How to block apps on Android
Built-in app timers, Focus mode, and a blocker that holds when willpower doesn't, with steps for each.
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How Focus differs from Digital Wellbeing, one sec, ScreenZen, Opal, AppBlock and Forest, and when another app is the better pick.
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Read the guideFocus vs Opal on Android
Both block apps on a schedule. Opal spans iPhone and Mac; Focus is Android-only with free hard-block sessions and brain games.
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Read the guideFocus vs AppBlock on Android
AppBlock also blocks websites; Focus adds Phone-only mode and brain games on the block screen.
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