blockit | stop phone addiction

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About this app

🖌️ "One of the coolest app designs that I've ever come across."
— Sam Beckman

🎨 "Sure, there are other apps out there that do the same thing, but this one has by far the best design."
— HowToMen

📵 "This is a great app if you are really addicted to your phone."
— Sillycorns

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blockit completely blocks your phone for the time you choose. No shortcuts, no "just five minutes": once the session starts, your phone stays locked until the time is up.

STUDY, WORK, SLEEP
Pick the duration with the wheel, start the session, and your phone steps aside. If you try to open an app during a block, blockit brings you right back to the session screen.

THE SUITCASE
Before you start, pack the apps you truly need (maps, music, emergency messages): only those stay usable during the block.

THE PARACHUTE
The only way out before the end is to use a parachute. You get one to start with: spend it wisely, or get more from the app.

THE TOWER
Every day of focus builds a floor of your tower. Stay consistent and watch it grow, week after week.

AUTOMATIC ROUTINES
Schedule recurring sessions (for example every evening to sleep better): they start on their own, at the time you choose.

AND MORE
• Statistics of your focus time
• Home screen widget to start a session instantly
• Nothing Phone Glyph integration
• Cloud backup of your sessions with your Google account

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USE OF THE ACCESSIBILITY SERVICE (AccessibilityService API)

blockit uses Android's AccessibilityService API for one single purpose, the core of the app: keeping the block in place during a session. The "blockit · Session block" service detects which app is brought to the foreground while a session is active and, if it isn't one of the apps you packed in your suitcase, it brings you back to the block screen.

The service does NOT read your screen content and does NOT collect, store, or share any personal or sensitive data. The only information used is the package name of the foreground app, processed on-device only and only while a session is active. The service does nothing when no session is running.

Enabling it is optional and requires your explicit consent in the system settings, but without it blockit cannot prevent the use of other apps during a block.

Ratings and reviews

this app is so perfect for fighting my phone addiction, and I have found no way to bypass the app to use my phone until the block time is up. this helps me so much with improving sleep, reducing stress, and being more present in general. they also added a feature that allows you to access 3 of your chosen apps. mine are the clock app, texts, and settings.

Fantastic! Love how intuitive it is. It locks you out of your phone (except for 3 apps of your choosing (and the phone app)) and you can either wait the time you set for yourself, or pay to get out of it quicker. I really like the concept and it helps to cut back on screen time.

I love this app! I recently switched from OnePlus to Pixel and I was really missing Zen Mode...and this perfectly fits the gap. The only thing I would like in this app is maybe an option to play LoFi or other music playlists from Spotify when starting the timer. A great app! Update 2: Hey ! I have a suggestion. I think those who bought the ad free version should maybe get 1 free parachute a month or smth? Would be really helpful when you start the timer but then have to do something important!

What’s new

Fixed a glitch in the widget text

Add Gemini or the Google app to your bag and both will work, so you
no longer have to guess which one you need.

An app you already picked now appears dimmed, with the number of the
slot it sits in.

Parachutes: sign back in and you get all of them, on any phone.
Before, signing in on a second phone could lose them.

The Tower opens and closes with a new transition, and it is quick
even before you have any streak days.