SocialFocus: Hide Distractions

• Price: $4.99
• In-app purchases

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

3.9 314 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5The best you’re gonna find for iOS

   I have a big screen time issue with instagram especially and going through university with it isn’t super easy. I’ve tried many tools such as using the website exclusively or sheer will power for avoiding reels but it’s never worked. This overall is really good for what it does. As far as pros I mean it works for the most part (it’s only through the browser not an actual app). As for slight cons if u force scroll really hard u can scroll briefly the home page but its like a nano second. Sometimes it also shows old dms idk why. This will solve most of the problem, the other is ur own. I do wish it could be implemented in the actual app tho. Overall 4/5

   Panjabi Man · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5So appreciative of this

   My mental health, my free time and my pocket book all thank you. Because of this app I’m reclaiming my time in order to study for an exam that will help me improve my income and improve my life situation. I also have so many goals that I don’t engage with because of scrolling on FB and Twitter in particular. I am so glad this is out there because I have been looking for something that works on mobile and for apps. I’ve used an extension blocking my FB feed on my laptop in the past but have been looking for one for these purposes as it’s where I have the easiest access to apps and waste the most time. $3 price made it justifiable to try out and I’ll highly recommend it to all looking to reclaim there time from the horrible habit of addictive scrolling that these social media companies have engineered. Thanks again.

   uzanaym · 31 Jul 2026

3. 3/5Glitchy Interferences

   This is exactly what I’ve wanted for Facebook, especially on iOS. But there are unintended issues that have arisen that make it almost not worthwhile to keep this activated. On iOS I often use the Facebook “copy link” menu option, because copying the URL seems to never go back to the specific FB page, only the home page, which is so dumb on Facebook’s part. But unfortunately SocialFocus is blocking access to the menu. A transparent gray sheet opens up, where Facebook is trying to present the menu but SF has canceled it out. And on macOS with the timeline feed turned off, I’ve noticed that when I want go to a specific page with a photo and then try to access the menu to download the photo, the menu isn’t there. I’m sure it’s a bit complex to build SF and get it to handle the monstrosity that is Facebook, but these inconveniences make it hard to keep using SF. To copy a link or find a menu macOS, I have to go out of my way to disable the extension for that interaction. I can share my specific setup of what’s turned on, if that would help refine that setting to allow the menu etc to come through while keeping the main setting blocked.

   Offliner 117 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 4/5Works great, needs syncing/account management

   This app is great, thank you. The ability to optionally sync between my devices and between Safari profiles would be very useful. Currently I need to manually configure 4 devices * 4 Safari profiles * 6 websites = 96 config menus to fill out. The recent update added more options while breaking previously set configurations. Expecting users to do this once, let alone after each non-backwards compatible update, is unreasonable. Edit: The PRO subscription is essentially required if you use Safari profiles, unless you need want configure literally thousands of menu options. Also, "Hide Subreddit Feed" now hides reddit comments as well on macOS Safari.

   Codderr · 31 Jul 2026

5. 4/5Many sites are out of date

   Updated in response to dev reply: Many of the issues I saw are fixed. This is definitely a cat-and-mouse type solution, so it’s reasonable for function drift to occur, but if it stays broken for a few months it is hard to recommend purchase at that time. Bump from 2 to 4 stars, it’d be 5 if update cycles were more frequent and fixes were listed. I found this app incredibly useful and absolutely worth the money, but it is currently lagging behind the obnoxious features of many sites. Reddit has unhandled distracting elements, and HackerNews is essentially completely broken. For example, currently it blocks Related Posts but does not have a feature for Related Answers, a newer distracting element in the site. It also omits some obvious preexisting features, like an inability to disable Join Subreddit buttons, though it has options for others. Great, but not a complete solution.

   itsdesmond · 31 Jul 2026

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