FocusNPlay is an Android app designed for students and anyone serious about cutting screen time without relying on pure willpower.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Global
Atten Alternatives
Apps similar to Atten include Mindful : Focus & Screen Time, which is free and open source. Other options are LeechBlock, Cold Turkey, Reef Wellbeing and Curbox. There's no shortage of Anti Procrastination Tools like Atten, with more than 100 alternatives for Android, Mac, iPhone, Windows and iPad.
Alternatives list
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Japan
Kalma is a digital wellbeing and focus app that lets you temporarily pause distracting messaging and social apps without disconnecting your whole phone.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Android
+1
PIM is a friction-based app blocker. Instead of locking you out of distracting apps, it makes you complete a quick task (math, typing, or screen tapping) before they'll open.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Android
- iPhone
United States
Block distracting websites and entire categories while preserving access to useful pages through custom exceptions. Describe a task to allow relevant sites, lock blocks for a set duration, and schedule free time across supported desktop and mobile platforms.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Mozilla Firefox
Germany
EU
+3
BloomDay is a productivity app that gamifies task management by turning completed tasks into living plants in a virtual garden.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
Türkiye
Take back control of your time with ByeDistraction — the powerful, native macOS app that helps you stay focused by automatically blocking distracting applications. We've all been there: you sit down to work, and before you know it, you've spent an hour scrolling through...
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Vietnam
Set and enforce daily usage limits on individual apps, automatically restrict access when thresholds are reached, use location and time schedules, enable manual override, and streamline digital wellbeing with shortcuts, widgets, and automated break reminders.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
United Kingdom
+9
Lockish protects individual macOS applications with Touch ID or password authentication. Protected apps lock automatically after a configurable per-app idle timeout, when the Mac sleeps, or when the screen locks, while the rest of the system stays fully usable.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- United Kingdom
+1
WaitToUnlock helps you make iPhone Screen Time actually work by guiding you to set a passcode you won't remember and delaying access when you need it back.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
- United Kingdom
Think First is an iOS app that inserts a deliberate pause before you open Instagram, TikTok and other distracting apps — a countdown and one question, not a hard block.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- iPhone
- Germany
- EU
