Block your own apps and sites, across every device at once.
Blocks apps and sites across every device at once, with a Locked Mode that's genuinely hard to cheat once it's on — but turn Locked Mode on deliberately, and don't fully trust scheduled sessions to start themselves without checking.
Freedom blocks selected apps and websites for the duration of a session you start manually or on a recurring schedule, according to the manufacturer. Sessions sync across every device signed into the same account, so blocking Instagram on your phone also blocks it in a desktop browser at the same time. A "block all except" option flips the model — instead of listing distractions to block, you list the handful of work sites to allow and everything else on the internet is blocked for the session. Locked Mode, a separate setting, is what actually prevents ending a session early once it's started.
People who already use multiple devices during the day — a work laptop and a personal phone, say — and want one block list that applies everywhere at once, rather than configuring a blocker separately on each device. The recurring scheduling is a particular fit for anyone with a predictable routine they want automated rather than manually triggered every day.
Anyone who has been burned by unreliable focus software before should read the reliability complaints carefully — independent reviews consistently describe scheduled sessions sometimes failing to start or ending early on their own, which is close to the worst failure mode for a tool whose entire job is enforcing a block. And anyone who wants managed restriction on someone else's device, like a child's phone, needs a parental-control app instead — Freedom is built around a single person restricting their own devices, not overseeing another person's.
Freedom's cross-device sync and Locked Mode solve a real problem — most blockers only cover one device, and most let you quit the moment you feel like it. The catch, per independent reviews, is that the scheduling and session reliability aren't as airtight as the enforcement is once a session actually starts, so it rewards checking in on whether a session ran rather than trusting it completely.
Blocks apps and sites across every device you own at once, with a genuinely hard-to-cheat Locked Mode — if you turn it on, and if the session actually starts on schedule.
Only if Locked Mode is turned on — it isn't the default. With Locked Mode on, independent reviewers report it's genuinely difficult to end a session early. Without it, you can stop a session whenever you want.
Yes, according to the manufacturer — sessions sync across every device signed into the same Freedom account (Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, Chromebook, Linux), so starting a session on one device blocks the same list everywhere.
As of this review, Freedom offers a limited free plan, a Premium plan at $39.99/year with a 7-day free trial, and a one-time lifetime option called Freedom Forever for $199, according to the manufacturer.