StarBlocker / Use cases / Work and study focus
Block work and study focus on Mac, Windows, iPhone* and Android
Block everything except the task
A blocklist for work means guessing in advance what will distract you. A mission works the other way: you name the one thing you are doing, and everything that is not it is blocked, on your laptop and your phone, until the mission ends.
Rules you could write
- Mission: write the quarterly report. Allowed: Google Docs, the data in Snowflake, email.
- Mission: study for the bar exam, two hours, phone included.
A rule is a sentence. StarBlocker's AI reads what is on your screen every few seconds and judges it against the sentence. There is no list to maintain, and a new site is covered the day it appears.
How StarBlocker handles it
Missions
Name the task and what it needs. The AI judges every screen against the mission: a docs tab is fine, a tangent is not, and a new distraction you never listed is blocked too.
Every Use missions
A mission that starts whenever you open a given app, so opening the laptop at 9am starts the work day.
Habits, streaks and check-ins
Daily habits with streaks, challenges you set against yourself, a check-in that asks how the day went, and achievements for real milestones.
Grounding Break
A short guided reset for when you are scattered, available from the block screen and the dashboard.
Every device, one account
- MacStarBlocker for macOS
- WindowsStarBlocker for Windows
- iPhoneStarBlocker for iOS
- AndroidStarBlocker for Android
* On iPhone, StarBlocker judges everything you do in Safari. It cannot see inside other apps: those can be blocked or time-limited, but not judged.
Questions
How is this different from a Pomodoro timer or a website blocklist?
A timer asks for your willpower when it rings and a blocklist only blocks what you predicted. A mission blocks everything that is not the task, judged from the screen, and ending it early means doing your unlock task first.
Does a mission cover my phone?
Yes. A mission started on the dashboard applies to every device on the account. On iPhone, Safari is judged and other apps are blocked for the mission's length, except the ones the mission allows.
Can I allow one site during a mission?
Yes. The mission lists what it allows, in plain English, and the AI judges against it.
What happens if I drift?
The screen is covered for thirty seconds the first time, a minute after that, a warning on the third, and a ten-minute break on every device on the fourth.
Related
One rule, every device.
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