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Cold Turkey
Freedom.to
FocusMe
Focus App
LeechBlock
Forest App
Stay Focused
Tyke
Jot
Better Notes
Mochi
Memo.ai
Fathom
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Unclutter
SelfControlSelfControl is ideal for students who need to concentrate on studying, remote workers who want to avoid procrastination, freelancers who require discipline in managing their time, and anyone who needs a simple solution to reduce digital distractions during focused work periods.
Based on our record, SelfControl seems to be a lot more popular than Tyke. While we know about 79 links to SelfControl, we've tracked only 5 mentions of Tyke. 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.
A combination of https://selfcontrolapp.com/ and Hammerspoon automation and you can lock yourself out of pretty much everything. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago
Happy to see it still exists, and free https://selfcontrolapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago
I have found that a useful method for getting distractions off my work laptop has been https://selfcontrolapp.com/ (if you're on mac). - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago
Pro tip for macos/ios folks: - Macos: Install https://selfcontrolapp.com/, add every website and their alternatives you know, set it to 24 hours. Really hard to bypass this even if you know networking stuff - iOS: Enable downtime 24/7 ask someone else to set the password. I'm down to about 35 minutes a day of mobile usage, and laptop usage is only work related things. You really need two or three days to clear... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
There is a free and open source app called SelfControl for macOS. It allows one to block access to any site one adds to the list in the app for the amount of time the user chooses. Attempt to use multiple browsers, restarting one's machine, deleting the app, etc. won't get around the block either. It's been super helpful for me, so I thought I'd just throw it out there. https://selfcontrolapp.com. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Tyke (Free) Not a trike but a tyke! (I'm so sorry)... A little bit of scratch paper ๐ that lives on your Mac menu bar. Source: over 3 years ago
I'm moving to Linux/Gnome from macOS. There is a little app for Apple's OS that I use a lot: Tyke. It's utterly simple, basically an icon on menubar that holds a text field where I can't type or paste anything I want in plain text. When I reboot the system, it vanishes. Source: almost 5 years ago
I use the free Tyke all the time. Donโt mind at all that it has few features. https://tyke.app/. Source: about 5 years ago
For a simple(r) no non-sense, free, no markdown just plain text alternative, check out Tyke: https://tyke.app. Source: about 5 years ago
Tyke is the most dead simple option I've seen. https://tyke.app/. Source: over 5 years ago
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!
Jot - The no-fuss way to take notes
Freedom.to - Freedom is a productivity hack that lets you block apps, websites or the entire Internet on iPhones, iPads, Windows and Mac computers.
Better Notes - Simple notes app that ties notes together with #hashtags
FocusMe - The website blocker you can't cheat
Mochi - Write notes and flashcards with Markdown and study them with spaced repetition.