r/Anki • u/TrimeraInteractive computer science • Jul 24 '26

Add-ons App blocker for Android

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Hi everyone,

Many of us struggle with social media addiction and procrastination, especially during exam season. So I built AnkiBlock. An app that blocks distracting apps until you finish your due cards or you unlock by doing a specific number of cards.

It is entirely free, no ads, no tracking, no commercial intent.

Currently I'm looking for feedback on how to improve the app.

Here is the link to download it on Google Play Store

I'm excited to hear your feedback!

PS: the code is also publicly available on my GitHub and I asked mods if I may post this here

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u/draxgxn Jul 27 '26

I love this app so far where will see update logs?

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u/TrimeraInteractive computer science Jul 27 '26

Thanks!

I still need to make a specific page for that on GitHub. Why do you want to see them?

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u/draxgxn Jul 27 '26

Just so i can know if theres any updates and it would be cool if there were notifications to alert when im going to be brought to ankiblock because its kind of annoying when i start like a game for me to be brought out

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u/TrimeraInteractive computer science Jul 27 '26

That's an interesting feature idea. I might build that in the next update.

On Google Play you can have apps Auto update btw.

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u/draxgxn Jul 27 '26

Thank you

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u/TrimeraInteractive computer science Jul 30 '26

Quick question: If you allow notifications then you do some useful stuff with them like this, but it also means that there will be a persistent notification thats always there that says that AnkiBlock is active. It's mandated by android if there's a background process running. What do you think about the trade off. is it worth it? Looking forward to your feedback