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

#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.

#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.

#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

#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