Time & Distraction Management Apps and Software
Free/Low Cost AT for Time & Distraction Management
Features:
- Block distracting websites
- Set the websites you want blocked and for how long and go “cold turkey” from them
- If the timer is still going, you won’t be able to access your blocked websites
- Pro version provides blocking of Applications, White Listing, Break Intervals, and
Frozen Turkey features
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Windows; Mac
Features:
- Pomodoro Timer to help you stay on task when completing work
- Using the Pomodoro Method of 25 minutes of work and 5 minute break, maximize your
work session
- Track your time more efficiently within your account
- Productivity reports on your dashboard
- Different visual themes for your flexibility
Cost: Free for basic; Individual: $3/month
Compatibility: Online Resource; Windows; Mac
Features:
- Highlight only the text you want to read while Fokus dims and darkens the rest of
your Chrome or Firefox window with an overlay
- Highlights the paragraph you’re reading with the ability to change the opacity of
the background overlay
- Easy to install extension with the ability to turn the feature on or off
- More Information
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Chrome and Firefox Add-On
Features:
- Chrome extension for distraction-free reading
- Customizable platform
Cost: Free; Premium $9.99/year
Compatibility: Chrome Extension
Features:
- Use MyTomato to time and track your progress using the Pomodoro technique
- Start the timer and work for 25 minutes and then take a 5 minute break
- At the end of each work sitting, write what you did to track your progress
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Online Resource
Features:
- Assist with erasing unwanted parts of a webpage
- Minimize distractions while browsing
- Easily toggled on and off
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Chrome Extension
Features:
- Personal-Analytic service to track how you spend your time on your computer, smartphone
or tablet
- Get a customized report of what sites you visit and what you do on your devices
- No manual data-entry, it tracks as you work
Cost: Free for chrome or mobile app; charges apply for OS downloads
Compatibility: Mac, iOS, Windows, Linux, Android, Chrome
Features:
- Block your own access to distracting websites, mail servers, or anything on the internet
using this downloadable program to your computer
- Set a timer for the amount of time to block websites
- If the timer is still going, you won’t be able to view or access these websites
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Mac OS
Features:
- Increase your productivity by limiting the amount of time you spend on websites that
waste your time
- Pre-program distracting and time-wasting websites
- When your time limit is up, these sites will be inaccessible for the rest of the day
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Chrome Extension
Features:
- Use this Chrome Extension to enforce a 25 minute work and 5 minute break distraction-free
work zone
- Uses the Pomodoro Technique
- Blocks you from distracting websites you have set in your customizable list
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Chrome Extension
Features:
- Visual timer great for people of any age
- Visually structure your time or break time into segments using this timer program
- Easy to use app interface with up to four visual timers and physical timers available
as well
- Time seconds, minutes or hours with this timer
Cost: Free
Compatibility: iOS: iPad, iPhone; Android
Features:
- Track how long you’ve been off task in a website
- A running time clock appears at the top of the tab you have opened counting how many
minutes and seconds you’ve been on that website
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Chrome Extension
Features:
- Using the Pomodoro Time method, break up your work or school tasks into manageable
worktimes
- Use the 25 minutes of worktime and 5 minutes of break time pattern to maximize workflow
- After a set number of short Pomodoros, take a longer Pomodoro break
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Online Resource
Features:
- Distraction-free virtual white board space
- Share your witeboard to collaborate with others
- Save your work as an image
Cost: Free
Compatibility: Online Resource
Features:
- Full screen, distraction free writing environment
- Get your computer distractions out of the way with just you, and the text on your
computer screen
- Limited layout ability, including limiting the ability to add graphs, and tables
- Auto save and word count are available features
Cost: $9.99
Compatibility: Mac OS
