Vow
Turn off your Mac's internet until the timer ends.
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Turn off your Mac's internet until the timer ends.
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Vow turns off every connection on your Mac (Wi-Fi, Ethernet, hotspots) for as long as you choose, from 5 minutes to 24 hours. Quitting the app or restarting your Mac won't end it early. Localhost, local files, and Bluetooth keep working. No account, no analytics. First 3 sessions are free, then $9.99 once.
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Hi Product Hunt 👋 I'm Arnav, a solo developer, and Vow is my first Mac app.
I tried traditional site blockers, but I kept finding loopholes: a site I forgot to block, opening another browser, or turning the blocker off "just this once." So I built something simpler: the whole internet goes off, and it stays off until the countdown hits zero.
How is Vow different from Cold Turkey & Freedom?
They’re both great tools, but they solve a slightly different problem.
• No lists to maintain: With a blocker, you constantly curate a blocklist and search for sites you missed. Vow simply shuts down external network interfaces at the system level.
• No browser extensions: Cold Turkey and Freedom install extensions that monitor every URL you visit. Vow uses zero extensions and never inspects your web traffic.
• Apps stay open: Cold Turkey blocks apps by force-quitting them. With Vow, Slack, Discord, and Mail stay open so you can reference old notes and messages; they just can't receive any new pings.
• Developer friendly: localhost, local dev servers, and local AI models (Ollama) keep working out of the box.
• Fair pricing: $9.99 one-time. Freedom is $39.99/year and Cold Turkey Pro is $45.
(If you only want to block 1 or 2 specific websites, those apps are a better fit. Vow is designed for when you want complete offline quiet for deep work).
A few other details:
• Can I cheat? Not easily. Quitting the app or restarting your Mac won't end a session. You can ask for an early unlock, but it enforces a 15-minute cooldown—usually enough time to catch your impulse and get back to work 🙂
• Privacy first: No accounts, no telemetry, no tracking. Signed and notarized by Apple.
• Compatibility: Requires macOS 26 or later on Apple Silicon.
Your first 3 sessions are 100% free (https://vow.byarnav.com/).
I’d love your honest feedback: what’s confusing, what’s missing, or what would make you use this every day? I’ll be here all day answering questions!