StarBlocker / Use cases / Social media
Block social media on Mac, Windows, iPhone* and Android
Use social media less, on every device
Screen Time has an Ignore Limit button. A desktop blocker leaves your phone alone. StarBlocker gives all of your devices one daily budget for social media, one schedule, and a block screen with no skip button.
Rules you could write
- Thirty minutes a day of social media, across all my devices.
- No social media at work, or at the library.
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
One budget, every device
A time limit of thirty minutes is thirty minutes total: ten on the laptop and twenty on the phone, and then it is gone until tomorrow.
Rules by place and time
A rule can be on only at your office, only on the campus Wi-Fi, or only during the hours you choose. Location and schedule are toggles on the rule.
Feeds inside other apps
Shorts inside YouTube, Reels inside Instagram, a feed inside a messaging app: the AI judges what is on the screen, so you can name the behaviour rather than the app.
Missions for work hours
Start a mission, such as writing for two hours, and everything that is not the mission is blocked until it ends.
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
Can I block one feature of an app, like Reels or Shorts, and keep the rest?
On Mac, Windows and Android, yes: say so in the rule and the AI judges each screen. On iPhone this works inside Safari; a native app can only be blocked whole or time-limited.
How is this different from Screen Time or Digital Wellbeing?
They are built in and free, and they let you ignore the limit when it arrives. StarBlocker has no Ignore Limit button, shares one budget across every device, and emails a partner when protection is weakened.
Does it work on a work laptop and a personal phone together?
Yes. Devices log in to one account and the rules, limits and missions apply to all of them, up to the device limit on your plan.
What if I need Instagram for work?
Write the exception into the rule, scope the rule to a schedule or location, or use a mission so the work session itself is what is allowed.
Related
One rule, every device.
Sign up, write a rule, and install StarBlocker on each device.
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