About Momentum
Momentum is not a blocker, but it targets the moment distraction starts: opening a blank tab. It turns the new tab page into a quiet dashboard with a photo, a quote, the time, a to-do list and a space for your main focus of the day. Seeing your task nudges you back to it.
The free version covers focus, to-dos, shortcuts, weather and search. Momentum Plus is paid and adds unlimited Focus Mode, a Pomodoro timer, notes, metrics, task-manager integrations, soundscapes, a tab stash and AI features. Its site blocking is a prompt, not a lock, so it relies on you. Its website links a free Mac App Store app as the Safari version.
It is closed source. The privacy policy, updated 23 September 2026, says it does not and cannot track your browsing history, and that data is not sold. It also lists many vendors, including Microsoft Azure, Stripe, analytics tools and OpenAI through Azure for the AI features, which it says do not receive your private data. Optional permissions such as open tabs for Tab Stash do send data to its servers. On the free page alone there is little to worry about. If you subscribe, read the policy first.
Pros and cons
- