Reviews & Comments of Block & Focus chrome extension

While this extension seems to be good, it is really limited since can not block https web sites.

Love your works men Been using it for a year ❤️

Its great! Ive used it a LOT now, but is there a way to start with a break?

I love this extension! It's my favorite site blocker EXCEPT that it doesn't seem to work in Incognito Mode! Most of my browsing happens in Incognito Mode since I'm on my computer at the office. This extension would be perfect if it weren't for that. I hope it gets fixed!

Great app, but I wish I could add my own quotes

Thank you, I avoid social media because I need a study for an exam.

Works great. Thanks! Feature suggestions: 1. Auto-start when Chrome starts 2. Custom Messaging when alarm banner pops up. 3. Extend Message banner time before disappears... if possible

This extension is amazing and is very clean, intuitive and useful. I absolutely love it!

Beautiful extension. Have tried nearly every pomodoro app on chrome store, and this one beats them all! keep up the good work

I love your great extension! It's really helping me to staying focused on my works...TNX a lot.

It's a really great page blocker, and it definitely makes it difficult to stop it once the timer has been started.

Amazing extension! One thing I would like is a pause option so that it would continue counting the work cycles without it having to completely reset every time. Edit: Feature is added now!

This has been great for hiding sites that i dont want to view, but im having some trouble with it, for instance whenever i close down Chrome it removes all my blocked sites which is really annoying and was wondering if there is a fix to that.

Perfect. Exactlty what I needed. But one little suggestion. I have the habit of listening to music on youtube while I work as surely many other users do. And it would have been great if your extension could only block the display of a blocked site while allowing the music to still play in the background.(Something like strict workflow) But still thanks a lot for the great extension.

Amazing extension. Beautiful simplicity. I love how you can set your own times so you don't have to strictly follow the Pomodoro Technique Edit: Great update!

Simple and effective tool for enforcing periods of focus without being too heavy-handed. Whenever you are in a focus session it will look at the list of blocked sites and ensure those sites are kept from distracting you. The author is very active with the community. Easily one of the extensions that I hope to use daily.

Does not work for Chrom's Incognito. Besides that, I would like the ability to only turn it off in the break time. This is a very good extension, with no ads or malware.

Excellent way to improve productivity.

Fantastic extension! Just one request: since Firefox has now switched to Webextensions, could you please port it over? This is the new documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Porting_a_Google_Chrome_extension

I use it every day when doing assignments. It's absolutely perfect! Simply cannot think of any flaws. Thank you!

This is an awesome extension that's helped me a lot with my productivity. One recommendation I would make though, is to add an option to disable the block and pause functions when clicking the extension icon. I've been tempted before to just ignore the timer and go on blocked sites.

I love this app -- but recently something about it causes google to malfunction. It won't allow me to go through with an extension (citing: we're sorry, but there's an unusual amount of traffic coming from your network) rather than the search query. It works fine when I disable B&F

Great app! Lets you pick your own distracting websites, love the DING that tells you it's time to work or time to take a break. Since it looks like Felipe, the developer, is kindly taking notes on reviews, can I request an automatic start time option? So every M-F, 9-5 the app starts working automatically? I need it to cut me off from whatever dumb thing I'm doing before work starts :)

Fastest and lightest extension that does the job, without clogging the chrome dev console with debugging or error messages.

There doesn't seem to be a list of default websites to block. That would be helpful so I don't have to add them one by one.

Use it a lot. But I wish i could disable the pause button in options. I have started to overuse it.

Simple and powerful. You'll notice in no time how much efficient you become at studying or working. It let you concentrate on the task for 25 minutes (or the specified time), so you don't think about the time, or how much you need to work, or anything like that. You do your thing and concentrate on that, knowing that in 25 minutes you'll have a break. With practice, this break becomes great to rest your mind a little, letting it "arrange thinkings" in a background manner. When break is over, you are ready to keep working on that thing, fresher and sharper than ever.

