Updated August 2026
Ours is one of the apps on this page, so read it with that in mind. We've tried to write the version we'd want to read if we were the one deciding.
BlockerX is a good wall with a real accountability feature bolted on. The question is what happens the night you get creative — because if you've done a blocker phase before, you know that night comes.
BlockerX blocks adult sites from a large database and lets you go further: custom websites, keywords, even other apps — social media, gaming, gambling — if those are your leaks. The accountability-buddy option means someone you choose gets notified about changes, which makes uninstalling in a weak moment a lot less quiet. It runs on phones, desktop, and as a browser extension, there's a free basic tier, and it has an active community forum plus some courses and articles on the recovery side.
Free basics · premium subscription or lifetime — check their site for current pricing
BlockerX leads with the wall; the inner-work side — the courses and content — is the supporting act, not the main event. If you've been through a blocker phase before, you already know the pattern: the block holds until the night you get creative. What changes that isn't a longer blocklist; it's the daily work on why you reach for it at all.
The full feature set also sits behind a premium tier that costs real money annually. And there's nothing in BlockerX for a partner who knows — their hurt doesn't have a tab.
Everyone who has used a blocker for more than a few months knows the pattern. The block holds, and holds, and then there's an evening where you find a browser it doesn't cover, or a device, or you just turn it off and turn it back on after. A longer blocklist has never once fixed that. What fixes it is doing something about why you're reaching at all.
So that's what this is: the daily work, with the wall as your business. A lesson a day, a few minutes, that you can read or listen to in one of six voices. And an SOS screen for the moment itself, for 3am when there's nobody to call and you don't want to explain yourself to anyone who knows you.
BlockerX's accountability buddy is a real feature — but notice what it asks of that person. They get notified. They watch. Nobody ever asks how they are. If your buddy is your wife or your partner, they're not a monitoring service, they're someone getting hurt. Their side of this app is private and it's theirs.
Free, forever. Every lesson, every tool.
Try it free On Android? Get it on Google Play I’m here because of someone I love →Pick BlockerX if the leak is genuinely access — if you'd be fine given a real wall, and you want one that covers apps and keywords too. It does that well and there's a free tier to test it.
Pick this if you've already been through a blocker phase and know the wall isn't the problem, or if the person you'd make your accountability buddy is someone you love and hurt. They deserve better than notifications.
Comparisons & Alternatives:
Best Recovery Apps | I Am Sober | Reframe | Sunnyside | Loosid | Sober Time | Quittr | Covenant Eyes | Brainbuddy | Fortify | BetBlocker | QuitNow | Ever Accountable | Nomo