MATHEMATICA REGINA SCIENTIARUM
Block distractions.
Do your Math Academy task.
MathGate locks your distracting apps until you have completed a Math Academy task today. No willpower required.
View on GitHubAndroid 8.0+ and iOS 17+. Free and open source, GPL-3.0 — build it yourself from source.
Features
Any Task Counts
A lesson, review, multistep or quiz all satisfy the gate. Whatever Math Academy gives you that day works.
Pick Apps to Block
Choose which apps to lock. Android pins the usual social media apps at the top; iOS uses the system picker.
Unlocks Automatically
Finish a task and your apps open again, right through to the next daily reset.
Reset On Your Schedule
The day rolls over at 04:00 by default, so a late night still counts as the same day. Change it to any time you like.
Fails Closed
No connection, a bad sign-in or an unexpected response all keep your apps locked. Turning off the internet is not a way out.
No Server, No Account
MathGate talks to Math Academy directly from your phone. Your password is encrypted on the device and never sent anywhere else.
How It Works
Sign in once
Enter your Math Academy details. The session lasts a month and refreshes itself.
Pick apps to block
Choose the distracting apps you want locked until you have done your maths.
Turn on blocking
Open a blocked app and MathGate stops you before you get anywhere.
Do a task
Complete anything on Math Academy and everything unlocks until tomorrow.
Android and iPhone
Android 8.0+
An accessibility service notices a blocked app opening and covers it in about a tenth of a second. No permanent notification to live with.
iOS 17+
Screen Time shields your chosen apps at system level, so the block survives a reboot. iOS never tells MathGate which apps you picked — it hands over opaque tokens instead.
Two apps, one repository, the same rule. Neither is on a store: Android means building the APK, and iOS also needs your own Apple developer account, because Apple grants the Screen Time entitlement per developer rather than per app.
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