What people do with the time they get back from their screens

I’m already off all social media and recognise those for the life-sucking, creativity blocking distractions they truly are. But I still wasted a lot of time reading things (things I knew already, or didn’t need to know, in many cases). As a writer, and one whose smart phone had gradually killed of any reading habits, this is great. Novels are back in my life. Now I carry them with me for waiting-room reading, have one in the car, read books at night rather than reading the screen. Sleep better. Write when I might have wasted 10 mins on phone....

This will allow me to keep using my iPhone and enjoying my maps, camera and Fitbit while releasing me from the shackles of distraction. It’s fabulous!

Freedom allows me to meet my deadlines without the distractions of social media and email. Without it, my books would consistently be late, and not just by a few days. I love it and don't know how I managed to get stuff done before discovering Freedom.

If I could give this app 10 start I would! This is hands down the greatest productivity aid I have ever found. I am a writer and I often get distracted by Netflix and social media. My addiction to these time waiting sites and apps has been getting in the way of my career growth. Well no more. I am excited about the freedom this app has given me and the financial freedom I know is yet to come from using it daily.

Every book I’ve written, I’ve found the focus thanks to Freedom.

I literally wrote an entire book using freedom. Great way of battling procrastination. I keep using it every day.

I’m a writer who also happens to be addicted to social media, which can make it hard to get work done. Freedom allows me to block the apps and websites that cause me trouble while I’m writing, and I get so much more work done! It’s been a lifesaver.

I used to read trash blogs and waste my time… now I read books and make art. Been using Freedom for years!

I’ve been using this app for less than two days and I just spontaneously wrote a song on a keyboard. I haven’t written a melody in over a decade. Get yourself some space. Get yourself some freedom. See yourself up for success. I don’t have to burn up my daily dose of will on self-control for the apps and websites on my phone and laptop. I can use this tool to tell my phone what I want to be able to use in the next hour, every night from 10-7, and any particular time I feel like it. AND THEN THE MACHINES DO MY BIDDING and no matter how beguiling the comment section of my favorite blog feels in my mind, I can’t go and get the hit (and blow my energy on other people’s stuff vs. creating my own stuff) so I can actually develop and support the habits I want to have and gently re-shape the habits that have been holding me back. Thank you, every individual human helping make Freedom possible for me!

Life changing. Been using this for years, and I can’t stress enough how essential it’s been to getting into a creative headspace.

Probably responsible for hundreds of hours of productivity totally amazing investment would gladly share it with other people give me more free premium gifts to give to people. Never recommended an app to more people in my life. I don’t need willpower anymore and I can focus that willpower on other things.

Probably built my AI startup because of this app.

weirdly emotional about how life-changing this app is for me. helps me think more clearly and focus better by locking me out of the internet/my apps when I should really be focusing on my writing, reading, being out and about in the city, etc.

Thanks to this service, I’m finally able to write a book. Thank you so much Freedom team so giving back this time and agency in the face of addictively-designed tech.

i used to spend all my time scrolling. now i cook and read and make art and call my friends. i love this app

This app has saved me. Sure there are ways around the blocking but I have to be pretty desperate to try them. This has been the only thing that’s helped my self-sabotage.

Growing up on social media, I knew I was a full social media addict, but didn’t realize how much time it was sucking away until recently. I needed something to just catch me when mindlessly clicking away from a freelance project and into the dark pit of tiktok or Twitter and this saved me. I went from spending 60+ hours on social media to only 2 hours a day, which is still not where I want to be, but getting better! I have been a 1000x more productive at work, I’ve been more creative and have had more time to spend on myself and my goals. Truly wouldn’t have been able to happen without Freedom!

This app not only helps me to concentrate while working or studying, but also completely broke my addiction to constantly looking at my phone.

After a week of using Freedom a few times a day I no longer wanted to look at my phone and started doing other things like reading instead. I also started leaving my phone at home. I also don’t always turn it on now and can work without having to always block my phone apps.

The initial setup is NOT intuitive (at least for me) even after following the tutorials, etc it took me awhile to get it set up to block everything except 1 or 2 apps.

The customer service is great and helped me resolve any problems and now it works exactly as it is supposed to.

Highly recommended not just for working but also to break phone/computer/internet addiction.

