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About this app

Bloc helps you reclaim your attention by blocking distracting apps during timed focus sessions.

HOW IT WORKS
• Start a focus session ("bloc") and select how long to focus
• Bloc covers the apps you chose with a block screen until the session ends
• To end early, complete a friction challenge that makes it harder to give up

5 FRICTION TYPES
🔒 None: tap to unbloc
📱 Shake: physically shake your phone
⌨️ Typing: type a phrase to prove you really want to quit
📡 NFC: scan your physical Bloc tag
🤪 Bonkers: wild challenges like singing or holding your phone upside down

FEATURES
• Streak system: build daily focus streaks
• Scheduled sessions: automate your focus routine
• Daily limits: block an app the moment you pass your limit
• Activity dashboard: track your focus stats
• Breathing exercise: calm down before ending early
• Multiple themes: Night and Ocean modes
• Google Sign-In: keep your streak, stats and settings when you switch phones

HOW BLOC USES THE ACCESSIBILITY SERVICE
Bloc uses Android's AccessibilityService API to block the apps you choose. This is the core feature of Bloc and it cannot work without it.
• When you turn on Bloc's accessibility service, Bloc detects which app is open on your screen.
• If that app is one you blocked for a focus session or it has passed its daily limit, Bloc shows the block screen over it.
• Bloc only checks which app is in the foreground. It does not read what you type, your messages, passwords or any other content on your screen.
• Bloc uses this only to decide when to show the block screen. Blocking events, including the name of an app you chose to block, may be included in the diagnostics Bloc uses to fix problems. Nothing else from this service leaves your phone.
• Bloc explains this and asks for your consent inside the app before you turn the service on. You can turn it off anytime in your phone's Accessibility settings.

Bloc is built for people who are tired of losing hours to their phone. Less phone. More life.

What’s new

Blocking now holds on Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, Realme, OnePlus, Tecno, Infinix and Samsung.
A short setup step shows the exact phone settings Bloc needs, with a direct link to each.
If your phone stops the block screen, Bloc covers the app anyway and tells you which switch to turn on.
If your phone force stops Bloc, one tap turns it back on.
Daily limits block the moment you open the app.
Sign in with Google to keep your streak, stats and settings safe.