Quiet!

Push distractions aside, silence disruptions and enter a zen like state of focus with Quiet for Mac OS X. With the push of a button, silence noisy applications and fade out all unwanted windows. It gives you that moment of peace you need to get on with work. Quiet will ask programs which normally vie for your attention to hold their peace. Chat clients such as Adium or iChat by will be set as 'away' or 'busy'. Ringing in Skype will be turned off using the 'Do Not Disturb' mode. At the same time Quiet will hide unrelated windows, including the Finder itself, making the window or windows you wish to focus on the only thing on your screen. * Focus on a single window of any application, or on a whole space. * Fade out other windows, or bring them out of focus with the beautiful 'Focus Out'

Quiet alternatives

  • StayFocusd

  • StayFocusd is a productivity extension for Google Chrome that helps you stay focused on work by restricting the amount of time you can spend on time-wasting websites. Once your allotted time has been used up, the sites you have blocked will be inaccessible for the rest of the day.

    tags: application-blocker blacklist block-facebook block-websites browser-extension
  • Writebox

  • Writebox is a simple and distraction-free text editor for Chrome and iPhone/iPad. Writebox helps you to concentrate on writing and seamlessly syncs your text writings across all your devices with Dropbox and/or Google Drive.

    tags: chrome-extension cloud-sync distraction-free-writing dropbox-sync google-drive
  • Forest app

  • Forest is an app to help you stay focused on your work. Whenever you want to concentrate, you can plant a seed in Forest. In the next 30 minutes, this small seed will gradually grow into a big tree. However, if you cannot resist the temptation and leave this app to check Facebook or play a game, your little cute tree will wither away. Every day you will own a forest filled with trees (or some withered twigs) and every tree represents 30-MINUTES that you have been working hard.

    tags: focus no-distraction productivity-tool self-control stay-focused
  • Window Focus

  • If you want to concentrate on a task at hand on your Mac, Window Focus is an absolutely essential app. By highlighting the window you are currently working on and have open, all other background windows are dimmed, which minimizes the distraction they cause and helps boost your productivity.

    tags: dims-background-windows focus no-distraction productivity-tool screen-dimmer
  • AppDetox

  • Smartphone addicted? Heavy app user? Need more control over your apps? AppDetox helps you to calm down your mobile app usage, and take a digital detox. You are able to set your own rules for your apps to detox from some heavy usage and stop procrastinating.

    tags: efficiency phone-usage-tracking real-time time-management time-report
  • Anti-Social

  • Anti-Social is a productivity application for Macs that turns off the social parts of the internet. When Anti-Social is running, you’re locked away from distracting social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter and other sites you specify. With Anti-Social, you’ll be amazed how much you get done when you turn off your friends.

    tags: block-websites block-facebook blocklist
  • SelfRestraint

  • If you find yourself constantly ending up on distracting websites, you know what a time sink your computer can be. Unfortunately, you can't just stop using your computer because you need it to be able to get work done. There are tools out there that will block you from going online, but there are some sites that you made need to access. That's why I've made SelfRestraint, it blocks websites you pick for a set amount of time. That way you can continue to go online without the fear of getting distracted. Once it's running, there's no turning back until the time expires. This is a Windows version of SelfControl , and is a Linux version as well. »

    tags: Discontinued block-websites browser-extension browser-tool browser-tools
  • SprintWork

  • SprintWork is an effective distraction blocking and time tracking software that can help you get work done on time and recover valuable time lost to social media and games. By default SprintWork blocks Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and other social networking websites using a fully customizable website blocking list that can be set in three modes: block list, allow list and complete blocking of all Internet access. All three modes can be configured to take effect only on specific times of day or days of week with the option to lock settings changes for a certain period of time.In addition to online games SprintWork can also block or time restrict desktop games and programs and it tracks active time spent on each program, total run time, start and stop times and every Window title each program had while using it. »

    tags: block-distraction block-social-networks block-websites games-blocker no-distraction
  • Stay Focused : Stay Productive

  • Stay focused helps you focus by restricting the daily usage of blocked apps to the selected time. Spending too much of time Social Networking or Messaging Apps? Block it and it will help you reduce the usage.

    tags: productivity-app
  • WindowFX

  • Revolutionize your operating system with WindowFX. Utilize an unprecedented number of special effects for your windows and maximize your computing experience.

    tags: window-manager desktop-enhancement gadgets windows-8 graphical-user-interface