This app works really well on multiple devices and unlike the Google digital wellbeing tool it cannot easily be turned off. This app has really helped me to stop checking the news and my email all the time. I've only used it for a week but I've spent a lot more time reading books and less time on my phone.

I deleted social media years ago as they are cancer but I still had an addiction to reading the news, even as I was reading it I new that I was getting disinformation and not information. Since installing freedom I just block all news, I have no idea what is going on and it is amazing. I now spend that time doing work or reading books, smashing out a 300 page history book is nothing now that the junk news media is not stealing my time. I will use freedom forever and I will never read the news again

This app is honestly the best app out here to block distractions and to stay in flow. I love it with every fiber of my being. My whole life changed after taking a premium membership for life time. It was a very hasty decision but I don’t regret it one bit. Now I schedule my down time for apps with infinite pools (like Instagram) where the scrolling is infinite and make my mind so bored and read kindle or do something productive instead.

Thank you Freedom!✨

Blocks internet, not just websites. I like Freedom on my laptop, works fine there. But on my phone it seems to block all internet when I only wants the app to block websites/Safari. I may be doing something wrong, but now I can’t even use other apps that I need for practical reasons.

Changed from 3 to 5 stars and adding: the developer reply below solved my issue and the app now works as intended. I block Safari so that I spend my evenings reading a real book instead of scrolling the news.

This app saved my mental health countless times, it has saved me from doom scrolling politics and feeling awful, instead now I meditate or read ! Thank you freedom!

This app is not cheap but it works. It helped me with my instagram addiction and now I can read books again and exercise instead of wasting my free time! Highly recommend.

I've read twice as many books since I installed this app as I have in the last two years. It helps!

My partner gifted me a premium membership for this app after he heard about my foibles with resisting my phone when I need to study or do school work, and it has significantly improved my life and grades. As an unmedicated adult with ADHD, this app helps me stay disciplined when I am not able to do so on my own. I have also gotten great use out of it for when I want to read but can’t stop picking up the phone, and limiting my overall screen-time by scheduling reoccurring blocklists for certain apps all but a couple hours a day. I cannot recommend this app enough!!

Freedom helps keep me off of places like news and sports sites so I can actually get my work done and better spend time with my family.

Such a helpful app. Keeps me off the internet when I want to relax and be present with my family.

I've been using Freedom for years now, and it absolutely saved my productivity. I have zero self control for social media and other disruptions. Don't even make me start about news. Freedom blocks all of these and force me to work when I need to work and stay with me family and friends when I need to do so.

It's magical, and made me regain control over my life.

My son has become more focused and productive. A big relief for parents in the time of online classes.

This app has changed my life! I would constantly get distracted in my prayer time and reading. Now, I activate Freedom and no more distractions. Also, I use it when I am spending time with my wife or friends. The pro version is worth every penny!

I have ADHD and an 8 year old child. Restricting my internet access helps me to be more present for him. Also productive in work. Love it. Worth the subscription.

Thank you for the ability to set up schedules and automations AND I can't turn them off when they are running (unlike useless Screen Time). I realize I should have better self control, but it is what it is! 😂 Thank you for this solution. I am loving my FREEDOM and being more present with my family!

Holy ****. This app is above and beyond my expectations.

First of all I feel like social media has been a huge issue in a lot of relationships not just mine. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for.

When I downloaded it, the first thing I did was test it lol it’s like don’t hit the red button hahaha it works!!! To the point I had to get ahold of customer service to make ANY changes at all, surprisingly they got back to me in 15 minutes.

Further more I recommend you set up a password on screen time to stop yourself from just deleting the app lol

Im actually really curious to what the heck I’m going to do with all my extra time now. It’s amazing how many mindless hours you spend scrolling on meaningless crap that do nothing positive for you.

Freedom is a perfect name. As weird as it sounds I feel like a weight has been lifted.

Anyways super geeked up about this app.

It’s in expensive and SO WORTH IT

Thank you ❤️

When I first started using Freedom at the beginning of COVID work from home, it interferes with my MSFT Teams. I abandoned it for awhile and recently started reusing it. Issues are resolved!!! I love this and put 12-hour blocks of my day that have been so helpful. I’m more organized, more focused and have more quality time with my daughter. I hate being stuck in stupid stuff on my phone and this helps me put it down and walk away to spend time on things that actually matter. Love it love it love it!!!

