Productivity Owl
User Reviews
Francis Blondin
2022-04-10
I give it 4 star because I'm thankful it was made, but unfortunately I won't be using it. It's too harsh for me. Please just add more options! Like the option to allow for more than 3 minutes of surfing on a non-white listed website. The option to use different time limits for different websites (say you want to be allowed 20 minutes of Facebook and 15 minutes of Youtube a day). And the option to have all websites be white-listed by default, except for those you specifically want to see be restricted or blocked. |
Miranda carter
2022-04-06
I agree with other reviews criticizing the 3 minute timer for websites that aren't blocked but also aren't whitelisted. I have ADHD and really struggle with staying focused when it comes to reading so things will take me longer to find when doing research and constantly having to look at the countdown to see if the page needs a refresh does not let me focus fully on what I'm trying to read. Just a blacklist would've been preferred, sometimes I need to leave a page open for a long time but will never visit that site again afterwards so I don't want to bother with whitelisting it. The owls branch often blocks buttons on sites like Netflix during my freetime so I can't even enjoy my break without some annoyance. I do really like the concept of this extension with the browsing stats, to do list, reward times, and autoblocking of goof off sites but the 3 minute timer is really a deal breaker, I get stressed even just thinking about trying to browse to do any research so until this feature is removed I can't recommend this extension. |
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Liliana Kahn
2022-01-25
Overall the extension works and I like it expect for the fact that it closes tabs when I am not looking or am not on them. This can get pretty annoying when I am doing research or anything. I still use the timer and I can find the information I need within the time I have set on the timer. But for example I go back to my document and I still want to keep the research study around for referencing and copy paste, but the tab's timer keeps ticking and then in the background it closes. Could a option be added on whether the tabs timer is only active if the tab is active? I think Leechblock, which I also use, by James Anderson has a similar function "Count time spent on these sites only when browser tab is active". I definitely would prefer to having this option rather than having to schedule free time almost constantly which sort of defeats the purpose. |
Leonard Burca
2022-01-18
I can't imagine how many hours this extension saved me over the years. To the dev: Thanks for giving me some peace of mind and the tool to fight this intrusive technology in my life. You rock |
Esteban Rivera
2021-12-11
I really like gamification and I wanted to like this extension, but the fact that the owl considers every unlisted website in the settings as something bad that must be closed makes it unusable for everyday web browsing. |
Tristen Canfield
2021-11-11
This is very helpful. I appreciate that I can earn time to use on my blocked sites by doing the things I need to do. The only thing I wish it could do that it doesn't right now is give me the option of rewards for time spent on certain sites. If I could build up reputation or earn break time for interacting with my homework web pages, that would be a hoot! |
Najla N. A
2021-08-26
I just like the way you can drag the owl everywhere on the screen when he block a website.? |
The most amazing STUPID
2021-07-05
The owl being skeptical and annoying is what made me love this application. It is one of the best blocking software's out there |
Reese Tuinstra
2021-05-23
Mostly good, but it conveniently "forgets" I've timeboxed weekends free. Putting in extensions such as .org and .edu does seem to let all such common research websites work consistently. It's just really annoying to be sitting around on a Sunday not being able to screw around on random websites because I apparently have to time box every Sunday ahead of time, even though I don't have to reenter the free time I plugged in for weekdays. |
Wilson Binamira
2021-04-24
Perfect |
