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StarBlocker for Android

StarBlocker for Android

On Android, StarBlocker reads the screen the way it does on a desktop, in any app and any browser, as long as the screen-recording permission is granted. Without it a rule can only judge what it can read as text.

What Android can and cannot do

Reading the screen as an image needs Android's screen-recording permission, and StarBlocker isn't fully set up without it: a rule can only judge what it can read, so a video or a photo with no text on screen goes unchecked. While it's on, Android keeps a cast indicator in your status bar, and a restart turns it off until you grant it again — StarBlocker will ask you to.

Requirements

• Android with the screen-recording permission granted to StarBlocker
• Currently a beta through Google Play; join from the download page after signing up

Setting up

1. Install the app and log in to the same account as your other devices.
2. Follow the guided permission setup, including screen recording. Android shows a cast indicator in the status bar while it is on.
3. Write your rules on the dashboard; they apply to this phone and every other device.

Download StarBlocker after signing up; the download page always has the current build.

What people block on Android

PornGamblingOnline shoppingSocial mediaYouTubeNewsVideo gamesWork and study focus

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.

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