54
BU Score
Solid
Block Distracting Websites
✍️ BU Analytics Review
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Block Distracting Websites is an iOS app from Pawel Urbanek in the Productivity category, currently rated 4.3★ across 226 ratings. Initial signal reads as mixed reviews — supporters praise core features while critics cite stability/value gaps.
Our BU Score puts it at 54 — Solid (established niche player). For a Productivity app, that means established niche player.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below — live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Paid app ($0.00)METRIC | +$2,800 | |
| Mature app (9y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| Good rating (4.3★)METRIC | +$800 | |
| Early-stage install base (226 ratings)METRIC | +$400 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
💚Sentiment Over Time↑ green = positive · ↓ red = negative
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Aug 24
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⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🗓️ Snapshot Timeline
HISTORYEach bar shows a tracked update and the metric delta from the previous snapshot.
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 8 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 12.0+🔖 v1.11🔄 updated 4y ago🌐 EN📂 Productivity💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2017 (9y old)
📝 About this app
"It's a great way to save time, and stop browsing Reddit when you should be doing coursework."
App has been featured by LIFEHACKER.COM
Inspired by a well known SelfControl, it aims to provide a similar functionality on iOS.
Have you ever wasted your time on the Internet? Having trouble getting stuff done because of procrastination? Do you need more self control?
This app allows you to temporarily block distracting (or all) websites on Safari browser. You can unlock them again but it requires that you think twice before doing so: "Do I really need to browse funny cat pictures right now?". Optionally you can set a timer, not allowing you to unblock distracting websites until the time is up.
Getting rid of your wasteful browsing habits is as easy as downloading this app and adding your favorite time wasters list. A predefined list of potentially distracting websites is provided. More freedom and focus GUARANTEED.
Preview video music: http://www.bensound.com
TESTIMONIALS
"Nice! Have been seeking for something like this for a long time!"
"If you have a bad habit of being glued to your phone when you should be doing other things, this might help and give you the push you need to break that habit."
"The app works great, and does exactly what it says, with no fuss."
"I need an app like this on my fridge."
App has been featured by LIFEHACKER.COM
Inspired by a well known SelfControl, it aims to provide a similar functionality on iOS.
Have you ever wasted your time on the Internet? Having trouble getting stuff done because of procrastination? Do you need more self control?
This app allows you to temporarily block distracting (or all) websites on Safari browser. You can unlock them again but it requires that you think twice before doing so: "Do I really need to browse funny cat pictures right now?". Optionally you can set a timer, not allowing you to unblock distracting websites until the time is up.
Getting rid of your wasteful browsing habits is as easy as downloading this app and adding your favorite time wasters list. A predefined list of potentially distracting websites is provided. More freedom and focus GUARANTEED.
Preview video music: http://www.bensound.com
TESTIMONIALS
"Nice! Have been seeking for something like this for a long time!"
"If you have a bad habit of being glued to your phone when you should be doing other things, this might help and give you the push you need to break that habit."
"The app works great, and does exactly what it says, with no fuss."
"I need an app like this on my fridge."
🆕 What's New · v1.11
- fixed blocking websites by wildcard * character
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Block Distracting Websites
- Developer
- Pawel Urbanek
- Bundle ID
- pabloweb.net.SelfControl
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- selfcontrol.apki.io
- Tagline
- Self Control App for iPhone
- Description
- iOS App inspired by a well known SelfControl. It aims to provide a similar functionality on iOS. It allows you to block distracting websites on your iPhone. Have you ever wasted your time on the Internet? Having trouble getting stuff done because of procrastination? Do you need more self control?
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- OG image
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
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- ML model estimate / mo
- $144/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Productivity
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
- Name
- Not found
- X / Twitter
- Not found
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- GitHub
- Not found
- X followers
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- Public statements
- Not found
Funding
- Total raised
- Not found
- Last round
- Not found
- Investors
- Not found
- Crunchbase
- Not found
- AngelList
- Not found
Press & Links
- Articles found
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- Listed on
- Not found
- Blog
- Not found
- Press / News
- Not found
Contacts & Socials
- Socials
- Not found
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- Phone
- Not found
- Contact page
- Not found
- About page
- Not found
📈Ratings growth226 ratings+22500% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (44 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
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