HushHours

my13each

About this app

HushHours lets you decide, app by app, which hours should stay quiet. Even when an app has no do-not-disturb setting of its own, you set the hours and days once and notifications arriving in that window are handled automatically and kept in your history.

■ How it works
For each app you set a start time, an end time and the days it applies to. Ranges crossing midnight (23:00 → 07:00, say) work as you would expect. Notifications arriving inside the window are handled by the method you picked.

■ About the notification access permission
This app uses Android's notification access to block notifications. Stopping a notification requires being able to see it first, and this is the only way an app can.
· The only things used to decide are the sending app, the title, the text and the category.
· Calls, alarms, media controls, navigation and emergency broadcasts are always let through.
· What is read is stored only in a database on your device and is never transmitted — the app has no internet permission, as described below.
· History is deleted automatically once past your retention period (1, 3, 7 or 14 days), and you can clear it by hand at any time.

■ Two blocking methods
· Delete — removes the notification and keeps it in history only
· Summary — one "N blocked" notification at the end of the window

■ Keyword blocking
Any notification whose title or text contains a word you registered is deleted, whatever the app and whatever the time. It is a separate axis from the time rules, so "quiet at night" and "always drop the ads" work together.

■ Also included
· Focus mode: hold every app's notifications for up to 2 hours
· Pause blocking: switch off all rules and keywords temporarily
· All-day blocking on weekends and public holidays (read from your device calendar)
· Blocked history: filter by app, with the reason each notification was blocked
· Backup and restore of rules and keywords (a JSON file on your device)
· Display language in English, 日本語 or 한국어; light and dark, three accent colours

■ Privacy
HushHours does not declare the INTERNET permission. It therefore cannot open a network connection at all — Android itself prevents it. This is verifiable from the app manifest.
· Zero data collected, zero transmitted
· No ads, no trackers, no analytics
· No server, no account, no sign-in
· Cloud backup disabled (allowBackup=false), so notification content never leaves the device
· The installed-app list is read without the broad QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission — only apps that appear in your launcher are visible

■ On some devices
· Depending on the device and manufacturer, a banner or pop-up may flash for an instant before the notification disappears. The system shows it first and an app cannot prevent that. If it bothers you, turn off "pop-up" display for that app in the system notification settings.
· Battery-saving features can stop background services. Allowing the battery-optimisation exemption from the settings screen keeps blocking reliable.
· Notifications an app draws with its own custom layout carry no text fields, so keyword matching cannot see them.

■ Made for you if
· You would rather not see work messages at night or on weekends
· An app you use has no "mute only during these hours" setting
· You want to drop only the ads and sale notifications
· You prefer apps whose data never leaves your device

■ About the developer
13each is a one-person studio building small tools with no ads and no tracking.
We also publish Edge Maestro, which lets you work your phone one-handed with
swipes from the edge of the screen. You can find it on our developer page in the store.

What’s new

v1.0.1

• Blocking now holds for the whole window. Past two hours, held notifications could come back mid-window.
• Blocking methods are now Delete and Summary. Existing "Hold" rules carry over to Summary.
• Focus mode runs for 30 minutes, 1 hour, or 2 hours.
• Fixed dialogs appearing too narrow on small screens such as foldable cover displays.