Updated August 2026
We should say this plainly: one of the two things compared here is ours, and the other is free. We're still going to tell you to keep using theirs, because that's the true answer.
Keep BetBlocker. Genuinely — it's free, a charity runs it, and as a wall between you and the bookmakers nothing beats it. What it can't do is get you through the hour after you hit the wall. That's the part we built.
BetBlocker blocks access to hundreds of thousands of gambling sites and apps across your devices. You pick an exclusion period — from a day up to years — and once it's set, it stays set until the time runs out. No account needed, fully anonymous, no subscription, no upsell, ever. As a pure wall between you and the bookmakers, it's the best free tool in existence, and the fact that a nonprofit built it tells you why.
Completely free — funded by donations
BetBlocker is a wall, not a companion. It doesn't count your days, teach you anything about why the urge comes, or help you through the hour when the urge is screaming and your phone is right there. It has no journal, no program, no one to talk to.
And a wall says nothing to the person who found the bank statements. The spouse or partner who's rebuilding trust — or deciding whether they can — needs support of their own, and blocking software was never meant to be that.
A block and a plan are two different jobs, and BetBlocker only ever claimed the first one. It stops the bet. It has nothing to say at eleven at night when the urge is loud, the block is holding, and you're just sitting there with it.
That hour is what this app is for. There's an SOS screen for the moment itself — guided breathing, grounding, a 2.5-minute breathing game that rides the urge up and lets it pass, and recorded voices that talk you through it out loud when reading is too much. Gambling is one of thirteen tracks, with a daily lesson that takes a few minutes and builds week over week, so the wall stops being the only thing standing between you and Tuesday.
And the bank statements. Somebody found them, and BetBlocker has nothing for that person — no software does. This app has a whole private side for them: their own lessons about money, trust and boundaries, their own journal, and a 30-day programme the two of you can do together, ten minutes a night. What they write there is theirs. You never see it.
Free, forever. Every lesson, every tool.
Try it free On Android? Get it on Google Play I’m here because of someone I love →Use both. That's the honest answer and it costs you nothing — BetBlocker stays free forever and the core of this app does too. Set the exclusion period, then use the daily lessons and the SOS tools for the hours the block can't reach.
If you only want one, ask what keeps failing. If you keep finding a way around the wall, you need the wall. If the wall holds and you're still white-knuckling every evening, you need what we built.
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