Cold Turkey is a well-respected blocker. If you want the same focus with more flexibility — per-app daily limits, downtime schedules, built-in parent and employee modes, activity reporting, and activity history that is stored on your PC — Kaizen Focus is worth a look. It blocks distracting websites and apps on Windows, and it's free to try.
A fair, feature-by-feature look at how the two blockers compare on Windows.
| Feature | Cold Turkey | Kaizen Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | One-time paid licence (free version is limited) | Free tracking plan · Pro $29/yr · Lifetime $149 one-time |
| Block websites | Yes | Yes — by URL or domain |
| Block apps | Yes | Yes — Windows applications |
| Per-app daily limits | Yes | Yes — per-app daily time limits + category filtering |
| Schedules / downtime | Yes | Yes — 1 slot free, up to 4 on Pro |
| Screenshot monitoring | Not a focus | Yes — built in |
| Activity reports | Limited stats | Daily / weekly / monthly email reports (Pro) |
| Parent mode | General blocking | Dedicated parental controls |
| Employee mode | General blocking | Dedicated employee / team mode |
| Privacy / offline | Local app | Activity history is stored on the PC |
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Both apps are built to keep you off distractions. Kaizen Focus leans into flexibility and the people you're protecting — yourself, your kids, or your team:
If Cold Turkey already does everything you need, it's a solid choice. But if you want a free starting point, per-app limits, reporting, and proper parent and employee modes, Kaizen Focus gives you more room to shape how blocking works.
Partly. The free plan tracks how the PC is used and shows it in the activity views. Saving blocks, limits and lock hours needs Pro. Pro is $29 per year and unlocks up to four downtime slots, screenshot monitoring, and email reports. A Lifetime licence is a one-time $149. Paid plans include a 3-day refund.
Yes. Kaizen Focus blocks both websites (by URL or domain) and Windows applications. You can also set per-app daily time limits and use category filtering, so an app or site is allowed only for a set amount of time each day rather than fully blocked.
Kaizen Focus is built to be hard to bypass casually. It offers dedicated parent and employee modes, password-protected settings, downtime schedules, and screenshot monitoring so a manager or parent can review activity. No blocker is completely unbreakable, but it raises the friction enough to keep most users focused.
Partly. Tracking, saved limits and lock hours keep working without a connection for up to 7 days. After that the app must check its license online. First start needs an email address and a 6-digit code. Blocking, limits, schedules, screenshots, and reports run on the PC. On a single PC, activity history and screenshots are stored on that PC. The app does send Kaizen's server a device ID, the PC and Windows user name, IP address, your email and feature-use counters, and it looks up the category of each new site by its domain name.
Get the focus of a serious blocker with the flexibility of per-app limits, schedules, and parent & employee modes. Kaizen Focus keeps your activity history on the PC.
Free version included · Pro $29/yr · Lifetime $149 one-time · 3-day refund · Windows