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Chrome extension by Freedom · Productivity · Tools

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A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 10 000 users, an established extension.

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

What the developer says, and 4 screenshots

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Users
10 000
Rating
4.5 (124 ratings)
Users, last 15 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
1.0.1
Updated in the store
2023-10-03
Published
2019-04-23
Manifest
V3
Browser access
3 permissions

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 01.09
10k · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-0110k
  2. 2026-09-0210k
  3. 2026-09-1510k
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.53 · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews123rating4.53
  2. 2026-09-02reviews124rating4.53
  3. 2026-09-15reviews124rating4.53
Users
unchanged since 01.09
10k · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-0110k
  2. 2026-09-0210k
  3. 2026-09-1510k
Rating
unchanged since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.53 · 3 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews123rating4.53
  2. 2026-09-02reviews124rating4.53
  3. 2026-09-15reviews124rating4.53

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What it can reach

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
  • Schedule work to run later alarms
  • Store data in your browser storage

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

Freedom publishes 5 listings we track, 132k users between them. Listed website: freedom.to.

  1. Limit - Set Limits for Distracting Sites Freedom · Productivity · Tools · published 2019-06-18 60k users ★ 4.6
  2. Freedom - Website Blocker for Chrome Freedom · Productivity · Tools · published 2016-06-17 50k users ★ 3.3
  3. Insight - Track and Optimize Your Time Online Freedom · Productivity · Tools · published 2019-05-16 8k users ★ 4.5
Show 1 more from this publisher
  1. Focus - On Your Work Freedom · Productivity · Workflow · published 2020-11-05 4k users ★ 4.3

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. Website Blocker & Focus Timer — Pause Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 2 users
  2. Pause to Focus: Website Blocker Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 2 users
  3. Mindful Pause — Block Distracting Sites & Stay Focused Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 6 users
  4. Pauza Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 6 users
  5. Mindful Pause Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 4 users ★ 5.0

The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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