Focus - On Your Work

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Overview

Focus blocks websites so you can focus on schoolwork. Focus blocks non-educational websites, so students focus on success.

Focus by Freedom helps you stay focused on your work or schoolwork. Focus blocks distracting websites, while allowing you access to the sites you need. Focus lets you do better work in less time. THE CHALLENGE Do you work or study on your computer? Then you’ve been distracted by news, social media, shopping, email. These distractions lead you to drift off-task, waste time, and end up unproductive and unfulfilled. We’ve all been there. The temptation of opening a new browser tab to find a new distraction is strong and the action is often compulsive. We all have specific sites that are our go-to distractions, but we also know that anything we click has the potential to become a distraction. except for the tools we’re using to get our work or studying done. THE ANSWER Focus by Freedom blocks only those distracting websites so that you can focus on your work or studies. You tell Focus what sites you do need for work or schoolwork, and it will block everything else. You’ll stay focused and on-task, while doing high quality work because of your sustained attention. What’s more, you’ll find you can get more done in less time without those constant online interruptions! HOW IT WORKS Focus by Freedom blocks websites by placing them behind a PIN. EASY SETUP – create a PIN (a password) and decide which websites should be allowed CUSTOMIZABLE - Focus comes pre-populated with an Allow List of common work and learning sites. You can customize as needed. ACCOUNTABILITY - A parent can set the PIN for children, or you can have your spouse or friend set the PIN for you WHO SHOULD USE FOCUS? - Remote workers, from home or in hybrid working situations - Students doing homework - Students with online or remote learning - Writers, Teachers, Entrepreneurs, Editors, Researchers, Journalists, and Developers all use Focus to get their work done! Focus is a product of Freedom Labs, where we develop new ways to meaningfully interact with technology. Like our other extensions, Focus is highly privacy-conscious. None of your data is sent anywhere (the cloud, our servers, etc.) It remains secure on your own device. You can learn more about Freedom here: https://freedom.to Release notes: Focus 1.0.3 fixes two issues: - Sometimes, the extension disables itself automatically and bypasses the green screen when visiting a blocked website - Sometimes, when adding a new website to the allowed list, it does add it, but it's not shown in the list Please send us your feedback at support@freedom.to and we'll continue to improve Focus. Thank you!

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Man Hay S1D33 YIU
Oct 1, 2024

Some websites I chose to allow are still showing as blocked. I had a negative experience and I hope it can be resolved.

John PjontekDeveloperOct 2, 2024

Hi there! So sorry to hear that. We'd be happy to help you with this. Please email our support team at support@freedom.to. We can help resolve the issue, or escalate it to our engineers. Thank you!

Álvaro
Sep 17, 2024

Needs a black list besides a white list, sometimes you want to block few websites not all the internet.

John PjontekDeveloperSep 18, 2024

Hey Álvaro! Thanks for the feedback. You might be interested in using our "Limit" extension which allows you to limit the amount of time you spend on websites in the Chrome browser, or try our primary app "Freedom" where you can find the functionality you're looking for. You can find that at www.freedom.to. Thanks!

Dawid Dutkiewicz
Aug 26, 2024

It doesn't work. Lags on adding or removing sites, it hung my Chrome on Mac M1

John PjontekDeveloperAug 26, 2024

Hey Dawid! Thanks for getting in touch and sorry for the trouble. We haven't made any recent changes and we're also not seeing any issues on our end, but we'd be happy to troubleshoot this with you and get some more information. Please don't hesitate to email our support team at support@freedom.to. Thanks!

Details

Version
1.0.4
Updated
November 5, 2023
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Size
1.45MiB
Languages
English
Developer
Freedom
309 W Weaver St Carrboro, NC 27510-6005 US
Website
Email
support@freedom.to
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Privacy

The developer has disclosed that it will not collect or use your data. To learn more, see the developer’s privacy policy.

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Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
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