Best Opal alternative for Mac

Where Opal wins

Opal is a phone-first focus blocker. It was built for iPhone: app limits, focus sessions, and detailed screen time reports that show you where the hours on your phone went. It uses the iOS Screen Time APIs, so the blocking holds on the device that is usually the problem. There is a Mac companion app, but it is secondary and does not go as deep as the iPhone version. If your biggest distraction is your phone, Opal is built for that. The full experience is Opal Premium, about $9.99 a month, on top of a limited free tier. Focuh has no iPhone app and no screen time analytics. It does not watch your apps and it does not build charts.

Where Focuh wins

Focuh is an ADHD todo list for Mac and web. Today sits next to Google Calendar. Week is the week. Loops are standing to-dos with no date: you pull a copy onto today and the loop stays. Goals are the one win for the horizon. On Mac, website and app blocking is system-wide, so it still holds when you leave the browser. Opal has no todo list and no calendar, so you still need somewhere to decide what today is, and its Mac blocking is a companion to the phone app, not the main event. A quiet phone does not close Reddit on your Mac.

Price: Focuh is free. Early beta. No subscription. Opal Premium is paid. That is not a dig. With Opal you are buying the iPhone blocker and the screen time reports.

Who should pick which

Pick Opal if your phone is the leak, you want screen time insights, and you need iOS app blocking. Pick Focuh if you work on a Mac, you need the list in front of you with Today next to GCal, and you need the Mac blocker to hold across every browser and app. They cover different devices, so some people run both: Opal on the phone, Focuh on the Mac. If you only pick one, pick the device you actually lose the day to.

Want the full side-by-side, with the feature table and FAQ? Read Focuh vs Opal.