What StudyLock does
StudyLock blocks websites, runs focus schedules, and lets a child request access to something specific, all managed from a parent's dashboard. Two parents can share one profile, a weekly digest summarizes activity, and the extension keeps enforcing the last saved rules if the connection drops — never falling open.
What can a parent control with StudyLock?
Six controls cover the day-to-day of managing a child's focus — from blocking and schedules to how the two parents and the extension itself stay in sync.
Website blocking
Block individual sites or whole categories, or flip to an allow-only list so just the approved sites stay reachable. Rules reach a child's Chrome as soon as a parent saves them.
Focus schedules
Set focus windows for homework or study time on a 15-minute grid. During a window only what a parent allows stays open; outside it, the regular rules apply.
Ask-for-access requests
When a site is blocked, a child can send a request with a short note instead of hunting for a workaround. A parent approves or declines from the dashboard, and the device picks up the decision on its next check-in.
Co-parent shared profiles
Two parents can share one child profile — both can adjust rules, review requests, and see the same weekly digest, so screen-time decisions don't rest on a single person.
Weekly digest
A short weekly summary of minutes online and blocked attempts per child. It is aggregate counts only — never a list of the sites a child visited.
Offline fail-closed enforcement
If a child's device loses its connection, the last rules a parent set stay in force instead of opening up. Nothing new is allowed until the device reconnects and checks in.
What happens if a child's device goes offline?
Many blockers quietly stop enforcing when a device loses signal or misses an update. StudyLock is built to fail closed instead — the last rules a parent set keep holding.
While the connection is down
StudyLock keeps enforcing whatever rules were active the moment the device last checked in — blocking, schedule, or allow-list all stay exactly as they were. Nothing opens up just because the network drops.
Once it reconnects
The device syncs the latest rules a parent has set since it went offline, and any pending ask-for-access decisions arrive at the same time. A parent can also see in the dashboard when a device was last seen.
What can't a browser blocker do?
StudyLock is built for trust, not theater — every feature above comes with a plain account of its limits.
A browser extension can be removed
A browser extension can be removed, and StudyLock is upfront about that — it surfaces when a device stops checking in rather than promising a lock-down it cannot deliver. If a child disables or removes the extension, the parent's dashboard shows the device as offline, so a parent can notice quickly and have a conversation instead of trusting a false sense of lock-down.
Rules apply only inside Chrome
StudyLock manages Chrome on the paired device. It does not reach other browsers, mobile apps, or system-level settings outside Chrome — worth knowing when planning a full setup.
No browsing history is stored
The dashboard shows aggregate counts — minutes online, blocked attempts — never a list of the sites a child visited.
Set up a calm focus routine
Install the extension on a child's Chrome and manage every control above from the parent dashboard.