Freedom vs Opal vs enough.: blockers vs a plan

Freedom blocks everything everywhere, Opal is the iOS heavyweight, and enough. gives you a plan. Prices and features checked July 2026.

App icons for Freedom, Opal, and enough. in a row on a warm grid-paper background, with or between them.

We make enough., so read this as an informed comparison from a competitor, not a neutral review. Freedom and Opal are the two most searched apps in this category, both for good reason, and we'll be specific about where each one beats us.

Comparing Freedom vs Opal vs enough. is really about coverage, polish, and whether you want a toolbox or a plan.

What each app is

Freedom

Freedom has been around since 2011, which makes it the veteran here. Its pitch is coverage: block websites, apps, or the entire internet, on Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and in your browser, all at once. You build blocklists, run sessions on demand or on a schedule, and Locked Mode stops you from ending a session early.

If your distraction problem lives on your laptop as much as your phone, Freedom is the only app in this comparison that fully covers it.

Opal

Opal is the iOS-first heavyweight, also on Android and Mac. Schedules, time limits, and open limits block your chosen apps, a daily Opal Score tracks progress, and Pro unlocks a blocking difficulty with no unblocks at all. It's the most famous app of the three, and the most expensive.

enough.

enough. is a guided 7-day program for iPhone that helps you cut about an hour of screen time a day. Each day adds one piece of setup: a morning schedule, apps that are blocked at certain places, a limit on how often you can open the apps that pull hardest, blocking while you drive. After the week, the setup runs on its own.

Our limitations: iOS only, newer than both competitors, smaller team. If you need Windows or Android coverage, we're not your app yet.

What they cost

Prices checked July 2026.

  • Freedom Premium: $8.99 a month, $39.99 a year, or a one-time Forever plan listed around $99.50 at the moment (down from $199, and it moves with promotions). Details on their pricing page. The free trial gives you seven blocking sessions.

  • Opal Pro: $19.99 a month, $99.99 a year, or $399 lifetime (pricing). Free tier includes one schedule or limit.

  • enough. Complete: $6.99 a month or $49.99 a year, $79.99 one-time lifetime. The 7-day program is free with no card: one location, one schedule, one app limit, plus Quick Block, Driving Protection, Insights, and Together sessions.

On price alone, Freedom's annual plan is the cheapest and Opal's is the most expensive by a wide margin. Our lifetime ($79.99) undercuts both one-time options.

Where each one is strongest

Freedom's strength is breadth. Nothing else here blocks your work laptop and your phone in one session. Its weakness on iPhone is that it feels like a port of a desktop product: sessions and blocklists you manage, rather than something that reshapes the phone itself.

Opal's strength is depth on iOS. It uses Apple's Screen Time controls well, the design is polished, and the no-unblocks difficulty is as firm as iOS allows. Its weakness is the price, and the same one Freedom has: it's a toolbox. You decide what to block, when, and how strict, with no guidance on the order that tends to work.

That gap is why enough. exists. Most people who download a blocker have already tried willpower, deleting apps, and Screen Time's built-in limits. The missing piece wasn't a better block, it was a plan: which apps first, how strict to start, what to add each day so the changes hold. enough. makes those calls with you across one week, then stays out of the way. It's a setup problem, not a willpower problem, and setup is a thing you can finish.

Freedom vs Opal vs enough.: which to pick?

Pick Freedom if your distraction spreads across devices. Blocking Twitter on your phone while it's open on your laptop is theater, and Freedom is the only one of the three that closes that loop. It's also the value pick at $39.99 a year.

Pick Opal if you're all-in on iPhone, you want the most refined blocker experience money can buy, and $99.99 a year reads as fair for something you'll use daily.

Pick enough. if you've tried tools like these before and watched them fade by week two. The 7-day program is free, Complete is $49.99 a year, and the point is that you only have to decide things once, on a clear day, in an order that's designed to stick.

Get your first hour back this week

The 7-day program is free. Download enough., follow the plan, and your phone starts working the way you decided it should.

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