CLUSTER WEBSITES-DISTRACTING-FOCUS · 157 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2020-12-15
App blockers & screen time limiters
This cluster comprises 41 products focused on blocking distracting apps and websites, scheduling focus sessions, and tracking screen time to help users reduce digital distractions. Dated entries begin in April 2014 and increase gradually over the years, with the highest monthly counts occurring in late 2025 and early 2026. On traction, umbra leads with 8 stars, while the next highest show 0 stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 18 unlabelled
Operator · 1 hobby · 2 indie · 2 commercial · 2 open source · 13 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 41Offline - Screen Time & Focus0★1 moliveApp that lets users create personalized blocking schedules for apps to eliminate distractions and focus on priorities.
- 42PeerPause: Ask for Screen Time0★1 moliveScreen time app that blocks distracting apps after daily limits are reached and requires a trusted person to approve requests for extra time.
- 43Haven: Screen Time Control0★27 daysliveMobile app that blocks distracting apps until the user completes a stretch-and-breathe break, with schedules and optional extreme blocking.
- 44Frogged - Screen Time Control0★1 molivecommercialScreen time app that blocks chosen apps and interrupts mindless scrolling when users try to open them during distracting moments.
- 45Ticking: Screen Time Control0★1 moliveApp that blocks distracting apps according to a weekly schedule and makes each early-unlock attempt wait longer than the last.
- 46Deadbolt: Screen Time Blocker0★1 moliveScreen time app that locks distracting apps for a chosen duration, with strict no-early-exit sessions, daily block schedules, and a delayed emergency exit.
- 47ScrollCheckpoint: Screen Time0★28 dayslivehand-codedindieScreen time app that sets scrolling alarms and requires a checkpoint activity before continuing to reduce mindless phone use.
- 48Tysh: Screen Time Control0★1 moliveApp that blocks distracting apps and websites, schedules protection, and offers focus timers to help users reduce screen time.
- 49Monk Mode: Screen Time Control0★1 moliveScreen-time app that blocks distracting apps and websites and offers a simplified phone mode to help users focus.
- 50App Blocker: Curbox Detox0★2 moliveopen sourceApp blocker and screen-time tracker that restricts distracting apps, websites, and short-form video feeds to support focus.
- 51unscroll - Screen Time Control0★1 molivecommercialMobile app that blocks distracting apps and replaces them with curated articles, videos, and podcasts to reclaim time.
- 52Burn: Earn Your Screen Time0★1 moliveiOS app that converts completed tasks into earned screen time and blocks distracting apps when the time runs out.
- 53breakfree: screen time control0★1 moliveMobile app that hides distracting feeds and short-form content while keeping messaging, with group focus sessions and progress streaks.
- 54Deep Dive0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop deep-work timer that locks sessions, blocks distracting websites, enforces breaks, and tracks focus by project on-device.
- 55Jettie: Screen Time & Focus0★1 molivehand-codedindieScreen time app that interrupts excessive scrolling with personalized, goal-oriented messages to keep users focused on their objectives.
- 56Takeback: AI Screen Time Coach0★2 moliveMobile app with an AI coach that questions users before opening blocked apps, granting or denying screen time based on past usage and stated reasons.
- 57NoRot - Screen Time Control0★1 moliveiOS app that blocks distracting apps and uses focus scores and sessions to help users reduce screen time and build healthier habits.
- 58Precursor: Hourly Screen Time0★1 moliveMobile app that limits distracting apps to an hourly allowance and resets the block at the start of each hour.
- 59ABVA0★27 days—hobbyMenu bar app that learns a user's attention habits and adaptively applies reminders or restrictions to break unwanted digital behaviors.
- 60Screen Time Control - Blucky0★1 moliveMobile app that blocks distracting apps during scheduled focus sessions and routines, with reminders and screen time reports to help users stay focused.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.