Fully customizable Block Screens (Text, Quotes and Style)

Feature Requests 👀
#22

Hello Opal team and community,

First of all, I appreciate the work you’re doing with Opal—it’s an incredible tool for improving focus and productivity.

I’d like to suggest a small but important update: allow users to disable the default blocking message (“This app is blocked by Opal”) and fully customize what appears when opening a blocked app.

Why is this important?

• More Flexibility: Currently, the default blocking message is always enabled, and users must see it even if they prefer only one of the curated blocking screens (e.g., Pop Culture, Haiku of Focus, or Luminaries).

• True Customization: Users should be able to use only the blocking screens they choose without being forced to keep the default message enabled.

• Better User Experience: If someone wants just “Pop Culture” or a combination of “Haiku of Focus” and “Luminaries,” they should have the freedom to configure it exactly as they want.

Suggested Update

• Make the default blocking message optional instead of mandatory.

• Allow users to select and use only the blocking screens they want, without any extra messages.

This small change would significantly improve user experience and customization.

Would love to hear what the team and other users think about this!

Thanks!

#23

hey there @RodGold,

Thanks for your feedback! To clarify, you can already select exactly which Block Screens you want to see by heading to your Blocks tab > Block Screens. There you can toggle on and off which Block Screens you see. However, you can’t yet customise or opt out, so I’ve added your request to the existing thread on the topic. Stay tuned!

All the best,
Team Opal