Epimel: Focus & App Blocker

Most app blockers make you list everything you want to block. Epimel is a focus app that works the other way around: you choose the few apps you can use, and everything else is blocked until your focus session ends.

If you've ever wanted an app blocker that lets you use certain apps, like your notes, a calculator or your music, while shutting out everything else, this is it.

★ AN ALLOWLIST APP BLOCKER
• Pick the apps that stay usable during a focus session. Everything else gets a block screen.
• No endless blocklists to maintain. New distracting apps are blocked automatically.
• Ending a session early takes a deliberate press-and-hold, not a single tap.

★ START A TASK, START FOCUSING
• A simple task list with subtasks and reminders.
• Link a task to a focus profile (one-time unlock), and tapping it starts that focus session instantly.
• Reminder notifications let you Snooze or Dismiss, or Start the linked focus session (one-time unlock), right from the notification.

★ PROFILES FOR EACH KIND OF FOCUS
• Save different allowlists as profiles, like Study, Deep work or Reading (one-time unlock; one profile is free).
• Schedule recurring sessions, such as weekdays 6–8 pm, that start and end automatically (one-time unlock).
• A quick-start notification starts your last-used profile without opening the app.

★ NO STREAKS. NO PETS. NO GUILT.
• Your history is a plain record of the sessions you completed or ended early.
• No points, badges, virtual trees or streaks to babysit.

★ PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No account, no sign-in, no cloud.
• No analytics or advertising SDKs. Everything stays on your device.
• Does not use Android's Accessibility Service.

★ FREE, WITH A ONE-TIME UNLOCK
Free: one focus profile with full allowlist blocking, manual sessions, the task list with reminders, and session history.
One-time unlock, no subscription: multiple profiles, recurring scheduled sessions, and task-triggered focus sessions.

WHY THE PERMISSIONS
• Usage access: lets Epimel see which app is open during a session, so it knows when to show the block screen. It is checked on your device only and never stored or sent anywhere.
• Display over other apps: shows the block screen on top of a blocked app.
• Notifications: shows the session control, task reminders and the quick-start shortcut.
• Alarms: used to start and end scheduled sessions and to fire task reminders.

Epimel works well as a study focus timer, a focus mode for work, or a way to set your phone down without deleting the apps you need.