Name: FocusTube
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: FocusTube

History

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Tracking since May 6, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
May 6, 2026	—	—	—	1.0.0
May 11, 2026	—	—	—	1.0.0
May 16, 2026	5	5.00	3	1.0.0
May 23, 2026	5	5.00	3	1.1.2
May 30, 2026	3	5.00	3	1.1.2
Jun 5, 2026	2	5.00	3	1.2.0
Jun 12, 2026	4	5.00	3	1.2.0
Now	4	5.00	3	1.3.0

Changelog

May 30, 2026

description

Break your YouTube addiction. Keep watching what's useful. Cut out what isn't.

You open a new tab. Type Y. Hit enter. An hour later you've watched six videos that had nothing to do with why you sat down. You tell yourself it was planned but you know it wasn't.

FocusTube is a Chrome extension that detects when your YouTube session turns from intentional to compulsive — and steps in before you lose the evening

HOW IT WORKS
1. Set your goals — tell FocusTube what you're actually here for
2. AI classifies every video as productive, neutral, or distracting based on your goals
3. When it spots a spiral building, it steps in. You choose whether to carry on or stop

WHAT FOCUSTUBE DOES
- Detects spiral patterns across your full session, not just individual videos
- AI classifies content against your goals and session intent
- Nudges you when you drift, blocks when you spiral
- Block specific channels for 1 day, 7 days, 30 days, or forever
- Set daily time limits for total YouTube use
- Focus Window: choose the hours when YouTube is allowed
- Hide homepage recommendations, sidebar suggestions, and comments
- Track and limit YouTube Shorts separately
- Cap daily searches to stop endless browsing
- Dashboard with watch patterns, focus score, and time by content type

WHY FOCUSTUBE IS DIFFERENT
Most YouTube tools hide the feed or block the whole site. But YouTube is useful — you can learn loads. You just want to keep control. The spiral doesn't need a homepage. It happens through search, autoplay, and direct navigation. You can strip YouTube bare and still watch for 3 hours.
FocusTube detects the behaviour, not the UI. It sees when you're drifting and interrupts the autopilot before you've lost the afternoon.
If what you're using now worked, you wouldn't be reading this.

PRICING
- 14-day free trial — full access, no credit card
- Pro: $5.99/month or $49.99/year (save $22)
- Lifetime: $99 — one payment, never pay again
- Cancel anytime

YOUR DATA
Your data is never sold or used for ads. Classification uses your goals only — no browsing history is shared or stored beyond what's needed to detect patterns. Full privacy policy at focustube.co.uk/privacy

Stop losing afternoons to YouTube. Keep the useful content and cut the rest.

You open a new tab. Type Y. Hit enter. An hour later you've watched six videos that had nothing to do with why you sat down. You tell yourself it was planned but you know it wasn't.

FocusTube is a Chrome extension that detects when your YouTube session turns from intentional to compulsive — and steps in before you lose the evening

HOW IT WORKS
1. Set your goals - tell FocusTube what you're actually here for
2. AI classifies every video as productive, neutral, or distracting based on your goals
3. When it spots a spiral building, it steps in. You choose whether to carry on or stop

WHAT FOCUSTUBE DOES
- AI classifies content against your goals and session intent
- Nudges you when you drift, blocks when you spiral
- Block specific channels anywhere from 1 day to forever
- Set channels you want forever access to
- Block shorts, hide your feed, hide sidebar suggestions and comments
- Kill the dopamine with greyscale mode
- Set daily time limits for total YouTube use
- Focus Window: choose the hours when YouTube is allowed
- Cap daily searches to stop endless browsing
- Dashboard with watch patterns, focus score, and time by content type

WHY FOCUSTUBE IS DIFFERENT
Most YouTube tools hide the feed or block the whole site. But YouTube is actually useful and you just need to stay control. The spiral doesn't need a homepage, it happens through search, autoplay, and direct navigation. You can strip YouTube bare and still end up watching for 3 hours.

FocusTube detects the behaviour, not just the UI. It sees when you're drifting or spiralling and interrupts the autopilot before you've lost the afternoon.

If what you've used in the past worked, you wouldn't be reading this.

PRICING
- 14-day free trial, full access, no credit card
- Pro: $5.99/month or $49.99/year (save $22)
- Lifetime: $99 — one payment, never pay again
- Cancel anytime

YOUR DATA
Your data is never sold or used for ads. Classification uses your goals only, no browsing history is shared or stored beyond what's needed to detect patterns. Full privacy policy at focustube.co.uk/privacy

May 16, 2026

description

Break your YouTube addiction. Keep watching what's useful. Cut out what isn't.

You open a new tab. Type Y. Hit enter. You didn't plan to. An hour later you've watched six videos that had nothing to do with why you sat down. You tell yourself it was planned but you know it wasn't.
FocusTube is a Chrome extension that detects when your YouTube session turns from intentional to compulsive, and steps in before you lose the evening.

HOW IT WORKS
Tell FocusTube your goals and your weak spots. It uses AI to classify every video you watch as productive, neutral, or distracting based on what you set. When it spots a spiral building, it steps in. You choose whether to carry on or stop.

WHAT FOCUSTUBE DOES
· Detects spiral patterns across your full session, not individual videos
· AI classifies content against your goals and flagged distractions
· Nudges you when you drift, blocks when you spiral
· Block specific channels permanently across all sessions
· Set daily time limits for total YouTube use
· Set a Focus Window: choose the hours when YouTube is allowed
· Hide homepage recommendations and sidebar suggestions
· Track and limit YouTube Shorts separately
· Cap daily searches to stop endless browsing
· Dashboard showing watch patterns, focus score, and time by content type

WHY FOCUSTUBE IS DIFFERENT
Most YouTube tools hide the feed or block the whole site. But in reality YouTube is useful, you can learn loads, you want to use YouTube, you just want to keep control. The spiral doesn't need a homepage. It happens through search, autoplay, and direct navigation. You can strip YouTube bare and still watch for 3 hours.
FocusTube detects the behaviour, not just the UI. It sees when you're drifting and interrupts the autopilot before you've lost the afternoon.
If what you're using now worked, you wouldn't be reading this.

PRICING
· 14-day free trial, full access, no credit card
· Pro: $5.99/month or $49.99/year (save $22)
· Lifetime: $99, one payment, never pay again
· Cancel anytime

YOUR DATA
FocusTube stores your goals, settings, and watch patterns securely. Your data is never sold or used for ads. Classification uses your goals only. No browsing history is shared or stored beyond what's needed to detect patterns. Full privacy policy at focustube.co.uk/privacy.