What is Freedom?
Freedom is a cross-platform website and app blocker. You build blocklists and run scheduled or on-demand sessions that sync across Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and the browser.
How they differ
The core difference is when each tool makes its decision. Freedom decides ahead of time: you choose which sites and apps are off-limits, and a session blocks them — across every device at once — until it ends.
AccountyCat decides in the moment. By default it goes by context — the active app, the window title, and a screenshot only when the text is ambiguous — rather than a list you maintain. You can still add rules (always allow X, never Y, limit Z) if you want, but you don't have to. When you've drifted from the task you named, it nudges; if you keep drifting it follows up with a gentle check-in you can wave off or explain, rather than a hard block.
So Freedom is the better fit when you already know the exact sites that derail you and want them gone everywhere. AccountyCat fits better when the problem is fuzzier — the same site is sometimes work and sometimes a rabbit hole, and you'd rather it go by what you're actually doing than a fixed list.