Productivity Owl

Want to be productive? Let the Productivity Owl guide you to accomplishment.

As of May 2026, Productivity Owl has 6,000 users and a 3.95/5 rating from 378 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

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Version
3.0.0
Manifest V3

History

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Permissions & access

Permissions
tabshistorystorageunlimitedStoragealarms
Host access
http://fonts.googleapis.com/, https://fonts.googleapis.com/

Screenshots

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About

*** WARNING: This extension is very annoying.  The owl is flying across your pages, annoying you, criticizing you, giving you psychological exercises, and closing your tabs.  If you are not serious about being productive, this extension may not be for you.***

August 2025 - Upgraded to Manifest Version 3.0

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Do you need a new boss when working from home?  Meet the Productivity Owl.

The owl is very strict.  He will berate and mock you.  You'll be forced to complete tasks to earn break time.  If you do consistent work, use the timeboxing scheduler for work/vacation, and complete the owl's psychological exercises then you might be able to earn the owl's respect.  

Just like the first version, the owl has 3 types of websites: Allowed, Blocked and Countdown.  If a website is not on the allowed/blocked lists, you'll get a certain amount of time to get the information you need before the owl closes the tab.  You can still use the scheduler to schedule free-time, and now you can also schedule work time.  Version 2.0 introduced a task manager, and you get rewarded break minutes for each task you complete.  There are also psychological interventions and browsing statistics in this version.   

Although it is technically possible to earn the owl's respect - it's  highly unlikely.  The owl is very judgmental.  It may take years before anyone earns the owl's "ultimate respect."  Of course if you uninstall the extension or disable it, all respect is lost.  

***************  APACHE 2.0 LICENSE OPEN SOURCE ***************
Since this extension is on every webpage you visit, I wanted to let everyone know there are NO TRACKERS or DATA COLLECTORS in the owl.  The owl is 100% open source.  You can view the source code on Github:  https://github.com/mrieck/productivityowl

*Thanks to everyone who has been using the Productivity Owl over the years.  He's been helping me be productive for the last 15 years.  Hope he can help you too.

Technical

Version
3.0.0
Manifest
V3
Size
4.13MiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
Yes

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u6d0d9c7360b3ff806feef24e80918491
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
May 25, 2012
Last Updated (Store)
Aug 10, 2025
Last Scraped
May 31, 2026
Website
Support URL

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