I got this because I wanted something like this. Now I realize I NEED this. It's great for getting rid of work-time wasters. But I also use it at home when I need a break from the devices. This gives me better self-control to be more present with my family. The freedom interface is really smooth. I have another app that I use that's similar, but honesty, this one is my favorite.

Love the locked mode on multiple devices at same time. Have freedom in life with freedom apps. I was able to focus less time on social media, youtube, and others. And more time on work and family. Freedom for sure makes your personal, professional life & mental health better. Would highly recommend to everyone who want to have some deep work in whatever thing they do & stop constant scrolling reels and yt shorts or movies like netflix or other websites

It’s been a life changing and saving app. It has helped me get through studying, work, and just get back to family time

I still want to give this 5 stars as the limitations are with apple rather than this app. It is immensely helpful for me, I have scheduled everything blocked in the morning so I’m not tempted to stay in bed scrolling, and at night so I can put my phone down and go to sleep. I need to force myself to open the app every so often, or switch off low power mode to make the sessions activate, but that takes 3 seconds of will power, and fortunately I’m usually capable of that!

The only downsides are those of the phone, the vpn is a good workaround but it does slow everything down, and sometimes I find it isn’t active and give myself “just 5 minutes…” but really it’s improved my life greatly, I’m mother to an adopted child with severe and complex needs and this helps me sleep enough to be the kind of parent he deserves. Thank you.

When I need to work or focus on something and don’t want any distractions, the Freedom app helps me to create some boundaries that I clearly struggle to set myself. Perfect example yesterday. I walked through my front door and somehow found myself standing in my kitchen after looking at Instagram for 30 minutes like a zombie before I’d even put the dinner on. Frustrated by how easily I get distracted by social media I immediately put a block on for two hours which meant I didn’t even bother going to pick my phone up as I knew these apps were blocked until after my family time. The hours of my life I have reclaimed means I consider this app a bargain and a very effective and simple tool to cut down wasted time on social media… or whatever you waste time on!

Plus - the customer service is 5*

I have cut my phone time down to about 30 minutes of actually productive screen usage (maps, video chatting family, etc) with this app. I love that it is based out of the USA and customer service has been amazing. I highly recommend this app.

Perfect for productivity and to limit social media time. Brilliant. Been using for 2 years now. If my phone is on low power mode, it impacts blocked sessions starting and ending, but I just reopen the app or turn off low power mode and everything is perfect. I literally have “TikTok hour” where my wife knows that from 4-5pm I get to enjoy TikTok, but it’s blocked and I can focus the rest of the day. Syncs with my computer as well. I am a big fan of this app.

This app helps me take control of my time back. Every day it locks my out of apps i mindlessly open during family and cleaning time, helping me be more present and take control of my life. it's flexibility is a strength rather than a weakness like i first thought - it stops that first mindless open, but if I do need to find information or access apps it's blocking it's an easy process to disable for the day.

I have a pretty healthy relationship with technology but found myself spending a little too much time on my phone when I want to be prioritizing family. Freedom is well named as it truly allows me to break they cycle of looking at Zillow or playing games on my phone and I haven’t missed my addictions one bit! It’s a great easy to use tool to focus on the things you love. Once you learn how to use it, it’s super simple. Customer service is personalized and generous as well. These folks were the first in the business and you can tell. If I could rate 10 stars, I would!

Helps me block distractions, this software literally saved my life and business. It gave me structure and discipline when using my digital devices.plus the time saved means I know have more time with my family (win-win)

Heard Cal Newport from deep work compliment this tool and thought I’d check it out. Research convinced me to give it a shot. I purchased the lifetime subscription for freedom almost 2 years ago. Can sincerely say it has supported and equipped me in my journey as a thinker, husband, and father. “Time lost is never found again” - and thank you Freedom for helping me regain my time! I love telling others about it!

I would love to give it five stars if they could fix a certain hiccup. I use the phone app to set reoccurring freedom sessions. I want the app running and active when I first wake up in the morning so if I reach for my phone, those apps are blocked by Freedom until my sessions are over. However, recently I have discovered the app won’t actively block those apps unless I open Freedom first on my phone and then return to the home screen to find those apps now blocked. It’s like the app needs me to open it in order to trigger the “in session” sessions that are supposed to be active. Please freedom, fix this issue so my brain doesn’t find a loophole to capitalize on and waste time!

