Fully customizable Block Screens (Text, Quotes and Style)

Feature Requests 👀
#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

#24

Make a feature where you can make your own block screens and put your own quotes and messages to yourself when you’re getting off track. Make it to where you can add your own block screens.

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#25

Hey @Thorfinn,

Thanks for the feature suggestion! I’ve merged your request into the existing thread on the issue so Gems can vote for it. Stay tuned!
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All the best,
Team Opal

#26

It would be great to see some of the things you have on your todo list appear as a block screen when you open a blocked app

These will help jog your memory on those little things you need to do, helping you to be even more productive in the 20 minutes you were about to lose to doom scrolling Instagram.

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#27

Hey @Its_jaake,

Thanks for the feature suggestion! I’ve merged your request into the existing thread on the issue so Gems can vote for it, as this has been requested many times and we are working at enabling it. Stay tuned!
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All the best,
Team Opal

#28

Thanks! Although this thread seems to be about writing your own content for block screens, my suggestion was more about having an integration with Apple reminders, so that you see the things that you have in your todo list automatically (not having to manually add your todo list in opal)

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#29

In addition to customizing block screen quotes, i would like to see a minimal black screen with the most recent gem achieved to remind me of the focus I’ve achieved. Thanks, opal

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#30

Hey I would like to see a way to customize the blocking screen messages.

First of all, I think it is better for everyone to write their own messages on why they’re avoiding the phone in the first place, the current options are not triggering enough.

Also it helps people when their first language is not English, to set more deep texts or more “trigger cancelling” ones than the default ones.

All the motivation to quit scrolling is unique to each person, so that’s why we need an option to write our own prompts.

Thanks

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#31

Hey @Felipe ,

Thanks for the suggestion! Implementing fully customizable block screens is definitely something we’d like to do in the future. On that note, I’ve added your suggestion to the existing thread on the topic, and will be highlighting this to our designers and engineers soon. Stay tuned!

All the best,
Team Opal

#32

Does anyone have a rough estimate of how long until this feature will be added? Thanks

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#33

A picture is a must for me with this feature! Hopefully it will come soon!!

#35

Hey @Peds ,

Just following up on this thread to update the link provided, and to also highlight to our team. Currently, it’s not possible to create your own block screens, but we do have a variety of block screen categories available. You can update your block screens by following the instructions in this link:

Otherwise, I’ve passed this thread along to our engineers and UI designer to consider as we continue to upgrade the app, as we’re hearing more requests for it. Stay tuned on that front!

All the best,
Team Opal

#36

You could have fully custom block screens and to be able to choose to share them with certain friends on the app so that if you go onto a block app then you can see your friends profile photo or maybe the custom photo they choose for the screen and their message to you for getting distracted. I think it would be really fun to see my friends telling me to get back to work

#37

I’ve been loving Opal and using it more intentionally over the past few weeks and it’s been incredibly helpful for protecting focus and sleep. One feature that would meaningfully improve long-term adherence, especially for users managing stress or habit change, would be:

A Notes / Intent field inside the Focus Block editing screen.

Why this matters:

Many users don’t just use Focus Blocks to block apps — we use them to support specific intentions, routines, or emotional states. Being able to add a short note directly to a block would help users remember why a block exists at the moment it activates.

Examples:

  • “This block protects my sleep so the phone stays out of the bedroom.”
  • “High-stress night: audio or journaling only, no scrolling.”
  • “This block is about recovery, not productivity.”
  • “Meal prep = future me feels better.”

Right now, that context lives outside the app (mental notes, separate documents, or memory), which makes it harder to stick to boundaries when stress is high.

How it could work is through a small optional text field in the Focus Block editor, when editing the block or optionally when the block starts (“Intent for this block”).

Even 1–2 lines would be enough!

This feature is vital to Opal’s mission because it could further help to:

  • Reduce overrides driven by anxiety or decision fatigue
  • Support behavior change through intentionality, not just restriction
  • Especially help users working on sleep hygiene, anxiety management, or burnout prevention

In my case, having a note attached to nighttime blocks would significantly reduce the urge to override “for comfort,” because the reasoning is already there when I need it most.

Thanks for building a tool that treats focus as something humane and adaptable, and I believe this addition would make it even more supportive.

— Hope

#38

Hey @Staurolite517 ,

Thanks for reaching out and for the thoughtful feedback on creating custom block screens. I’ve passed your message along to our engineers and UI designers to consider as we continue to upgrade the app and merged your request into the existing thread on the topic, as this is highly requested and we’d like to implement it in the future. Stay tuned on that front.

Thanks again,
Team Opal

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#39

Any ideas when this could be implemented? It seems like it would be easy to simply let users add their own text to replace whatever text is shown currently. I find the built in block screen messages with fake quotes annoying. They don’t motivate me the way writing in my own personal goals would.

#40

Yes! I’d like to be able to set a specific message to pop up when I try to open a specific app. Like if I try to open solitaire, I want to see a list of all the screen-free projects I could do instead.