Chunk
Google Calendar
TickTick
Fantastical 2
Todoist
Structured
Compass Calendar App
Things
FocusMe
Cold Turkey
Freedom.to
SelfControl
Forest App
Focus App
Stay Focused
LeechBlock
Chunk is a lightweight menubar app for macOS that helps you time-block your day with ease. Designed for makers, freelancers, and anyone who thrives on structure, Chunk keeps your plan visible and your focus sharp โ without the bloat of traditional productivity tools.
Chunk was built to solve a simple problem:
Planning your day shouldn't get in the way of doing your work.
Instead of overwhelming you with features, tabs, or integrations you don't need, Chunk lives quietly in your menubar โ always accessible, never distracting.
๐ Time-Block Your Day
Plan your day using "chunks", focused blocks of time for specific tasks. Add, edit, and reorder them quickly.
๐จ Full Customisable
Chunks are full customisable. Pick your colour, duration, emoji etc...
โฐ Stay on Track with Alerts
Get notified when a new task begins. Fullscreen notifications make sure you never miss a transition.
๐
Sync with Your Calendar
Keep everything in one place by syncing with your Apple, Google or Outlook calendar.
๐ Save Templates & Routines
Create reusable task templates that load with a click or daily routines that auto load on selected days.
๐ Track Your Progress
See how much of your day you've completed with a visual progress bar in the menubar.
๐งโโ๏ธ Built for Focus
No long form calendars. Just your plan for today, your time, and your focus.
Chunk comes with a 7-day free trial โ no card required.
Give it a spin and see if it helps you get more done with less stress.
๐ Download Chunk
Built for focus, not friction.
FocusMe is the most powerful website and app blocker available. Unlike browser extensions that can be easily disabled, FocusMe blocks at the system level across all browsers.
Key features: - Enforced Mode โ the strongest bypass protection of any website blocker - AI Productivity Coach โ personalized daily/weekly reports with one-click plan recommendations - Enforced Screen Breaks โ full-screen overlay with skip protection and minimum break times - Flexible Time Limits โ set per-site daily budgets (e.g. 30 min of Reddit per day) - Launch Limits โ restrict how many times per day you can open distracting apps - Pomodoro Timer โ built-in work/break cycles with floating timer window - CLI Automation โ start, stop, and list plans from the command line - Plan Library โ community templates you can import with one click - Block YouTube Shorts & Facebook Reels without blocking the rest of the site - Pause Limits, Stop Delays, Random Character Challenges, Plan Hardening
Works on Windows 11/10/8/7, macOS, Linux, and Android. Browser extensions for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi.
Trusted by 10,000+ users. Rated 4.8/5 on Trustpilot with 800+ reviews. Free trial available.
Chunk FocusMeChunk's answer
Chunk allows users to really experience all the benifits of timeblocking from directly in the menubar. No bloat, no fuss. We built it for focus not friction.
Chunk's answer
Our main customer base is professionals seeking to maximise productivity, the ADHD community and students preparing for exams or studying.
I had low expectations for this if i'm honest and its actually been really good I Just bought the lifetime access and was gutted you didn't support Apple calendar but then you released apple support the very next day. What are the chances lol
I have been using FocusMe software on all my PCs and phones for over six years. I have a paid license. I would really like to commend the developers of FocusMe. As someone who spends more than 8 hours a day at a computer, it is easy to let it take over your life, even to the point where I found myself watching, chatting and posting even when I didn't particularly want to. I wanted to take control, and FocusMe was a really good solution. FocusMe differed from other products because it handled the entire scope of the problem: 1) lock out stuff from my kids, 2) lock out some of the same stuff from me, 3) not interfere with special internet use (like GitHub, or work related youtube), and 4) to give a whole range of solutions for partial lockout, by time, location, overall usage, multiple password schemes, etc. They do a really good job protecting the software from anyone who might trying to hack around it. There really isn't anything like it.
Wow! Where should I start? I've been constantly searching in these two years for finding a complete solution that could really help me manage my digital distractions and focus on my daily life routines, most applications are either not effective enough, so easy to circumvent or very resource-intensive, then I found FocusMe!
