What a week! We've been busy building Opal and making improvements to the app every single week. Some people are starting to notice! Here is the summary of some of the kudos we received:

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Apple

Apple was Global app of the day in 150+ countries on March 3rd 2023.

‎App of the Day: Opal: Screen Time for Focus

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The New York Times

Everything You Need to Break Up With Your Phone, From Free Tricks to Phone Safes

"Opal restricts your access to certain apps during specific user-determined windows of time. With the free version, you can create one “session”—mine is dedicated to blocking TikTok and Instagram during work hours. In the past, I would lose hours to those apps (if you’re my boss reading this: just kidding), but now, I barely think of using them because I know my attempts will be futile. I actually look forward to my social media time now, and it makes using those apps meaningful in a way that it never was before. Opal Pro is fairly pricey (about $100 per year or $20 per month), but consider upgrading if you want the ability to create unlimited recurring sessions. Opal Pro also has a Deep Focus mode, which prevents you from canceling your session or bypassing the timer."

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Wall Street Journal

How 20 Seconds Can Make You a Better Investor

"Opal says roughly 5% of its 100,000 active users rely on the app to help spend less time on finance apps, and 22% use it to block shopping apps such as Amazon.com Inc."

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In France..

In France, we’ve been live on TV on the leading business channel BFM business and I've had a change to talk to the JDN about the global day of unplugging.

On to greater things!