Built by a student, for students

Study. Not
scroll.

Block Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, Discord, TikTok — every distraction, every app, every browser — for the hours you actually need to get something done. Free, forever. No account.

Download — $0 forever
The math

You're losing whole semesters.

The average college student spends over 4 hours a day on distracting websites and apps. That's ~500 hours a semester — roughly three full courses worth of time — going to a feed that doesn't care about you.

It's not a moral failing. The average YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok feed is optimised by hundreds of engineers whose full-time job is to hold your attention. You are one person with a part-time prefrontal cortex going up against billion-dollar systems designed to win.

The only winning move is not to play. Not through willpower. Through the site literally not loading.

Ready-to-copy study setups.

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Exam week

Date lock

Block all social media + games until the day after your last exam. Cannot unlock early. Cannot uninstall. One commitment, one week, done.

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Thesis / dissertation

Schedule + random-text

Block Reddit, Twitter, YouTube Mon-Fri 9 AM – 6 PM with a random-text unlock for the rare legitimate exception. Friction high enough to finish the chapter.

Pomodoro turbocharged

Timer, 25 min

Start a 25-minute lock before each focus block. By minute 3, the urge to check a phone disappears because it can't.

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Games out of sight

Schedule, weekdays

Block Steam, League, Valorant, and whatever else pulls you in — Mon-Thurs entirely. Weekends are fair game.

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Sleep reset

Schedule, 10 PM – 7 AM

Block stimulating sites/apps from 10 PM. Sleep improves within a week. Morning brain works better without the first-thing-dopamine hit.

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Study-only browser

Whitelist mode

Allow only your course platforms (Canvas, Notion, Overleaf, docs). Everything else is blocked by default. Hard to wander off.

Built to survive dorm life.

Can't be uninstalled during a lock

Late-night brain looks for the uninstall button first. FocusDragon blocks uninstall during active locks — one more layer between you and your worst decision.

Works across every browser

Opening Firefox doesn't save you. Other browsers are force-quit if the extension isn't heartbeating. Incognito is killed on sight.

Blocks the games too

Web blockers that don't touch Steam are missing the point. The process-killer terminates blocked apps within 1.5 seconds of launch.

Free because you're broke

$40/year blockers feel insulting when you're choosing between a textbook and groceries. FocusDragon is free because it should be.

Frequent questions

Is there a good free website blocker for students on Mac?+

FocusDragon is free forever with no account, no subscription, and no feature gates. It was built by a student in Dubai who needed a blocker he couldn't afford to pay for and couldn't bypass during a weak moment. Every lock type is unlocked from day one.

What's the best way to block Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit while studying?+

Use FocusDragon's preset Social Media category — one click blocks 20+ sites and their native apps. Pair it with a schedule (Mon-Fri 8 AM – 5 PM) so it activates automatically during study hours without you having to remember.

How do I lock myself out of games during finals week?+

Add the games to the block list and use a date lock set to the day after your last final. FocusDragon's process-killer terminates games within 1.5 seconds of launch, so even if you forget the lock is on, the game won't open.

Will this slow down my Mac while I'm studying?+

No. FocusDragon is written natively in Swift, installs at around 6 MB, and uses less than 0.1% CPU on average. It's been built to be battery-friendly so it doesn't become a reason to close it.

The 500 hours you'll get back this semester.

Download FocusDragon for Mac