Blok — Screen Time Blocker

Highly recommend. I’ve been using this app for about 8 months or so now. Initially, there were some technical issues that seemed to have been resolved. For example, I’d scan my Blok card and it either it didn’t work or some apps would still randomly be accessible. This no longer happens and it has been working very smoothly for me now. Love the schedule feature to customize it to your day. It’s so easy to get caught up in doomscrolling for hours and with every social media app following the model that TikTok has, it’s impossible to stay away from it without completely deleting all social media. This allows me to stay on the platforms I like but limit my time on them how I wish. I really enjoy the fact that I need a physical card to unlock the apps I want to access. It’s easy to travel with or leave somewhere inconvenient where you’ll be too lazy to go unlock it lol. Helped me with my phone addiction tremendously and I always feel so much better when my phone is Blokd. Whenever someone complains to me about their phone/scrolling problem, I always recommend this!!

I like how this app is cheaper for what you get than the leading competitor, and it was what convinced me to get it. Keep in mind that the website advertises this app as a “subscription free” service but thats not 100% accurate. Upon initial download, it actually charged $10/m or $60 a yr to allow all apps to be blocked but allowed for exceptions, whereas the free version required you to manually select which apps to block, with a max of 50. It seems that they have recently adjusted that number according to their changelog. I think for transparency, you (the customer) should be aware that this payment gate exists somewhere in the app. I don’t know if the leading competitor also has a hidden paywall because they too advertise no subscription fees. Other than that hiccup, this app is incredible and works perfectly with a clean and easy to use UI. The Bloks themselves take a little finagling to register that I would expect will be easier to lock/unlock with practice.

I received my blok 2 weeks ago, and it’s already been game changing. My screen time is down, and I feel happier and more focused. It’s so clever. Because think about it: temporarily blocking apps on your phone is easy to do, but just as easy to undo. We’ve all tried it and quickly given up. The temptation to use some apps again is too strong, and I always fall back into that trap. It truly takes discipline. But the thing about owning this blok is that it’s actually forced me to become more disciplined. With blok, I can have a physical barrier and better enforce my app limitations in a way that I can’t easily fall into temptations to open them again. It’s purposely harder to do that, and that’s the key here. It’s the perfect solution for this problem, and I really wish I had my blok years ago. It’s the little push I needed to finally make this change in my life.