Free your mind. ReDD Blocker helps you block distracting apps and websites — backed by 10+ years of our award-winning research at the University of Oxford.
Take back your focus. ReDD Blocker is a powerful, open-source focus tool that helps you block distracting apps and websites — on your terms. Built on more than 10 years of research into digital distraction at the University of Oxford, Fristed is designed to reduce impulsive screen use without taking control away from you.
Create and customise blocklists, choose when and how long to block apps and websites, and hold yourself accountable with tailored override difficulties.
Key features:
• Block Websites: Instantly restrict distracting websites across browsers
• Block Apps: Temporarily restrict distracting apps while a block is active
• Custom Blocklists: Create multiple blocklists for different contexts — work, study, evenings, deep focus
• One-Off or Scheduled Blocks: Start a permanent or temporary block instantly, or choose when scheduled blocklists become active and how often they can repeat
• Visual Timeline: See your blocklists at a glance on a clear 24-hour timeline (larger screens only)
• Pause & Resume: Pause blocks when truly needed — and resume automatically
• Stack Blocks: Run multiple blocklists at once without conflicts
• Override Protection: Choose how difficult it should be to cancel a block early — from simple confirmation to maximum-difficulty challenges
• Always Active: Blocks continue running even if you close the app
Fristed is fully open-source and collects zero user data.
GitHub: https://github.com/ulyngs/redd-block
Cheers,
Ulrik and the Reduce Digital Distraction Project Team
(reddfocus.org)
For those who think oh obviously you have to pay for this app no its free and does a good job and its easy to set up and get going plus you can make it harder for uou to go back amd do your bad habits
Hi folks,
Meet ReDD Blocker - the new name for Fristed (formerly ReDD Block)! Instead of blocklists, you create 'Focus Rooms', where distractions are blocked and you create space for yourself to focus on what matters.
This update also comes with lots of improvements:
- On smaller devices, modals such as Settings, Add/Edit Blocklist, and Start/Stop now open as full-screen windows instead of pop-ups. These are much easier to use and come with some design improvements!
- Schedule times are now collapsible when there are multiple
- Major improvements to layout and zoom across different iPad sizes
- Zoom controls now live in the Settings
- Other design improvements, styling tweaks, and bug fixes
Please keep suggesting improvements to the app!
We hope you're enjoying ReDD Blocker!
- Ulrik & the ReDD Project Team
(reddfocus.org)
Version 3.4.2
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Information
Seller
Reduce Digital Distraction Ltd
Size
12.8 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
