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14

Focus and time

14 apps.

Freedom

Paid

Block sites and apps on a schedule, across your Mac and your other devices.

Paid subscription

Official site

Freedom official site

Cold Turkey

Free

A hard site and app blocker, including locked sessions you cannot turn off early.

Free, with paid one-time or subscription upgrades

Official site

Cold Turkey official site

SelfControl

Free

A free, open-source blocker that stays on until the timer ends, even if you restart the Mac.

Free and open source

Official site

SelfControl official site

one sec

Inserts a short breathing pause before you open the distracting apps and sites you name.

Official site

one sec official site

Opal

Focus sessions and app blocking, with a clearly designed Mac and iOS pair.

Official site

Opal official site

Focus

Paid

A website and app blocker with planned sessions, breaks and a menu-bar timer.

Paid, buy once

Official site

Focus official site

Session

Paid

A Pomodoro-style focus timer with websites blocked for the length of a session.

Paid, one-time or subscription

Official site

Session official site

Timing

Paid

Automatic time tracking for the Mac: what you had open, and where the hours actually went.

Paid subscription, with a free download to try it

Official site

Timing official site

HazeOver

Paid

Dims every window except the one you are in, so the rest of the desktop falls away.

Paid, with a free trial, also on Setapp and the Mac App Store

Official site

HazeOver official site

TomatoBar

Free

A plain Pomodoro timer that lives entirely in the menu bar.

Free and open source

GitHub

TomatoBar official site

Time Out

Paid

Gentle or full-screen breaks at an interval you set, from a long-running Mac utility maker.

Paid, also on Setapp and the Mac App Store

Official site

Time Out official site

Stretchly

An open-source break reminder that nudges you to stand up and look away from the screen.

Official site

Stretchly official site

Jomo

A blocker and focus app for Apple devices, with sessions you can share and a clear off-switch for the noisy apps.

Official site

Jomo official site

Flow

A focused Pomodoro timer with a menu-bar presence and a matching iPhone app.

Official site

Flow official site

Suggest an app

If a small Mac utility is missing, send the name and a link. We only add it after checking the page.

A note when the list grows

Occasional email when we add a batch of apps worth opening. No ads, and we never sell the address.