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
SelfControl Alternatives
One of the most popular alternatives to SelfControl is Mindful : Focus & Screen Time, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Cold Turkey, Plucky, Focus Firewall and Freedom. You're spoiled for choice with Anti Procrastination Tools like SelfControl: we list more than 100 alternatives for Android, Mac, iPhone, Windows and iPad.
Alternatives list
Fitlock is an iPhone app blocker that keeps your most distracting apps locked until you've moved. Pick the apps or websites you lose time to (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, whatever it is for you), set a daily goal, and they stay blocked until you hit it.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- iPhone
United Kingdom
46 Cortex alternativesiPhone screen time app: a 5-second pause before Instagram, TikTok or YouTube that asks why you're opening it, keeps a daily focus score, and never blocks you out. A pause, not a blocker.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
United States
Stack multiple habit timers at once — track accumulated time, not daily streaks. Run reading, stretching, and focus timers simultaneously. Build habits at your own pace — no streaks, no guilt.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- iPhone
- iPad
Japan
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An AI focus companion for Windows that can tell a 10 hour work day from a 10 hour binge. It knows your goal and nudges you back on track.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
Ascension is a website blocker and screen-time tracker for Windows to improve digital well-being and remove harmful & distractive content.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
7 Nudge Focus alternativesNudge Focus is a Mac-native focus app that blocks the apps and websites that pull you away from work. Pick your distractions, such as YouTube, X, Reddit or Slack, start a focus session from the menu bar, and Nudge keeps them blocked until the session ends.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
Georgia
Conquer time blindness and master your daily schedule with DuePal. Designed specifically with ADHD brains in mind, DuePal keeps your next deadline visible, always.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- iPhone
Thailand
MacOS application that helps user take breaks, do some tiny workout during those (to reduce sedentary lifestyle), monitor and fix their posture (so that they have less back pain, stand taller and look overall more confident) and help them block distractions by blocking any website.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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
144 QuestLog alternativesGamified task tracker with focus timer, habit tracking and execution analytics.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Android
Canada
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
