpose of blocking. Please add that feature. I can restart the phone. That allows me to uninstall the app from setting.
When you block apps. Yoy block them. No need such timers or duration. You active them when you need to. That's all simple. Problem with you duration is that the app will still be activated again when particular time passes.
Excellent app! I wonder one thing though. How can I permanently block an app? From what I can see, 24 hours is the longest I can block for. I am using this for a kid who needs constant restriction on certain apps that cannot be uninstalled. It would be a hassle to go get his phone at reinstate the block every 24 hours. Edit: I may have figured it out. I selected each day, blocked from 12pm to 12pm. Is this right?
I like the app, it definitely helps me to limit using some apps (like work related apps on my free days)! Also the usage report is very insightful. One thing I would like though is to be able to get a notification with my total week usage after a set amount (e.g. after every 5 hours of usage) so I can see during the week whether my phone usage is starting to derail..
I pretty good app! Easy to set up, and does what it says on the tin! I am having an issue recently though, where the free version won't let me select six apps for a block. It lets me have five, but when I try to add a sixth, it pops up to tell me I can only add six. No clue how to fix it. Edit: that must have been it! Your suggestion fixed the problem right up. Thank you!
I used the offtime app for a year before they discontinued it. I was looking for an app that could replace it. This app has some of the best features of the offtime app without the same problems. It just blocks the apps you want to block and no extras like "photo editor" or "finder" like the other app did. Very simple to use and effective. I love the scheduling feature. Its great for the times when I have more self control. So far no problems. Only thing I'd add is a password option.
The app is perfect but recently I find out if I use pop up window view it's no more work and becomes useless cause I can access everything, I read some of samsung users reviews have the same problems ,I hope this problem solve asap . another thing I hope to be fixed is that the limit apps time be restricted , for example If I limit an app with 60 min I can edit the time as long I didn't reach 60 min , I hope it be locked once I choose the time and I can't edit it unless the session end .