Dopamine Barrier: App Blocker

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About this app

YouTube, Instagram, TikTok — are these apps stealing your time without you even noticing?

Dopamine Barrier is an app blocker that helps you stop doomscrolling and take your hours back. Block Shorts, Reels, and endless feeds for exactly as long as you decide.


⭐ WHY THIS ONE ACTUALLY HOLDS

Most app blockers are one tap away from being switched off. This one isn't.

• Unlock missions — to end a block early, you have to solve a random quiz, make a phone call, or pay a fine. Enough friction to break the reflex before it takes over.
• Just 5 minutes — need one quick check? Take a 5-minute pass, up to 3 times a day. Realistic, not all-or-nothing.
• Meet Pamine — your brain buddy. Earn points, unlock skins, and keep your streak alive. Pamine even nudges you on the days you forget to block.


🔒 FEATURES

• Block any app you choose — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more
• Set exactly how long each block lasts
• Daily time limits per app
• Routine blocking — auto-block during study, work, or sleep hours
• Streaks, points, and rewards that make focus feel like a game
• Clean and fast, with no clutter


🎯 WHO IT'S FOR

• Anyone who opens social media out of pure habit
• Students who need to study without the feed pulling them back
• Anyone trying a dopamine detox or a digital detox
• People who set screen time limits and tapped "Ignore" anyway
• Anyone who wants self control that doesn't run on willpower alone
• Anyone who feels like their phone is running them, not the other way around


⏱️ HOW IT WORKS

1. Pick the apps that eat your time.
2. Choose how long to block them, or set a routine that repeats.
3. When the urge hits, the barrier is already there.

No accounts. No setup marathon. It works from the first block.


🧠 WHY "DOPAMINE"?

Short-form feeds are engineered to hand you a small reward every few seconds. That is the dopamine loop, and willpower alone rarely beats it. A barrier works because it removes the decision: by the time you reach for the app, the choice has already been made.


💎 FREE AND FOCUS+

Blocking is free, and it stays free. Focus+ is an optional subscription that adds scheduled start — set a block to begin later — and overnight routines that run past midnight.


🌟 Block apps, unlock your life.


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ℹ️ About the Accessibility permission

Dopamine Barrier uses the AccessibilityService API to detect which app is currently in use. This enables the core feature of blocking distracting apps in real time and ensuring screen focus during scheduled routines.

• This permission is essential to provide app-blocking functionality.
• The app does not use AccessibilityService for call recording, UI manipulation, or any prohibited activities.
• The app is not an accessibility tool and does not target users with disabilities.
• Users must explicitly grant accessibility permission and can revoke it at any time in Android system settings.

[Minimum supported app version: 2.20.1]

What’s new

YouTube, Instagram, TikTok… Are those apps stealing your time? Experience a transformed life with the new updates from Dopamine Barrier.

[Improvements]
- Quiz answers are now accepted the way they appear in search results — full names, last names only, and common spellings all count.
- Quizzes you've already solved can come up again, so the quiz unlock never runs out.
- Fixed a quiz that had the wrong answer key.