AppBlock - Bloquea apps y webs 4+

Is there a way to totally block Safari? Not only specific webs?

Hello Martin, Thank you for your review. Currently, we do not support this feature. I will, however, mark your idea about Safari blocking down and bring it to our developers. If we implement this feature, please consider upating your review. Thank you and have a nice day.

Es una buena app, pero creo que le faltan detalles que la harían subir de nivel.
En mi caso, hago uso de un Iphone y con esta app puedes configurar dos opciones:
-La primera es bloquear páginas web concretas en cualquier navegador que uses.
-La segunda es que puedes añadir la extensión de la app a safari para impedir acceder a webs mediante palabras clave, de modo que no puedas encontrar páginas que no deseas de ninguna manera.
Como sugerencia sería verdaderamente útil que la extensión de palabra clave pueda aplicarse también a otros navegadores porque por muchas páginas web concretas que bloquees, si haces búsquedas por palabra clave, siempre te aparecerán muchas otras, por lo que en este sentido la app no llega a ser del todo útil. Ya me entendéis…
Estaría también genial que la app te pueda mostrar una especie de cuenta atrás para saber de cuánto tiempo dispones para seguir utilizando las apps a las que has puesto límite de tiempo. De este modo puedes, por ejemplo, gestionar mejor cuándo escribir y enviar un mensaje importante antes de que la app te impida seguir escribiendo en una app de mensajería.
Con estos detalles pongo 5 estrellas.
Un saludo!

Hi, Thank you for your feedback and these suggestions, we appreciate it and we're glad you overall like using AppBlock. Regarding the keyword extensions for other browsers. It's unfortunately technically impossible at the moment. Safari is the only browser where this can work as it is a product od Apple and it's a part of iOS. What I can advise you to prevent searching blocked keywords via other browsers is, to block those browsers as well and only use Safari as your primar browser. I will share your second suggestions with our developers and let's see if we can make this happen in the future. :) Have a nice day! - Simona

TL;DL

The app works fine and can be configured to block almost any service and program when and what needs to be blocked. The price is also reasonable. I’d rather pay more and have an easier to use app.

VPN

Problem one comes from a poor VPN implementation. If you do not keep your device connected to AppBlock’s VPN, the scheduled blocking functionality will not work.

The app is –as of Feb 2022– not capable of disconnecting from the VPN when it is not needed and connecting back whenever a scheduled block starts.

Maybe this could be solved using Apple’s VPN On Demand Rules?

Apps

Problem two is that there are only 26 preconfigured apps you can decide to block. Changes are you will miss a ton of apps you use. You can block them adding the needed URLs, but this is no straightforward process in many cases.

Device syncing

There is no syncing option between devices using iCloud or another service. That means you’ll need to manually add dozens and dozens of URLs on each device. Cumbersome process to say the least. Of course you might want different profiles or schedule on different devices, too.

Ideally the app would work across iOS, iPadOS and macOS.

Hi,

Thank you for the feedback.

We are currently working hard on adding more apps and the profiles we currently provide on the Android version of AppBlock. Stay tuned for the next big update! :) We hope to address the other things after. Thank you for taking the time for providing such detailed feedback and suggestions of how we could consider implementing them.