Tell it what you're working on. It quietly strips out the feeds, Shorts and rage-bait built to hijack you, and leaves the web you actually need.
★★★★★ "I forgot it was even running. The junk is just gone." Early users are getting their afternoons back.
The real app, running right here in your browser on sample data. Open the Assistant, tell it what you want to focus on, and watch it work. There's nothing to install, and nothing you do here leaves this page.
No setup · no account · nothing leaves your device · free & open source · macOS soon
These apps were built by hundreds of engineers to capture your attention. This is the AI that fights on your side instead. Here's what that actually does for you.
Type something like "I'm writing all afternoon, keep me off social" and you're done. There's nothing to configure and no blocklist to keep up. The AI sets the whole thing up for you. Zero setup on your end.
It only pulls out the engineered traps like Shorts, Reels and the For-You feed, so you still get your tutorials, your DMs and your subscriptions. You never have to give up a site you actually need.
The on-device AI notices why you opened a page and how far you're drifting, then steps in the moment you start doom-scrolling. You stop losing whole evenings you never meant to give away.
It fixes itself when sites change, and gets a little firmer if you keep trying to sneak around it. A gentle nudge first, then something stronger. It won't quietly stop working on you.
Tell it "no music videos, no rage bait, no gym influencers" in plain English and it's gone from your feed before you ever click. Your feed finally stops knowing your weak spots.
Everything runs on your own machine. No account, no tracking, nothing uploaded. It's an anti-mind-virus, not another data leak. You free your mind without handing over your privacy.
Grab the Windows app, or just add the browser extension. They find each other on their own, and the extension works fine all by itself. No account, no sign-up.
Say it in plain English: "help me write until 5pm," "no more doom-scrolling," "kill Shorts but keep my subscriptions." The AI turns it into protection for you.
It runs quietly, adapts to how distracted you look, heals itself when sites change, and catches you when you try to wriggle out. You just notice the noise is gone.
| Capability | Attentify | Freedom / Cold Turkey | Basic blocker extensions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Removes only the addictive parts of a site | ✓ Surgical | ✗ Whole-site only | ~ Some elements |
| AI understands why you're there | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Adapts blocking to how distracted you look | ✓ Real-time | ✗ Fixed schedule | ✗ |
| Block individual videos by title | ✓ Pre-emptive | ✗ | ✗ |
| Self-heals when SPA sites re-render | ✓ <0.5s | n/a | ✗ Often breaks |
| 100% local, no data uploaded | ✓ | ~ Account required | ~ Varies |
| No account / sign-up | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
| Open source & auditable | ✓ | ✗ | ~ |
| Price | Free | $3 to $10/mo | Free to paid |
Add the optional Windows app and everything levels up. It's a focus engine for your whole computer, and the browser just plugs right into it.
/shorts/* are gone. Everything else on YouTube stays exactly as it is. Synced to your browser."Every other blocker I tried, I turned off within a week because it killed sites I needed. This one I forgot was even running. The junk is just gone."
"The intent thing is uncanny. When I'm researching it leaves YouTube alone, but the second I start doom-scrolling the feed evaporates."
"Told the assistant 'no music videos' and it just… handled it. Feed and watch page, instantly. Felt like magic."
The whole thing is open source. The optional cloud tier is for people who want managed AI and cross-device sync without bringing their own key.
Everything that matters, on your machine.
Managed AI and sync, zero setup.
Focus culture for whole orgs.
Free, private, and running in about a minute.
Prefer browser-only? Add the extension for Chrome & Edge →
macOS app coming soon.
Yes. The app and extension are open source and free forever. The optional Cloud tier ($5/mo) adds managed AI (so you don't need an API key of your own), automatic site blocking and analytics. You never need it to get the full local experience.
No. Everything runs locally. There's no account and no tracking. If you turn on the AI intent engine you can run the offline version, or bring your own AI key. In that case only a tiny, anonymous summary goes to your AI provider, and never to us.
Those block whole sites or apps on a schedule. Attentify takes out only the addictive parts, like the Shorts shelf and the For-You feed, so you keep the useful web. And it adapts in real time to whether you're actually focused.
No. The browser extension works completely on its own. The Windows app adds system-wide nudges and an assistant that writes the rules for you, and the two sync automatically when both are running.
Any Chromium browser (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc). It comes with built-in rules for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, Facebook and LinkedIn, and you can add any site just by asking in plain English.
That's exactly why it isn't all-or-nothing. Because it removes the junk and not the tools you need, there's far less reason to switch it off. And if you do start sneaking around it, Attentify notices and gently steps in.