Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Break 5
Unblock blocked websites for 5 minutes
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Break 5 launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Cold Turkey▲85Temporarily block unproductive sites while working
2015 · getcoldturkey.com · its alternatives →
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Nomoresurf▲87Block distracting websites & make it harder to unblock them
2022 · nomoresurf.com · its alternatives →
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Wajam VPN▲55Unblock US content on iOS and integrate social search
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I've been fed up with search results so much that I decided to make a giant blocklist to remove garbage links by using uBlacklist. I browsed other blocklists and wasn't very satisfied from what exists now; the goal of this one is to be super organized and transparent, explaining why each site was blocked via issues. Contributions welcome! Even though around 100 domains are blocked so far, I already noticed a big improvement in casual searches. You'd be surprised how some AI generated websites can dominate the #1 page on DuckDuckGo.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Block ads, tracking scripts, anything. Now for Mac.
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Unblock sites and browse anonymously for free
2016 · safervpn.com · its alternatives →
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BlockBlock▲84Block persistently installed apps and services.
2016 · objective-see.org · its alternatives →
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Hide & Seek▲75A Safari content blocker extension to improve your privacy
2015 · roopc.net · its alternatives →
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I'm a solo dev. A few years ago, I got addicted to Reddit. Spent months in that loop. Being a programmer, I thought I'd be clever. Redirected Reddit's domain to nowhere in my DNS file. Worked great until I'd just... open the file and undo it 20 minutes later. So I made it irreversible. Locked the DNS file so it can't be edited unless I boot my Mac in safe mode. And if I do that, there's a script that instantly locks it again. Haven't used Reddit since last year. Problem solved, right? Wrong. I just replaced Reddit with Twitch and YouTube. Started keeping streams running in the background…
Nov 2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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hide ads, avoid tracking, load pages faster, fight procrast
2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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