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Friction Gate

Chrome extension by Joshua Wang · Lifestyle · Well Being

A Chrome extension in Lifestyle · Well Being with 6 users, barely installed.

Specific sites only: 3 match patterns.

What the developer says, and 2 screenshots

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Users
6
Rating
not rated yet
Users, last 16 days
unchanged
Version
0.1.1
Updated in the store
2026-08-11
Published
2026-08-06
Manifest
V3
Browser access
3 permissions, 3 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 31.08
5-7 · 8 readings
  1. 2026-08-316
  2. 2026-09-027
  3. 2026-09-046
  4. 2026-09-057
  5. 2026-09-066
  6. 2026-09-087
  7. 2026-09-095
  8. 2026-09-156
Users
unchanged since 31.08
5-7 · 8 readings
  1. 2026-08-316
  2. 2026-09-027
  3. 2026-09-046
  4. 2026-09-057
  5. 2026-09-066
  6. 2026-09-087
  7. 2026-09-095
  8. 2026-09-156

A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing more than once a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 3 match patterns.

  • *://*.reddit.com/*
  • *://*.x.com/*
  • *://*.youtube.com/*
  • Block or redirect requests on the sites it can access declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
  • Schedule work to run later alarms
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

Joshua Wang publishes 3 listings we track, 12k users between them.

  1. Gemini Usage Monitor Joshua Wang · Productivity · Tools · published 2026-05-25 10k users (last published figure) ★ 4.7
  2. Grok Usage Watch – Rate Limit Tracker Joshua Wang · Productivity · Tools · published 2025-07-30 2k users ★ 4.4

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. TemptShield Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 18 users ★ 5.0
  2. Friction Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 24 users
  3. RelockIn - Block Websites, Shorts, & Doomscrolling | Focus and Screen Time Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 11 users ★ 5.0
  4. BlockTok: Mindful Doomscroll Blocker Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 5 users
  5. MindfulGate - Stop Doomscrolling & Focus Blocker Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 47 users ★ 4.9

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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