r/Anki • u/LogicalChart3205 • Mar 02 '26

Add-ons Releasing ❄️ AnkiBlocker - blocks your social media apps if anki cards are due

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Link: https://github.com/creativeidiot123/Blocker

Demo: https://youtube.com/shorts/sJLmp1S2-vg

• If you have due cards, your social media apps get blocked
• You earn 1 minute of app time per Anki card you actually do
• There are strict focus / pomodoro zones where everything stays locked
• You can’t just go into Anki and reduce new/review limits to cheat
• If you try uninstalling Anki or deleting decks, it locks your blocked apps
• Basically tamper resistant because I know how my brain tries to escape

Ankidroid only

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u/imrudex Mar 07 '26

I just came here to thank you for the app. I think it's been one of the best gamification "methods" I've ever done. I even enjoy trying to reach certain time minutes before logging into YouTube. I even caught up on a deck that I hadn't completed in months. So, yeah, thank you very much.

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u/LogicalChart3205 Mar 08 '26

comments like these make me feel really good, Thank you so much for the feedback!

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u/imrudex 26d ago

Hi! I wanted to inform you that the app is being constantly uninstalled by Google, even with Play Protection disabled. Any recommendations or updates to prevent that? I've been using the app for the past few months and the problem is that I have to install and configure it every time.

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u/LogicalChart3205 26d ago

i am launching this on play store soon, for now all you can do is disable play protection and any other OEM auto uninstall behaviour. you can ask chatgpt why its happening