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