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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- Nihongo Lessons
An iPhone app that takes Japanese learners from beginner to fluent with one new sentence per flashcard and spaced review.
Since 2015
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Fitlock
Keeps chosen iPhone apps locked until you reach a daily step, push-up or workout goal.
Since 2024
Free plan · Health and habits · Individuals and families
- Atten
Blocks distracting apps and sites on iPhone, iPad and Mac with schedules, daily limits and synced rules.
Since 2024
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- ActivityWatch
Records which apps and websites you use on your computer or phone so you can see where your time goes, stored locally.
Free · Time tracking · Individuals and families
- Canopy Kids
A kid-friendly front end for your own Plex library, with PIN-locked settings, rating filters and screen time limits for parents.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Family and parenting · Individuals and families
- SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Fixes the mixed content and insecure content warnings a WordPress site shows after it moves to HTTPS.
Website builders
- LLPlayer
Video player for language learners that shows two subtitle tracks at once, generates subtitles and translates them live.
Free · Video and audio · Individuals and families
- Ledge
Notes app for developers and ops engineers where shell, code, SQL and prompt blocks in Markdown run in place and print results below.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Auto-Install Free SSL
Gets and renews free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates on cPanel shared hosting without command line work.
Free plan · Security and passwords
- Burning Vocabulary
A browser extension that saves and highlights words you look up on web pages, then drills them with flashcards.
Since 2020
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Wokabulary
Flash card app for learners to keep their own word lists and practise them with spaced repetition on Apple devices.
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- FluentPal
Mobile app where learners practise speaking a new language with AI characters and get pronunciation scores.
Since 2024
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Voiczy
Ad-free app that teaches children aged 3 to 14 one of 19 languages through listening, speaking and reading along.
Since 2024
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Nuenki
Browser extension that swaps sentences on the pages you read into the language you are learning, scaled to your level.
Since 2024
Subscription · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- one sec
Puts a short pause in front of social media apps and sites so people open them less and cut their screen time.
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- lockmeout.online
Locks your phone, apps or accounts until a set time, then sends the unlock code so you cannot give in early.
Since 2024
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Focus Firewall
A Mac app that blocks social and video sites during the work hours you set, across every browser.
Since 2024
One-off payment · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Opal
Blocks chosen apps on a schedule or timer and scores daily phone habits to help people cut screen time.
Subscription · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- LyricFluent
Teaches English, Spanish, French and other languages through song lyrics, with spaced repetition for new words.
Since 2024
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Lingolette
Helps intermediate language learners reach fluency through spoken chats with an AI tutor, corrections and daily articles.
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Memozora
Flashcard maker that schedules reviews by spaced repetition, with dictionaries and text to speech for language learners.
Since 2024
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Foreign Numbers
Listening drills that help language learners catch spoken numbers, phone numbers and clock times in over two dozen languages.
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- ScreenZen
Adds pauses, daily limits and schedules to distracting apps and websites so people scroll less, paid for by donations.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- AppBlock
Stops you opening distracting apps, sites and keywords on phone and browser, with profiles set by time, place or Wi-Fi.
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Unihongo
An app for learning Japanese with an AI tutor, speaking roleplays, kanji, quizzes and a personal study plan.
Since 2026
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Nagomi
iPhone app that locks the apps you pick during hours you set ahead, allowing a few planned short opens.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- WordWise
A language app that translates words offline, saves them to your own tagged word list and helps you review them with flashcards.
Since 2025
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Pumpkin
Chore app for children 4 to 12 where jobs and routines earn points, screen time or cash, no bank account or card required.
Subscription · Family and parenting · Individuals and families
- Hanasu
Practise a new language by chatting with AI, tapping words to save them and reviewing them later with spaced repetition.
Since 2025
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Odozi
A private mood journal for iPhone and Mac that logs gratitude, sleep and screen time in a couple of minutes a day.
Since 2026
Health and habits · Individuals and families
- SpeedBump
A phone app that sets time limits on social apps and gets in your way once your time runs out, to curb doomscrolling.
Since 2025
Free · Health and habits · Individuals and families
- Sparkle
A browser extension for Chinese learners that puts words from your level into English pages, with readings and meanings on hover.
Since 2026
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- LangTurbo
Phone app for learning a language by listening to native podcasts with synced transcripts and tap-to-translate words.
Since 2025
Subscription · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Blank Spaces
iPhone launcher that trims your home screen to the apps you need and puts small tasks in front of the addictive ones.
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Lector
A reading app for language learners that imports books, articles and videos, translates words and sends vocabulary to Anki.
Since 2026
Free · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- ScrollGuard
Phone app that hides Reels, Shorts and TikTok-style feeds while leaving your DMs, stories and friends' posts alone.
Since 2025
Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- itsumo
Graded Japanese stories at your JLPT level, with tap-to-define words, grammar notes, audio and flashcards.
Since 2026
Subscription · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Yaply
A Chrome extension that translates X and Reddit posts and quizzes you on new words, for people learning English.
Since 2026
Subscription · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Vocab Top
Translates words and short phrases with examples and pronunciation, then saves them to a personal list for language learners.
Since 2026
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Asakiri
A local desktop editor for writing language courses with lessons and self-marking exercises, plus a free app to study them.
Since 2026
Free · Courses and learning · Creators and writers
- BePresent
Screen time app that rewards time away from your phone with points, streaks and challenges against friends and family.
Health and habits · Individuals and families
- Monochromate
Chrome and Firefox extension that turns pages grey on a schedule, with site exceptions, to curb doomscrolling.
Since 2025
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- WaitToUnlock
Helps you set an iPhone Screen Time passcode you will not remember, held behind a wait timer to curb phone use.
Since 2026
Free plan · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Hanabira
Learn Japanese or Korean by tapping words in YouTube videos, manga and books, with flashcards that track what you know.
Since 2025
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Foqos
An iPhone app that locks distracting apps until you tap an NFC tag or scan a QR code you keep somewhere else.
Since 2025
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- Trace
A Mac app that logs which apps and sites you use on a timeline and can block distractions during work sessions.
Since 2025
One-off payment · Time tracking · Individuals and families
- ReadPlusOne
Short Spanish stories pitched at the words an A2 to B1 learner already knows, with unknown words brought back for review.
Since 2026
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- PalmSpeak
An app for practising spoken conversations in 10 languages with an AI partner, then chatting with native speakers with translation.
Since 2026
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families