This program is to me: A career saver, a habit shaper, a relationship improver, and important for my life.

This App Has Changed My Life! Seriously, this app has had the most positive influence on my life, productivity, and relationships. I grabbed the introductory offer for the lifetime subscription and it's the best $100 I've ever spent.

I use it to block social media when I get home from work so that I can focus on cleaning and doing the dishes. It’s helped me not lose hours to mindless scrolling.

What can I say other than this is really brilliant? I subscribed some time ago, but it's only when I took the leap by setting up specific block lists for morning and evening and put it on locked mode that the changes showed. I'm finally capable of going to bed before 1am and start the day productive, which leads me to an entire productive day, most days. Can't thank the team enough, awesome technology

First, I downloaded the free version of Freedom, utilized its 3 sessions for 3 nights. And yes, after whole night web scrolling since months, I finally could sleep, each time! Then I couldn't stop myself to upgrade it to Premium Forever version. Thanks, Freedom team. You're doing a great job!

I originally got this app for my computer thanks to Matt D'Avella to improve my productivity but I hadn't realized how much it would improve my sleep as well <3 I'm so incredibly happy I found this app I now have it on my phone was well and I bought the lifetime version because of how phenomenal it is. I will no longer spend too much time browsing all night and not get any sleep, fantastic app and I love the person that created it, you have created a happy lifetime app user right here!!

I can actually go to sleep without feeling guilty. I went from being distracted to getting so much more things done. By far the most productive tool for productivity.

Absolutely amazed by this app and even more by their customer support - works faster than ⚡️and is really super helpful and easy to reach, had a problem blocking a particular app and they wrote me back instantly, and now everything works!

Personally to me, my regained evenings (before I watched series) and mornings (used social media) are worth a lot! It’s mental health and/or productivity we are talking about. What can be more valuable than that?

And there isn’t any better app for iPhone/iPad

Also the possibility to sync blocks is very useful

Men and Women in Freedom - thank you!

Works well and blocks all the apps I need it to (which is almost all of my apps). Found it helpful to avoid nighttime phone use - getting more sleep now because of this app! Would reccomend to others

This app is an absolute lifesaver for anyone with difficulty focusing. It helps me get my work going with a scheduled block time first thing in the morning, then another before bed so I actually go to sleep instead of staring at my phone for hours.

Always had trouble putting down the phone to go to bed in time. Now that is not an issue anymore and has transformed my life.

I turned to Freedom when I was staying up all night on the news and social media. I can sleep now.

my brain is healing. it's only been 3 days and I seriously already sleep better and feel less anxious. I got 8 hours of sleep last night instead of 5 that I've been getting for months. I woke up slowly without getting barraged with input/content. I bought lifetime after one night. 100% worth it to have a schedule set so I don't have to turn a session on and I can't change it (until it's not in the middle of a session).

I can get in at a decent hour and sleep at night again. 11pm-10am I am phone free. I am off the most tempting website from 9-5. Still a big work in progress with more goals spending time free of my phone, but Freedom is the real thing. Thank you!

Freedom is a terrific website that nearly everyone should get. It helps you with your work, relaxation and even sleep schedule by blocking distractions. Using Freedom I was able to wind down earlier before going to bed shifting my sleep from 2.00am to 12.00am.

this is the ultimate app blocker .now i save 1 hr each day and sleep good

Amazing app, keeps me calm mentally and I have noticed a big improvements in my grades, work and even cleanliness house/organisation. This is the app I wish I had in high school, would have helped me with my internet addiction. Thank you to the amazing developers of this app!

This app has helped me a lot towards my studies as I’m a final year student could easily get distracted by social media, thanks to whoever made this, it has helped me to achieve higher and higher grades when all my social media apps are blocked

I started using Freedom to reduce distraction while working on my thesis. I think I owe half the credit of my PhD success to the mindset shift I aquired through Freedom (along with the Calm meditation app). Total gamechanger. It's been 4 years and both apps are still a valuable part of my daily life.

Freedom has literally saved my career. I suffer from ADD and have been battling it for the entirety of my adult life… and Freedom has helped me get my life back on track. I swear by this app and highly suggest using it with its desktop counterpart.