1) It has everything I was searching for, most applications are not effective enough, some are just browser extensions, have a few options and not customizable enough, with FocusMe I can easily create very flexible plans to:
a) Destroy bad habits and create good ones. For example block Internet at a certain time of night to help me sleep at a certain time each night. This has helped my insomnia a lot and my sleep times are getting regulated now.
b) Block unnecessary and possible harmful contents completely. For example, it may be a personal choice but I choose to block online adult contents for most weekdays, which has helped my brain to regulate my dopamine system tremendously.
c) Time limit other contents during work days, Contents that are useful but can also easily waste a lot of your daily time if not careful enough, like emails, news, social media...
2) Most other applications can be circumvented easily, if you have a little computer knowledge, most of these applications are useless, but FocueMe! OMG! It goes to great lengths to make sure you stick to your plan, when you create and start a plan, you can't cheat it! You can even create punishment if you try to bypass your plan, to restrict your access more which can prevent any kind of future cheatings. It is evident that FocusMe creators really love what they do and really pay attention to details, which is what distinguishes this from most other similar applications.
3) Some other applications are very resource-intensive, you can see in windows task manager that they swallow all of your computer resources or even slow down your web surfing/loading experiences which makes them useless, because no one wants to have a slower computer just to have an application to control his/her daily habits, but when I use FocusMe, there are no computer/web surfing slow downs and also the resource consumption is minimal which also makes this software a great choice.
4) Last but not least, FocusMe has a superb support system, you never feel alone on your path to more success and focus, they are always there for you answering your questions and always updating the software to newer greater versions.
Let me emphasize this point: I don't know how I could live without this application and I wished I had found it sooner! Those that are searching for applications to help them live a healthier life know what I mean if they read my explanations above. It took me two years to find you, FocusMe! I would give you 10 stars if I could!
After all these years, I finally feel in control of my life and my time, Thank you.
It just all works properly unlike other softwares. I am very happy because if I have minor troubles, customer support is there the same day to help me fix it. A lot of good locking systems that so far I haven't been able to cheat.
Based on our record, FocusMe seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 11 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I would probably be homeless if it wasn't for FocusMe. I use it to block all sites except sites I need for work. Source: over 3 years ago
It's called FocusMe (https://focusme.com/). I came across some years ago when it was still a simple little app. You had to manually set it to block a site and enter in a time period. I had my daily working schedule that I use now set up and I wanted FocusMe to run on a schedule as well. He freaked out when I told him how I would use his app: killing the app via DOS at the end of a time period, renaming the... Source: over 3 years ago
How about Forest - https://www.forestapp.cc/ or FocusMe - https://focusme.com/. Source: over 3 years ago
I agree with the other answers that it is not your responsibility. For people that would like an efficient blocker for themselves, I used FocusMe during my time at ETH which works well. Source: almost 4 years ago
I don't know of any specific app that does what you want but you can mix it up across platforms. I track all my writing time with Toggl Track's free plan and I use Google Sheets for word count. If you're looking for distraction blockers I'd recommend Forest for your web browser if you want something free, but if you're willing to pay for something more powerful I recommend Freedom or the even more restrictive... Source: almost 4 years ago
Google Calendar - Spend less time managing your day & more time enjoying it
Cold Turkey - Cold Turkey is a free productivity program that you can use to temporarily block distractions so that you can get your work done!
TickTick - TickTickis a cross-platform to-do list app & task manager helps you to get all things done and make life well organized.
Freedom.to - Freedom is a productivity hack that lets you block apps, websites or the entire Internet on iPhones, iPads, Windows and Mac computers.
Fantastical 2 - Fantastical, the Mac calendar app you'll enjoy using. Quickly create new events with natural language input and more.
SelfControl - V2 updates! - Custom time interval for distraction free mode - Ability to turn off ' always on' mode - Improved UI -- Self Control -- A simple app to keep you focused online by blocking sites that you spend way too much time on.