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Opal: Screen Time Control reviews, read one by one
The 100 newest App Store reviews of Opal: Screen Time Control: what the text says next to what the stars say, what people complain about, and who blames an update.
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Opal: Screen Time Control
Productivity · 4.7★ store rating
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What 100 reviews of Opal: Screen Time Control say
The 100 newest reviews average 2.5 stars, and 26 of them give four or five. Read as text, 17 are positive, 15 mixed, 68 negative and 0 neutral. 9 of the four- and five-star reviews carry a complaint in the text.
1 of 100 reviewers describe an unexpected charge, a misleading trial or trouble cancelling (Productivity apps average 3.2%). 42 say the problem started with an update, most of them writing on version 4.13 (category average 4.6%). 15 say they have left or are about to.
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Reviews worth reading
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★★★★☆ · 2026-09-07 · v4.13
Pretty Decent app
I've been using this app for upwards of a year now. I started when I was doing my a levels and I found it did really cut down my screen time. I have the free version and I think it works well. Obvs if u use it you need some self control but I find that it stops me from starting an endless scroll. I gave it 4 stars tho because it's not perfect. It can be quite laggy especially when unblocking apps etc. and sometimes I'll wake up and see that my apps are unblocked when I know t...
★★★☆☆ · 2026-09-02 · v4.13
Great app
No complaints! The most effective app blocker I’ve found so far. Very customizable, cute redirects, works great! My only suggestion would be to maybe have a feature where you write out specific things you would like to be redirected to do it can remind you to go to another task! Updated after two years: Still a great app however when it updates or when my phone updates or sometimes just randomly it shifts all of my rules that I put in and makes it a pain in the butt to chang...
★★☆☆☆ · 2026-09-19 · v4.15
Working hours are great but time keeping doesn’t work at all
I like how I can block certain hours, helps me keep focus and eventually forget about the apps and focus on other tasks. But the timekeeper doesn’t work at all. It will count I ‘hit my set limit) (1 hour) randomly in the middle of the night or anytime I’m not on my mobile. I check my ios screentime settings and I’ve only used apps for 30 minutes total. This is extremely frustrating as I have the apps on my phone for a reason as a creator (otherwise I would just delete socia...
★★★☆☆ · 2026-09-05 · v4.13
unhappy
This app is laggy and i’ve been getting frustrated because when I select to pause a rule for however many days. It DOESN’T work. Also it is INACCURATELY tracking my screen time! For example i know for a fact i was on an app for over 3 hours and just on my phone a lot that day in general but it said my focus/screentime was at 100%. I agree that this app does infact help when wanting to limit your time on apps especially if you have pro because then it allows to not be able to...
★☆☆☆☆ · 2026-09-05 · v4.13
i do not like the most recent update
EDIT: after the developer response, i thought i’d give them a few opportunities to fix bugs and get the app back to before. the exact same issues persist 2 months later, im honestly going to downgrade my rating to 1 star. now, my apps will be blocked when im not in a focus session and my limit hasn’t run out, or they won’t block at all when i know they’re supposed to be blocked during a focus session. the app is still so laggy and glitchy, i have to wait on certain screens to...
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