StayFree Alternatives

StayFree is described as 'Self control, productivity and phone addiction controller app that allow you to show how much time you spend on your smartphone and helps you focus by restricting the usage of apps. You can set usage limits for your apps and receive alerts when exceeding those' and is a Time Tracking tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 50 alternatives to StayFree for a variety of platforms, including Android, Mac, iPhone, Windows and Google Chrome apps. The best StayFree alternative is ActivityWatch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like StayFree are Mindful : Focus & Screen Time, TimeScribe, RescueTime and Orkana.

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  1. Ascent icon
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    The main goal of Ascent is to build healthy phone usage habits in the long term. Ascent pauses destructive apps giving the ability to avoid procrastination loop from the start. App prevents undesired scrolling through news feeds and short videos.

    95 Ascent alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
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  2. ActionDash takes the Digital Wellbeing app as a starting point, makes it available to all Android users, then offers a deeper experience with enhanced insights and powerful customizations.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
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  3. Inscreen icon
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    Inscreen is more than a screen time tracker. Inscreen helps you pause and reflect on your screen time at regular intervals throughout the day. Designed for simplicity and privacy, Inscreen has minimal features and a zero learning curve, helping you get started quickly.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
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  4. Use Android's Digital Wellbeing tools to find better balance with your phone. More productivity, more time unplugged, or more controls for the whole family.

    115 Digital Wellbeing alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  5. Lockby icon
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    Every site blocker makes you maintain a list of "bad" sites. That list never ends. Lockby flips the model. Pick the 1-3 domains you need for your current task, set a timer, and everything else disappears. Non-whitelisted tabs get killed before the page loads.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Google Chrome
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  6. Locategy icon
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    Locategy is a family locator with parental control features: allows parents to locate their kid’s mobile, receive realtime alerts when they reaches or leaves predefined places, but also see the list of the installed apps and control the screen time, with also panic button and...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  7. Stay Focused icon
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    Stay focused helps you focus by restricting the daily usage of selected apps to the selected time. Spending too much of time Social Networking or Messaging Apps? Focus it and it will help you reduce the usage.

    99 Stay Focused alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
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  8. Touch Grass icon
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    Touch Grass is an app that helps you limit screen time by blocking distracting apps until you physically touch grass.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • iPhone
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  9. tvusage icon
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    vusage is the parental control and digital wellbeing app for Android TV with options to configure screentime, usage hours, applock to put you in charge.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android TV
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  10. Mind Leak icon
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    This app will make you aware of when you keep using certain apps for too long. I call this a Mind Leak. When this happens, the app will show you yourself staring into the phone (or alternatively someone else staring) as a reminder that your mind leaked.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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  11. Pauza icon
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    A screen time app that rewards you for staying off social media - every minute off earns tokens you can stake in 1v1 friend challenges, where the lowest screen time wins the pot.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
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    Pauza home screen: daily social media time (32m), 98% social-free score, token balance, claimable rewards and the user's 3D avatar. The "take a pauza" button starts a blocking session.
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  12. Digital Carrot blocks distracting apps, sites & games until you complete your goals. Completion verified via health trackers, GPS, Todoist, reminders, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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