PagewingThe best website blocker extensions for Chrome
Pick Freedom if you need the same block on your phone and your desktop apps as well as in Chrome; its schedules and Locked Mode are on Premium at $8.99 a month billed monthly. Pick LeechBlock NG if you want a free blocker with detailed rules like wildcards and time limits per hour. Pick Pagewing if you want a free Chrome blocker with a pause screen, schedules, daily allowances and strict sessions next to your other browser tools. Cold Turkey is the hardest lock on a Windows or Mac desktop, BlockSite the most common pick for a quick list, and Forest the one that makes focus a game.
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Freedom
Best for: people whose distractions are apps and phones as much as browser tabs
A blocker for every device at once: websites, desktop apps or the whole internet, with sessions that sync across your Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android and Chromebook.
- Price
- Free plan; Premium $8.99 a month billed monthly, or $3.33 a month billed yearly; Forever $99.50 once
- Free plan
- Blocking and custom blocklists on unlimited devices; schedules, recurring sessions, Locked Mode and sessions past two hours need Premium
- Runs on
- Mac, Windows, iOS, Android and Chromebook, with a Chrome extension
- Blocks apps and the entire internet, not just sites
- One session covers all your devices
- Locked Mode makes a session impossible to quit early
- Schedules and Locked Mode are paid
- No time allowance, only sessions
- No pause-and-continue: a blocked site is blocked
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LeechBlock NG
Best for: people who want detailed rules without paying
A free, open-source blocker with up to 30 block sets, each with its own times, days and time limits, plus wildcards, exceptions, lockdowns and a password on the options page.
- Price
- Free
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Chrome, Edge, Firefox and other Chromium browsers
- Time limits per hour or per day, inside a time window
- Wildcards and exceptions for exact control
- Free with no account
- Rules live in a dense options page
- Settings stay in one browser unless you export them
- No phone or desktop app blocking
Focus mode in the Pagewing side panel: a calm pause screen that asks before it blocks, block sets with weekly schedules and daily or hourly allowances, focus and strict sessions, and stats on how often you turned back, free on every plan.
- Price
- Free on every plan; Premium and Pro add features to the other tools in the side panel
- Free plan
- Blocking, schedules, allowances, strict sessions and stats, with up to 500 sites a list and 30 block sets
- Runs on
- Chrome extension and the Pagewing website
- Everything in the blocker is free
- A pause screen you can continue past for a few minutes, unless the session is strict
- Imports LeechBlock NG block sets and BlockSite lists
- Chrome only, no phone or app blocking
- Blocks by address, not by keyword
- A young product next to blockers that have been around for a decade
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Cold Turkey
Best for: people who need a block they genuinely can't get around on their computer
A desktop blocker for Windows and Mac that blocks websites and, on Pro, applications, with timed blocks and locks you can't undo until they end.
- Price
- Blocker is free; Blocker Pro is a one-time purchase ("Pay once, own forever"), whose amount the pricing page didn't show when we read it
- Free plan
- Website blocks, exceptions, timed blocks and statistics; schedules, app blocking, allowances and locking need Pro
- Runs on
- Windows and Mac desktop app, blocking every browser
- Blocks across every browser on the computer
- Locks that can't be lifted early
- One payment, no subscription
- Windows and Mac only, nothing for phones or Chromebook
- Schedules and app blocking are paid
- Heavier to set up than an extension
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BlockSite
Best for: people who want a quick list and a timer across browser and phone
The most-installed blocker extension: a block list, a focus timer, schedules, a password on settings, redirects and category blocking, with apps for phones and a desktop app.
- Price
- Premium by subscription; the pricing page we read showed a $23.94 price without saying what period it covers
- Free plan
- A limited free version; unlimited blocking and scheduled sessions are Premium
- Runs on
- Chrome, Edge, Safari, Android and iOS, plus a desktop app
- Quick to set up
- Blocks by keyword as well as by site
- Phone apps and a desktop app
- The paid plan is needed for most of the useful parts
- No documented export of your list
- Pricing isn't stated plainly on its page
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StayFocusd
Best for: people who want a daily time budget rather than a hard block
A long-running free Chrome blocker built around a daily time budget for distracting sites, active days and hours, and the Nuclear Option that blocks everything for a set time.
- Price
- Free, with no paid plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Chrome
- A daily budget across all your distracting sites
- The Nuclear Option can't be undone until it ends
- Free
- Chrome only
- Settings don't follow you to another computer
- A daily budget, not a schedule per site
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Forest
Best for: people who stay focused when it's a game
A focus timer that grows a tree while you stay away from your phone or blocked sites, with a Chrome extension, tags, focus history and real trees planted with the coins you earn.
- Price
- Free app; Plus is priced by region in the app stores and its page shows no amount
- Free plan
- Deep Focus and basic tracking; custom allowlists, tags and analytics need Plus
- Runs on
- iOS and Android, with a Chrome and Firefox extension
- Makes focus sessions rewarding
- Phone and browser in one account
- Plants real trees
- A timer first, a blocker second
- No schedules or time allowances per site
- Plus price isn't shown on its site
Prices and features as read on each app's own site in October 2026, billed monthly in US dollars unless said otherwise. They change: check there before you decide.
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Questions
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Is there a good free website blocker for Chrome?
Yes, several. LeechBlock NG and StayFocusd are free with no paid plan, and Pagewing's Focus mode is free on every plan, schedules, allowances and strict sessions included. Freedom and BlockSite have free versions but keep schedules and locked sessions for their paid plans.
Which blocker is hardest to turn off?
Cold Turkey's locks on a desktop and Freedom's Locked Mode can't be lifted until the session ends, and they work outside the browser. In Chrome alone, StayFocusd's Nuclear Option, LeechBlock's lockdown and Pagewing's strict sessions all hold until their time is up; Pagewing also makes turning the blocker off take a typed code or a wait.
Can a Chrome extension block apps on my computer?
No. An extension only sees what happens in Chrome. To block desktop apps you need a program that runs on the computer, such as Freedom or Cold Turkey, and to block apps on your phone you need Freedom's, BlockSite's or Forest's phone apps.
Which blocker lets me set a daily time limit instead of a full block?
StayFocusd is built around a daily budget, LeechBlock NG sets time limits per hour or per day inside a window, and Pagewing gives each block set a daily or hourly allowance, like 30 minutes of video a day. Freedom and Cold Turkey work in sessions, and Cold Turkey Pro adds allowances.
Can I move my block list to another blocker?
Partly. LeechBlock NG exports its options to a text file, and Pagewing imports that file with each block set's times and limits. BlockSite and Freedom don't document an export, so a BlockSite list is copied from its page and pasted, and a Freedom list is retyped.
Is Pagewing free?
Yes. Every tool works on the free plan, with a few limits. Premium removes the limits and adds features like share links, PDF signatures and cloud storage, for every tool at once. Pro adds Office conversions, bookmark cleanups and AI summaries and branding for recordings on top. You only add a card if you decide to upgrade.
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