Opal Screen Time Limit & Timer

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About this app

Try the #1 Focus App to Cut Your Screen Time in Half and Reclaim Your Life

People using Opal reclaim on average six years of life. Yes, you read that right.
Opal is the world’s most-loved screen time and focus app, trusted by millions to build better digital habits and stay focused throughout the day.

What People Say About Opal

The New Yorker:
“An app called Opal finally succeeded at curbing time spent on social media through a combination of mild friction, encouragement, and guilt.”

The New York Times:
“Now, I barely think of using social media because I know my attempts will be futile.”

Our Promise

The average person spends over five hours a day on their phone, often without realizing it.
Opal helps you take back control, reduce distractions, and achieve your goals. Whether it’s acing your exams, finishing your to-do list, or spending more time with family, Opal helps you focus on what truly matters.

Key Features

Focus Sessions for Deep Work
Block distracting apps for a set duration and stay in flow. Perfect for studying, working, writing, or preparing for exams.

Smart Schedules
Plan your day with recurring sessions during work, study, bedtime, or family time. Build consistent routines for better focus, rest, and sleep.

App Limits
Set daily time limits on social media, games, or any app you find distracting. Enjoy a more mindful relationship with your phone.

Pomodoro Timer
Stay productive with Opal’s visual Pomodoro Timer. Complete your to-do list, finish that chapter, or power through your study sessions.

Weekly Reports
Track your screen time, focus hours, and productivity trends. See how your habits evolve and improve week after week.

Grow Your Streak and Stay Motivated
Every day you stay focused, your streak grows. The more you focus, the stronger your streak becomes.

Parental Control
Help your children build healthy digital habits. Reduce their screen time, block unsafe apps, and protect their focus.

Private and Secure
Your data never leaves your device. Opal works locally and fully respects your privacy.

Opal helps you reduce mindless scrolling, feel calmer, sleep better, and reach your goals.
Set healthy boundaries with your phone and stay in control.

Start reclaiming your time, one Focus Session at a time.

About AccessibilityService API Permission:
On phones running Android 14 and above, we use the AccessibilityService API to help manage the active apps you've included in your block list, enabling you to better limit your screen time..
Block distracting Apps, stop scrolling, focus better. Control to stay focus
Updated on
Nov 9, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    Location
  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, App activity and 2 others
  • Data isn’t encrypted
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

11.5K reviews
DMarco
August 30, 2026
This app would be great if it would stop recategorizing my apps. I use YouTube for work and keep removing it from the "distracting" apps/adding it to the "always allowed" and Opal keeps putting it back into the distracting bin. Wth guys. Fix your glitch. Edit: I use Amazon like once month, I just opened Amazon to order some stuff for my house and there's an unwanted timer that I can't X out - blocking the search bar. I'm going to try a different app because Opal is a bit annoying.
6 people found this review helpful
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Opal: The Focus Company
August 30, 2026
Hey there, thanks for your feedback. We're already working on a fix for the app categories bug that you mentioned. It should be fixed in one of the following releases. As for the timer, you can turn it off in Settings -> Autofocus-> Autofocus overlay. Hope it will improve your experience, Team Opal.
Karunya Rao
June 1, 2026
this app (just the free version) has helped me stick to my schedules like 90% of the time. So ideally I would have given it 5⭐. But I'm someone who keeps their own tracker so I noted the weekly average numbers only to realise that they KEEP CHANGING. for example, may 4 to may 10 had shown 7h 27m last week (after the week was complete of course duh). today when I see the stats, the same week shows 3h 32m!! my trust is now fully gone and idk how long I'll use the app. such a pity :(
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Opal: The Focus Company
June 4, 2026
Hello Karunya, thank you for your feedback. We'll forward your bug to our engineering team so they can fix it. Have a nice day Team Opal
Anita Porter
June 2, 2026
This is a great app. Updates appear to fix glitches. If I could afford it I would pay for it. Every time I press an app mindlessly out of habit or boredom and opal blocks it I think "oh good! opal is working" and I remember to leave my phone alone for a while. Had the app before you had to pay for it. Really disappointed the updated free version doesn't include scheduling. The timer works pretty good, and I'll probably just use that. sometimes I can't click out of adds.
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Opal: The Focus Company
June 4, 2026
Thank you so much! We're working on this and by the way no more ads in the free version.

What’s new

Stats now measure your sleep, focus and pickup times from when you actually went to bed, rather than from midnight.
Improved Spanish, French and Portuguese translations.