HomeGuard Activity Monitor
HomeGuard is an advanced parental control and activity monitoring tool for family and child safety online and offline. Once installed HomeGuard will silently and automatically block all pornographic and inappropriate content online and record detailed website activity including time of visit and time spent on each website. Plus a built in keylogger, activity based screenshots, chat and email monitoring and filtering, program/games blocking and time restrictions, Internet and computer usage time restrictions, email notifications and more. HomeGuard is virtually impossible to tamper with, it cannot be bypassed using proxy servers and is unclosable and uninstallable unless the administrative password (provided during installation) is used.
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Cisdem AppCrypt
Cisdem AppCrypt is an app lock and website blocker rolled into one. You can use it to protect privacy by locking certain apps with a password. You can also use it to improve focus and productivity by blocking distracting sites. With it, parents can protect their children from inappropriate sites.
Protect apps
- Lock individual apps, such as Photos and WhatsApp
- Allow access to your chosen apps only (on Mac only)
Block websites
- Block specific sites, such as facebook.com
- Filter URLs including the keywords you specify
- Restrict certain categories of sites, such as social media
- Allow access to approved sites only
Set schedules
- Schedule app locking and website blocking to be active at all times or during specific times
- Provide a General Schedule feature
- Provide a Custom Schedule feature (on Mac and Windows only)
Offer password protection
- Require a password unlock apps, unblock sites, or change schedules
- Require a password to quit Cisdem AppCrypt
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Cisdem Focus
Cisdem Focus is a focus app for Mac, allowing you to block distracting websites and apps during your planned focus sessions and offering four ways to plan your focus sessions. With this focus app, you can better manage your focus, reduce distractions, and increase productivity.
- Create multiple focus plans (for different tasks)
- Set up each plan (e.g., add distractions to block, schedule focus sessions, etc.)
- Distractions automatically blocked when a plan is running
- Offer 4 options to start focus plans: Quick Start (one-time), Pomodoro, Block as Scheduled, and Launch Limit (based on app/website usage)
- Offer 3 modes: Default, Password, and Hardcore, each with a different level of strictness
- Block distracting apps and websites (by URL, keyword, or category)
- Provide stats on app and website usage, such as daily, weekly, or monthly stats
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Hootz
Hootz is an AI-powered productivity companion for macOS that automatically tracks app and website usage second by second, categorizing activities like coding, email, design, and social media, so you can see exactly where your time goes without setting timers. It gently nudges you away from distractions by blocking selected apps and websites during guided focus sessions, and offers customizable Pomodoro sprints enhanced with optional breathing exercises and curated offline music to help you dive into deep work. Seamless macOS Calendar integration displays planned events alongside actual activity, while custom goals for total work hours, project-specific time, or deep-focus sessions keep you accountable. Hootz delivers actionable daily, weekly, and monthly visual reports, showing time breakdowns, top distractions, productivity patterns, and progress toward goals, so you can reflect, adjust, and continuously improve.
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