Cold Turkey Blocker
Shares rank 8 of 9 website blockers by recommenders
A multiplatform blocker for sites and apps, cheaper than a year of Kiki and hard to bypass once set up. Critics note it is easily bypassed on macOS.
A multiplatform blocker for sites and apps, cheaper than a year of Kiki and hard to bypass once set up. Critics note it is easily bypassed on macOS.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Runs on Windows, Mac and more
“Same functions, costs less than one year of Kiki for life, and multiplatform. No AI required.”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Kiki – The accountability monster for people who are easily distracted” “software which does the same thing on Windows and Mac which doesn't require I chip in”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Kiki – The accountability monster for people who are easily distracted” Blocks sites and apps across browsers
“Cold turkey Blocker works quite well. It supports multiple browsers and can block apps too.”
Comment from 16 Nov 2025 in “Blocking LLM crawlers without JavaScript” “Install Cold Turkey site blocker; block all social media channels with a slop feed”
Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “Meta VR Glasses”
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| Dull | 14 | 14 | 50% | 2 | — | — |
| One Sec | 11 | 1 | 92% | 3 | — | — |
| ScreenZen | 10 | 1 | 91% | 6 | — | Approved |
| UnTrap for YouTube | 9 | 2 | 82% | 7 | — | — |
| Cold Turkey BlockerThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Install Cold Turkey site blocker; block all social media channels with a slop feed”
“Very easily bypassed at least on MacOS unfortunately.”
“flexible to configure and then because it's literally impossible to bypass you never try”
“Same functions, costs less than one year of Kiki for life, and multiplatform. No AI required.”
“software which does the same thing on Windows and Mac which doesn't require I chip in”
“Cold turkey Blocker works quite well. It supports multiple browsers and can block apps too.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.