Release Notes

Version 1.2.0: Glancing at Progress

A quick update focused on making your focus data more accessible. You shouldn't have to open the app to stay accountable.

New

• Interactive Widgets: Check your current session status and streak directly from your Home Screen.
• Visual Polish: Refined the daily grid design to make your behavioral patterns easier to spot at a glance.

Improved

• Widget Sync: Fixed a delay where the streak count wouldn't update immediately after a session.
• Low Power Mode: Optimized background activity to ensure scheduled blocks still trigger reliably.

Small tweaks, big focus. Keep that streak going.

Paul

Version 1.1.0: Introducing Custom Timers and Home Screen Widgets

Two weeks in, and the progress you're making is incredible. As an indie dev, I’m reading every email you send to help shape the future of StrictBlock.

This update adds the two features you asked for most:

New

• Custom Timers: Set your own Pomodoro work and break intervals to fit your flow.
• Home Screen Widgets: Track your streak and stay accountable without even opening the app.

Improved

• Faster Shielding: Refined the system-level API for near-instant app locking.
• Override Clarity: Polished the emergency access UI to be more intentional.

Thanks for building this with me. Keep that streak alive!

Paul

Version 1.0.1: Reinforcing the Locks

It has been an incredible first week for StrictBlock. Thank you to everyone who downloaded the app, set their boundaries, and started building their streaks.

We are actively listening to your feedback and just rolled out our first minor update to make the experience even smoother.

What's Fixed and Improved

• Smoother Sessions: We ironed out a few edge cases to ensure your scheduled focus blocks trigger exactly when they should, without hesitation.
• Visual Polish: We made some minor UI tweaks to the daily tracking grid to make your progress clearer at a glance.
• Under-the-Hood Stability: Squashed a handful of early bugs to keep the app lightweight and battery-efficient.

Keep showing up. We'll keep reinforcing the locks.

Paul

StrictBlock 1.0 is Live

StrictBlock is officially available on the App Store.

We built this app to solve a specific problem: standard screen time limits are too easy to bypass. Internal willpower isn't always enough, so we created a tool that provides uncompromising, external structure.

What's in Version 1.0

This first release includes everything you need to start building real discipline:

• System-Level Locks: Once a focus session starts, distracting apps are mathematically eliminated from your device using Apple's Screen Time API.
• Pomodoro Timer: Built-in intervals to structure your deep work.

Thank you to everyone who supported this project and helped test the early versions. Download the app, set your first boundary, and let us know what you think.

This is just the beginning.

Paul