In terms of feedback, the only two things I wish could be improved are as follows:

1) this one is wishful thinking… but having the ability to not turn off the VPN would be amazing, but this lies in Apple’s hands.

2) Creating a trusted contact type of solution for turning off a session in an emergency.

This app is the only one that’s been successful at keeping me from any of my phone distractions. It blocks both apps and websites in your devices’ network settings, making them impossible to access by using a different browser, private browsing, or a browser inside a different app. You can even lock the session so you can’t deactivate it. All this leaves you free to use your phone for music, notes, or whatever you decide not to block. As someone with a brain that’s always trying to squirm out of unpleasant tasks, I greatly appreciate this app for helping me finish my master’s degree and move one after the other.

PhDs are hard: not because you need to be a genius, but because you need to focus on one thing for years. When writing up, it’s so easy to move on to new projects because you’ve already finished the work. This doesn’t get you the PhD. Use freedom to block out other temptations so you can just get on and write the thing!

This app made it possible for me to meet a nearly impossible deadline.

This is by far the best blocking app I have used for iOS.

If you’re like me and have very little self control, you’ve found that you can to get things done when you carefully control your environment. Since I started using this app, I have developed a strong habit of running and studying in the morning, and I am no longer worried about upcoming exams :)

Give it a try.

The best. Used it for over 10 years. Got me a top grade in my university exams back then. Still gets me to bed a bit earlier and less distracted in the mornings. Stricter, less fiddly and more targeted than screen time etc etc. Get your focus back!

I’m convinced this app is the only reason I was able to manage my pre-study ADHD anxiety while in nursing school. I have a successful nursing career today because of it. Additionally I use it to manage my late night sleepy time doom scrolling. It’s hard to stop, I quite literally cannot without something else to intervene on my own behalf, this is where Freedom comes in. When I need to focus or sleep I block times and it works for me. I’ve been a Freedom user for going on 5 years now and it’s quite genuinely given me a sense of Freedom of the trap of time wasters and online distractions.

I’m honestly so incredibly grateful to have stumbled across this app. I feel like I’m in charge of my social media use again (with a little help of course:)), which makes me feel so much better about myself — no more guilt tripping! … and maybe one day I will tell my grandchildren how I owe my career to this app ;)

And NO… I’m not paid for this review.

And YES… I did pay for my account.

So NO… it’s not advertising, it’s honest appreciation!

Keep up the good work you guys, a heartfelt thanks from a struggling ADHD PhD student 🫶🏼

This has helped me to get off my phone and honestly I can’t believe how much it has helped improve my grades. One of the only apps where I got a subscription and it was worthy every penny!

I've tried a few apps like this as I was reluctant to pay for one & took a chance here - wow, game changer! The blocking in advance and scheduling is essential for me. Not only am I less distracted/ more productive, my mood has improved and I'm making healthier choices with food & sleep too. Freedom indeed! Great app for people who need hard-core discipline, but can still use essential apps.

Reading the reviews here is like reading irritable drunks and drug addicts grumble and blame their rehab centre for relapsing. I don't understand how anyone could have a problem with this app. This app has been life changing. Im sleeping better, I finally feel like I can just 'get to the gym' and train. As a business owner I can sometimes get compulsive with checking bank/payments etc and emails as well as time wasting in social media. Love this app so much.

It works so easily and well. Just a few taps and all social media is down for an hour or more. I go do something else…walk, write, play music, ride bike, meditate, cry…anything. I live. That’s beautiful.

Before social media, life felt more real. Having restrictions set on my social media apps has let my brain rest and I also feel I’m more in touch with reality. I’m also more present and now have time to enjoy my other hobbies like art, video games, and movies — all without any distractions. It’s amazing. This app really live up to its name. Highly recommend!

For months I had felt the keen need to go touch grass, figuratively speaking. The iphone screen time function was too easy for me to bypass, and even if I did abide by it, I’d get on my computer to scratch that itch for a dopamine hit.

That’s where Freedom helps. It doesn’t just block one app, it blocks all the apps you don’t want to be distracted by on all of your devices if you need to. I was finding that if I stopped using instagram, for example, I would just replace it with something else, like Reddit. Now, with the help of Freedom, I reach for my phone less, my screen time is down, I often don’t even notice that I don’t have access to certain apps because in general I’m using the less. And finally, I built up the courage to deactivate Instagram because Freedom helped me to wean myself off.

