SurfPal: Limit Screen Time · Block Website · Stay Focused

Name: SurfPal: Limit Screen Time · Block Website · Stay Focused
Rating: 4.96875 (32 reviews)
Author: https://surfpal.mutacore.com

Track and limit your browsing time on each website to help you stay focused, combat addiction, and enhance productivity.

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SurfPal helps you track, analyze, and limit your time spent on websites to improve your browsing habits and increase productivity. With detailed data analysis by day, week, or month, you get intuitive drill-down charts organized in a domain-based tree structure. Export your browsing data in CSV format easily.

Set schedules to limit access during specific hours, configure global, group, and site-specific time limits with flexible rules and priorities. Group websites to manage restrictions easily. Your data syncs securely with Google Drive every 10 minutes, ensuring backup without compromising your privacy. Features also include viewing current site usage on the icon, generating daily or weekly reports, data backup and recovery, and a dark theme for comfortable use.

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By:

https://surfpal.mutacore.com

Users:

2,000

Rating:

4.97

(32) 1 new ratings

Version:

1.7.23 Last updated: 2025-04-22

Creation date:

2024-06-14

Risk:

Permissions:

idle
storage
unlimitedStorage
alarms
background
tabs
history

Size:

1.04MB

Email:

de*****@mutacore.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 17,820 ▲ 211

Other rankings

#1071 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 12

#16 in screen time keyword 15 ▲ 1

#27 in limit keyword 17 ▼ 1

#42 in stay keyword 47

#134 in website usage keyword 61 ▼ 9

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SurfPal: Limit Screen Time · Block Website · Stay Focused (v1.7.23)

724 4.90

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User reviews

Users find SurfPal highly effective, easy to use, and one of the best screen time trackers available, with many upgrading to Pro. Common issues include the ease of bypassing limits, desire for stronger blocking methods, and more customization options like personalized reminders and notifications. Users also seek advanced features such as gradual screen time reduction and sync across devices to improve discipline and usability.

Pros

Very easy to use with a simple and effective design.
Effectively tracks screen time and blocks websites as intended.
Highly praised as one of the best or most useful extensions of its kind.
Provides customizable time limits and scheduling features.
Many users satisfied enough to upgrade to the Pro plan.

Cons

The ability to easily disable or bypass time limits is seen as a weakness; users want harsher or more deliberate unblock methods.
Lack of customization for reminder messages or motivational prompts when blocked.
Missing features such as notifications after prolonged use of a single website (e.g., 30+ minutes).
No gradual reduction feature for screen time limits; users want a way to decrease usage over time.
Requested support for syncing data across devices is missing or limited.

Recent reviews

One of the most useful Chrome extensions I've ever used. I'm so satisfied and already upgraded to the Pro plan.

Na*****, 2025-06-22

amazing extension. exiting out is easy, like when you have a schedule or a time limit rule if its turned on its easy to turn it off again ( which is not good wish if it was a more harsher way to do it like it requires you to right "i give up" or "i am a loser" or maybe a custom phrase that you write in order for it to turn off ) also the the tab that open and tells you to "take a deep breath" I wish that you can add custom phrases or a reminder of your to do list or take you to a custom URL or page of choice. keep up.

ja*****, 2025-05-25

Amazing, easy to use. Exactly what I'm looking for.

Wi*****, 2025-05-12

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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SurfPal: Limit Screen Time · Block Website · Stay Focused requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

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Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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SurfPal: Limit Screen Time · Block Website · Stay Focused has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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