This is a really well-designed app with great functionality. With these changes, it would be even better, at least for me: 1. An option to remove the pause button functionality. Part of the reason for these extensions is to force compliance to create focus. A pause button, although for some may be helpful, for me is completely in opposition to this idea. I don't even want the option to pause, or else I probably will. 2. Option to start in a break and not a pause. Hitting the start button the very first time is hard! Starting in a short break would allow me to hit this without a second thought, because I have a few short moments to surf before the focus is forced. Thanks so much for creating this and considering these changes!

I (and my company) thank you for helping me stay on task :)

Great App - simple and allows me get things done with little bumps of motivation along the way! The only thing is it would be nice to have a few more motivational quotes!

This is not too restricting, and looks great. No more wasted study hours for me! Thanks Felipe!

I love it, and this is the app really save me from web addiction! and I love the succuessful quotes inside it, can you add more? Thank you thank you thank you!

This is my favorite extension! Very simple yet very powerful! Recommended to people that want to boost their productivity

I think it would be better if it saved how many times you skip a break within a work period to use them when needed so you still get the same amount of work done or if you skip your 30 minute break because you don't think you need it you can use it in a cycles when you do need it.

Hello Felipe, Awesome App! I am recommending it to everyone. One thing though, if I have the option "Show remaining time under the extension icon" unchecked, then when I am on break the tomato timer still shows up as red and not green. It would be nice to make it become green while I have this option unchecked - especially for my longer breaks as I like to pass by my computer and make sure it is still green and not red. Thank you!

I wish there would be a choice to completely 'mute' and discard the blocked sites (i.e. no notification, no blank tabs, nothing at all!). Anyway, the extension works and has great potential!

Great app, only wish there was a pause button instead of having to completely stop it. Edit: Probably the best plugin for managing your procrastination now due to the pause button that has been added.

finally something clean and flexible thanks

I used to pomodoro, but still have unproductive temptations. I tried site blockers, but those were too strict. This is great for forcing short bursts of productivity. Hearts! <3

New update is amazing! able to pause it finally! It's been helping me get through university!

Nice updates!

This far the best site blocker I know. Does not want to show ads nor wants to track you by using a global public website for the "blocked page". Also adds the nice pomodoro touch for works sprints :)

Does what it says; wish you could set a regular weekly/daily schedule.

Best pomodoro implementation I've used so far. I've only got two complaints: 1.) Grammar is questionable in places 2.) The bell indicating the beginnings and ends of breaks seems to sound from somewhere off to the left. Also I miss my breaks half the time, probably just me though.

Thank you for making this. Its awesome. The pause button will be MUCH appreciated. Its the only thing lacking, in my opinion.

Great extension that has improved my productivity! I used to get easily distracted while working on homework at my computer desk, and this has helped. As someone else has said, I wish there was a more easy way to see that you are on break time if you miss the notification. The suggestion to turn the tomato green is a great one that I really like. Thanks for the great work on your extension!

Always wanted to use the pomodoro technique, but couldn't really apply it too well. This extension however, makes it really intuitive and has definitely made me more productive. One thing is that only after using it for a day, I've probably seen all of the inspiring/motivating quotes and hope they will either add new ones, or recycle out old ones. This has no correlation with how effective this extension is though, just the only thing I can see they can add on to.

Love it so far. My only problem with it is that the sound signaling the end of the cycles is pretty quiet and I cant hear it with my music on, so if there was a way to make it louder or even just push a system notification that would be awesome

blocks all open tabs for an unknown reason when using the extension with only the default filters. Using mac OS. EDIT: Fixed in version 2.1.2

Hey devs! Really liked the extension that it combines pomodoro timers + site blocks. Sooo convenient!! One suggestion though. Maybe you can have an option to turn the continuous mode on/off? Cheers :)

Nice and simple! Thank you very much!

One of the few which shows the minutes on the icon.

nice. Two in one app..ok i must go now, my timer is on !

Everything you need to be majorly productive. It helped me. Staying away from time-wasting sites helped alot.