# Away - Focus & App Blocker > Block distracting apps, focus with a Pomodoro timer and calm ambient sounds. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/info.mahedi.away](https://chrome-stats.com/d/info.mahedi.away) ## Overview - **ID:** `info.mahedi.away` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** MAHEDI HASAN - **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY - **Downloads:** 1 - **Version:** 1.0.8 - **Last updated:** 2026-09-19 - **First published:** 2026-09-11 - **Publisher country:** CA - **Size:** 64 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-24 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.mahedi.away) - **Website:** [https://mahedi.info](https://mahedi.info/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://docs.google.com/document/d/11rM4w\_c9Z-U1Cs\_HIfN1gflfEEu7N7Ovwi4LSDWVwcE/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/11rM4w_c9Z-U1Cs_HIfN1gflfEEu7N7Ovwi4LSDWVwcE/edit?usp=sharing) ## Description Away is a focus timer and an app blocker in one. Pick one thing to finish, choose how long, and start. While the timer runs, the apps that usually pull you away stay closed, and a calm sound plays if you want one.

If you open a blocked app anyway, Away does not just say no. It shows you what you were working on and asks if you really need it. Most of the time, that one question is enough to put the phone back down.

No account. No ads. Nothing leaves your phone.

A Focus Timer That Fits Your Day
- One tap for 25, 50 or 90 minutes
- Full Pomodoro with rounds and breaks you can set
- Six timer looks, from a plain number to a slow breathing ring
- The controls fade away, so the screen stays quiet while you work

An App Blocker That Makes You Think
- Choose which apps to block during a focus session
- Open one and Away steps in front of it
- Stay focused, or wait a few seconds and unlock it on purpose
- Every attempt is saved, so you learn your own habits

Rescue Me
Already lost an hour to your phone? Tap Rescue me, pick 15, 30 or 45 minutes, and your distracting apps go quiet right away. No setup, no questions.

Quiet Time
Set hours when your phone should be off limits, like 11pm to 7am. It runs on its own even if the app is closed, and it comes back after you restart your phone.

Sounds To Work To
Rain, cafe, forest, brown noise, lo-fi and long music mixes made for deep work and study sessions. Play a track once and it is saved on your phone for offline use.

Home Screen Widget And Live Timer
Start a session from your home screen and watch the countdown in your notifications, without opening the app.

Insights That Actually Help
- Which apps you tried to open and walked away from
- The hour of the day your focus usually breaks
- How long your sessions need to be before you finish them
- Your screen time, pickups and how long you spend in each app
- A focus score that shows every number behind it

History Without The Pressure
A calendar of your sessions with every round, pause and break. Away counts how often you show up instead of streaks, so one missed day does not wipe out your progress.

Private By Design
There is no account and no sign in. No ads, no tracking, no analytics, no cloud. Your sessions, settings and stats live in a small database on your phone. The only time Away uses the internet is when you tap a music mix to stream it.

About The Permissions
Away asks only for what blocking needs, and it tells you what each one is for:

- Usage access, to see which app is open so it can step in
- Display over other apps, to show the focus screen on top of a blocked app
- Notifications, for round finished and break over

All of them are optional. Skip one and the app still works, with that feature clearly marked as unavailable. Away does not use an accessibility service, and nothing it reads about your apps ever leaves your device.

Who Away Is For
Students who need to study, developers and writers who need long quiet hours, remote workers, and anyone who picks up their phone to check one thing and puts it down forty minutes later.

Away from everything. Into what matters. ## Rankings - #3,216,056 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK` - `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS` - `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS` - `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED` - `android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS` - `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM` - `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW` - `android.permission.VIBRATE` - `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK` - `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE` - `info.mahedi.away.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Similar extensions and apps - [FocusTime: Focus & App Blocker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.curioinnominds.focustime) — 7,818 users - [Focus Timer - App Blocker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.missingapps.focusapp) — 1,845 users - [Focusly: Focus Timer & Block](https://chrome-stats.com/d/eu.kpix.focusly) — 1,463 users - [Away: Focus Timer Screen Time](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.pawelchmiel.away) — 10 users - [App Blocker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.genzopia.addiction) — 2,673 users - [App Blocker: Focus Timer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.evmodu.appblockerfocustimer) — 67 users - [Pomodoro & Focus Timer :Deeply](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.deeply.focus) — 541 users - [Floviu: Focus App](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.floviu.app) — 8 users - [Focus4Life: Pomodoro Timer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.zinzintech.focus4life) — 320 users - [Flowty: Focus-Break Timer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/co.moyra.flowty) — 50 users - [OneThing: Focus & Deep Work](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.santhoshkumr96.onething) — 94 users - [FocusOS: App Blocker & Timer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.arsa.focuseos) — 64 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/info.mahedi.away)