App and site blocker that helps protect focus time by pausing the noise across devices.
Freedom blocks access to distracting websites and apps on your devices during focus sessions.
You want to control distractions and get into deep work mode.
€
40
/ year
€
3
/ month
Block social media while writing or coding.
Set recurring focus schedules each day.
Sync blocks across your laptop and phone.
Focused solo workers or remote teams who want to block distractions reliably
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Freedom blocks websites and apps, removing temptations before they pull you away. If you lose time to “just a quick scroll” on social or news, a block session can win back the twenty-five minutes your brain often needs to refocus.
Writing a thought-leadership article or planning a new campaign demands uninterrupted thinking. By cutting the whole internet or only your worst offenders, Freedom gives you a quiet mental space for flow.
Building a Google Ads campaign, setting up experiments or cleaning CRM data calls for detail work. Activate Freedom and the dashboards stay in front of you, while Slack pings, LinkedIn feeds and analytics rabbit holes stay hidden until the task is finished.
Disabling a site on your laptop is pointless if the phone in your pocket still flashes notifications. Freedom syncs blocks across macOS, Windows, iOS, Android and Chrome, so no back-door escape routes remain.
Set a recurring 09:00–11:00 weekday focus block or a nightly 20:00 internet curfew. Scheduled sessions turn disciplined focus into routine, requiring no willpower once the calendar is set.
My personal notes on how to use this tool.
Freedom is a distraction-blocking service that runs on every major operating system and browser extension. Its core promise is simple: press start, and anything you have listed as a distraction will not load until the timer ends. Below is everything you need to know to decide if it belongs in your toolkit.
Freedom acts like a local VPN, rerouting requests to blocked domains so they never resolve. Because blocking happens on the device, no browsing data leaves your machine, preserving privacy.
Steven Pressfield describes Resistance as anything that pulls creators away from meaningful work. Freedom eliminates a major source of that Resistance by hiding the easy escape hatches modern devices offer. Pair Freedom with time-boxed deep work blocks and you get a practical system: identify the task, schedule a session, start, and stay present until the bell rings.
Freedom offers a seven-day free trial with full features. Premium costs about €40 per year, including unlimited devices, blocklists and scheduling. Team licences are available for organisations that want a shared focus policy. Considering the average user reports reclaiming more than two hours per day, the cost easily pays for itself after the first focused week.
Because blocking occurs locally, the service stores no browsing history. Only login credentials and blocklist settings sync through Freedom’s servers. The company has operated since 2011 and serves more than three million users worldwide.
Freedom is a distraction-blocking service that runs on every major operating system and browser extension. Its core promise is simple: press start, and anything you have listed as a distraction will not load until the timer ends. Below is everything you need to know to decide if it belongs in your toolkit.
Freedom acts like a local VPN, rerouting requests to blocked domains so they never resolve. Because blocking happens on the device, no browsing data leaves your machine, preserving privacy.
Steven Pressfield describes Resistance as anything that pulls creators away from meaningful work. Freedom eliminates a major source of that Resistance by hiding the easy escape hatches modern devices offer. Pair Freedom with time-boxed deep work blocks and you get a practical system: identify the task, schedule a session, start, and stay present until the bell rings.
Freedom offers a seven-day free trial with full features. Premium costs about €40 per year, including unlimited devices, blocklists and scheduling. Team licences are available for organisations that want a shared focus policy. Considering the average user reports reclaiming more than two hours per day, the cost easily pays for itself after the first focused week.
Because blocking occurs locally, the service stores no browsing history. Only login credentials and blocklist settings sync through Freedom’s servers. The company has operated since 2011 and serves more than three million users worldwide.
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Plan your week like your marketing budget. Manage tasks with a system you trust. Stay out of inbox traps. Protect deep work time. Run better meetings. Close your week with a firebreak.
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