I highly recommend this simple yet effective tool if you’re ready to live life off of your devices.

I find myself less attracted to my phone and more aware of my surroundings. I blocked out social media from my daily usage, and I found myself more focused on studying learning and exercising no more doom scrolling for me.

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I can safely say I have a social media addiction/online scrolling addiction. I think many of us do….

My screen time isn’t too high, but I’d developed a habit (or addiction) of going on my phone whenever I didn’t “have anything to do” which could lead to unnecessary scrolling and swiping.

And it felt pretty rubbish.

I decided enough is enough and downloaded freedom. I think it’s great. Every time I want to go on social media or Twitter or YouTube I start a session and block for 24 hours.

I feel happier, less stressed. I actually listen to what my body and mind needs rather than going online for the sake of it.

I think as more and more people get fed up with the impact scrolling/social media is having on their lives, they will turn to apps like these.

Ive seen some reviews saying the app doesn’t work on 3G…i haven’t tried with mobile data as most of my scrolling/online activity is done at home using WiFi. It may not be perfect, but it helps change your behaviour and mindset.

In short: I’m a fan. If you want to get your life back, download and don’t think twice.

In this digital age it’s easy to loose yourself and neglect the things that are the most important (spending rime with family, exercise, hobbies). This program has literally changed my life. Thank you so much.

This app has given me so much time back. I didn't realize how much time I wasted mindlessly scrolling social media.

The first two days I was using the trial, I reclaimed 14 hours of my life immediately. Really works for me. Quickly burned through my 7 sessions 5 hours at a time and bought the premium plan on Day 3. I've been healthier mentally since.

This app gave me, time in my day back that I didn’t even know was being wasted on apps! It gives you more control and has helped me become more productive to the point of having larger blocks of time to relax at the end of each day! I cannot speak highly of this app. I wish more people knew about it.

it’s truly astounding how little physical self control I have. When I delete apps in order to try to limit screen time, I very quickly redownload, sometimes as soon as the next day. I feel like I’ve been gifted so much time back with this, I would say the yearly cost is worth it.

This app gets me through every day feeling productive and less stressed - it’s all about managing my attention, not my time. When I run a Freedom session across all my devices and keep my attention on my work, I end up with more time for other things in life. So much more time.

Very helpful for time and energy management- I've gotten hours back. I don't think too hard about hacking it so I can't speak to that. It works if you want it - to free up more time to do meaningful activities.

Worth the money, although I was skeptical at first. More than pays for itself with my increased productivity. Acres and acres of freed time in my life now. Because you can customize this so much and have it automatically scheduled, it's the best. The spring green butterfly icon is calming, and so are the motivational messages that pop up when I try to cheat. There is no stressful (for me) wording like "nuclear option" as in the free app I tried.

way better than creating the willpower to avoid social media, i set the recurring sessions for the mornings and most of the day and my life is so much bigger.

Finally. An app that actually improves my life. I went from 5-7 hours of scrolling per day to less than an hour. I allow myself 1 hour of scroll time per day and often times after 15 minutes, I can see how mine numbing it all is and stop early.

There are no workarounds for this app. No “ignore anyway” buttons to press. You’re locked out and truly free.

The amount of time I’ve won back in my life is almost comical. I was a zombie for the longest time. Social media is an illness.

The use of apps on my phone has stopped me from being productive and kept me constantly feeling like I am wasting time as well as producing a permanent feeling of discontentment and stress in me. This app has given me my freedom, peace and time back! I’m forever indebted to it

Freedom has helped me decrease my time spent online. when I’m noticing I’m scrolling and can’t put my phone away, I turn it on and feel a weight lifted and I’m able to do things that actually bring me joy not mindlessly scrolling.

This app has made a significant impact on my life. I used to spend hours on reddit, YouTube, playing mobile games etc. I’ve since cut all that out and have hours more of my day to focus on things that matter. My screen time went down from 5 hours to 2 and I no longer have the urge to search for cheap dopamine. Thank you

I’ve tried for 3 years to waste my evenings distracted. I got as far as 20 days. After freedom app I’ve been distraction free for almost 4 weeks now. I’ve set up a recurring session all day every day and not having to rely on willpower is so freeing.

