Block distracting apps and websites on your Mac

Freedom for Mac helps you stay in control by blocking the websites and apps that steal your time.
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Our users report gaining an average of 2.5 hours of productive time each day, and we're proud to have helped our users reclaim 10,000,000 hours in the past year.
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Block apps and websites

Pick the apps and websites that pull you off track. You can block several distractions for as long as you want. Select from a pre-made blocklist or create your own custom blocklist of your time-consuming distractions.

Cut distractions and reclaim hours

Schedule your focus sessions to make build a routine

Whether you start a session instantly,  plan ahead or create recurring blocks that start automatically — Freedom helps you make productivity a daily habit.

Make your screen time intentional and healthy

Our Core Features that Boost Productivity

Locked Mode

Make it harder to quit a session early with Locked Mode. Perfect for breaking stubborn habits and addictions.

Stay distraction-free with an unremovable block.

Sync Across Your Devices

Distractions follow you everywhere. With one account, sync your block sessions across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, Android, and Chromebooks. There’s no limit to the number of devices, and you can even block distracting desktop apps on Mac and Windows!

Stay focused on your laptop, tablet, or phone.

Advance Scheduling

Choose to schedule your blocks now, later, or set recurring sessions to build lasting focus habits.

Focus automatically, no setup needed.
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Immerse Yourself in Focus Sounds

Enhance your focus sessions with high quality office sounds, coffee shops, nature soundtracks, pomodoro guide tracks, and optimized focus music.
Get your productivity soundtrack

Manage Everything in the App or the Web Dashboard

The Freedom Dashboard is your control center, and we've designed it to be intuitive and easy to use. Quickly set up blocklists, add devices, create schedules, and start sessions from the dashboard or any device.

Why People Love Freedom

Worth every dollar
02/2025
ADHDuser8

Best app ever for handling information overload & compulsive phone use. Must-have for ADHD.

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Helps me go to sleep on time
10/2025
cartophiliac

I start my session at 10 pm so I’m forced to stop scrolling and either go to bed or do something else. It’s not magic, but it’s enough of a roadblock that it works for me. I also use it when I wake up so I don’t lie in bed and scroll.

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Life changing for real
11/2025
Miabedilia

I was unsure of this after a friend recommended it to me. Will this really even stop me? But after the 30 day free trial I bought the full version! I block my social media most of the day as well as my dating apps which helped me to be more intentional about dating and spend less screen time in general. Just having the gentle reminder when you try to open the app makes all the difference in the conscious effort to break the bad habit.

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Thank you so MUCH
11/2025
Jennifer Diamond

thank you so MUCH. I have an issue with ai stuff, so I would end up googling it thinking I can get away with it. so I blocked those sites, and it works perfectly!

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Save your self!
11/2025
synch35792468

This app helps so much! It stops the habit I have of late night and all night emailing, YouTubing or reel watching. I really appreciate this app! Thank you for creating it.

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Best Blocker
04/2025
Jameserlee123

Hands down the best blocker that I’ve used. Hard to bypass and no glitches. Also cross-platform. Amazing

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Game Changer
06/2025
Nessa3605

I want to kiss whoever made this app. I’m not stuck in the rabbit hole past bedtime anymore and am sleeping fully every night now. Thank you form the bottom of my heart.

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Exceptional support
06/2025
LazyInnovator

Claire from support helped me immediately, even with complex problems.

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Life feels like the 2000s again
07/2025
hwakeenthedream

Before social media, life felt more real. Having restrictions set on my social media apps has let my brain rest and I also feel I’m more in touch with reality. I’m also more present and now have time to enjoy my other hobbies like art, video games, and movies — all without any distractions. It’s amazing. This app really live up to its name. Highly recommend!

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Freedom is a powerful app.
07/2025
Pete Mackintosh

Freedom is a powerful app. Having a tool that allows you to commit to blocking distracting sites & apps that you know can derail your intentions & focus is life changing. Freedom helps me to get to more sleep by shutting off internet access @ 9.45pm. Try it & experience the positive effects.

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Great app!
09/2025
aaronarchuletta

I like the fact that this type of app/website blocker is built around “sessions” ranging from 1 minute, to 24 hours. This allows the user to make adjustments without having to worry about being locked out of the settings forever. No password is needed because the app shuts down all the apps/websites you set, and doesn’t allow you to stop a session once the first minute passes. But if an adjustment is needed, simply wait out the entirety of the session and then edit the settings.

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Helps you make more money
09/2025
David Koz

Depending on your job or career, this app can multiply your productivity. Check out locked mode, and make sure you use both Desktop and Phone modes. Worth every penny

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Freedom is different
11/2025
Daniel Viberg

I absolutely adore this app. I've used similar apps before without success, but Freedom is different in how it lets you block multiple devices at once. It gives me a sense of peace knowing that my phone, laptop and desktop computer are simultaneously distraction-free.

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Saves me precious energy…
12/2024
wktktktktktk

This app has been developed so well and I appreciate it so much- has made my phone a functional tool and not an anxiety machine - thanks to all involved

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Excellent productivity app
12/2024
Green_Gl

I regularly use Freedom to limit my internet time wasting over the night time hours so I can’t stay up later than I should online doing nothing important and getting less sleep than ideal. I have ADHD so easily get distracted and drawn into stuff otherwise. Works great on both iPhone and Mac and I’m happy to have paid for the lifetime license years ago.

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Flexible blocker
11/2025
Tundy T

Flexible blocker for people who just need a little push sometimes rather than complete lockdown. I like that you can set recurring sessions

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Switched from Opal
09/2025
Greasergrrl

My Opal annual subscription was about to renew so I investigated competitors and switched to Freedom. It is more affordable and simpler, and for one reason or another it’s been easier to adhere to.

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We asked 2,500 users how Freedom impacts their performance. Here’s what they had to say:

+2.5
hrs
Gained back
each day
96%
Say they’re
more productive
80%
Felt they
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Frequently Asked Questions

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