Once the app figured out that I had upgraded my account I was able to set up a block. I think there’s room for improvement in UX, but overall this app fulfills my need to keep myself off social. I started with a total ban and got back ten hours of screen time PER WEEK. Could not have done it without this.

I tried dumb phones, but they’re too inconvenient. Freedom turns my smart phone into a dumb phone when I want it to be dumb, but let’s my use the smart/addictive features only in moderation.

It’s great.

Only issue is that is doesn’t kick in if my phone is in Low Power mode, which is quite often. That’s something that needs resolving.

I’m not the most tech savvy person (I just know how to waste a LOT of time on YouTube and socials!) and had to ask the customer service team a few questions (which I’m glad I did because they are AMAZING!) but once I got it sorted it works like a dream. Trial version is great and let’s you really give it a workout to see if it works for you- and it totally did so I ended up purchasing it. Wish I had have discovered it ages ago and got some of my life back. Thankyou for creating this application and desktop service!

I feel like I’ve gained an extra 5 hours everyday. Life doesn’t feel so short anymore. Phones is this generations opium crisis. It’s making us unhappy about our lives and the world. Freedom truly has made me reflective of this reality we live in. Having a casino readily available to go pull levers all day at is not good for us. Thank you freedom. As much as it annoys me and gives me FOMO. I know it’s for the best.

This APP is awesome, I am able to get time to do offline things

I love it. Tried the free trial for 3 days and was like “PLEASE TAKE MY MONEY!” Nothing else worked-I just would override all the other functions I’d put in place to keep me off social media, and I love that I can also add other apps that keep me from doing actual things I enjoy instead of wasting 4 hours/day on my stupid phone.

freedom - that green butterfly gives me peace and returns my mind to me

Using Freedom has given me more time to live healthily and to chose actively what I do. I’ve tried to outwit it a few times. After setting it up (with a friend doing the screen time password) on my Mac/ iPad and iPhone I’ve gained headspace and peace of mind.

A Real Digital Detox. This completely blocks with 'Locked Mode' because you can't delete , circumvent, whatever, etc... Phone, laptop, tablet can be on their own or same schedule. I block during distracting times and I need to be mindful of when I'll need an app outside of a scheduled block. Will power does not work for most. Can have the convenience of a smartphone without the distraction of it. This does the job and allows me to pay attention to what really matters. Great Job Freedom.

I absolutely adore this app. I've used similar apps before without success, but Freedom is different in how it lets you block multiple devices at once. It gives me a sense of peace knowing that my phone, laptop and desktop computer are simultaneously distraction-free.

I’ve got all the news sites blocked and my life is so much more peaceful and in the present!

Been using the app for about 6 months, and it’s crazy helpful. I’ve told all my friends and family and even work folks that the best way to reach me is phone and email and that I use an app to keep me off of texting and other things (online shopping, etc) that tend to distract me from my current task. People have responded well, and more importantly, I am able to get the level of concentration I need without hearing constant alerts or jumping to scroll or look throngs up constantly. I now have to wait and it allows me to become very focused on whatever I’m involved with. I’ve become much more peaceful overall and have reduced my anxiety level greatly. I highly recommend this app, and often do to people I know!

I love the way this app keeps my life more focussed on what I want it to be about. Being more intentional is so crucial in this life.

Freedom is your weapon to fight back against the digital overlords. I've been a digital addict ever since we first got dial up internet over 20 years ago. I've tried everything to reclaim my mind and my focus. But this is by far the best tool. Every time I click "start a session" I immediately feel a weight is off my shoulders. Reclaim your mind today.

Imagine you’re trying to quit drinking but you’re carrying around a bottle of booze in your pocket.

Tech addiction is very real, but modern life is built around our phones. I found myself in a social media scrolling swirl that I couldn’t seem to escape, until I found Freedom. (Or let’s be real, Freedom found me through an ad on social media).

I was skeptical, but I downloaded it and let me tell you; life = changed.

First thing I noticed: I am more aware of just how much I was tapping on that little IG icon, seeking an escape.

Second: I am more productive and happy because I can block myself from tapping said icon.

Lastly, and this one is my favorite: Even when I’m not blocking myself, I’m so much less interested in scrolling. It’s like I have been unplugged from the Matrix.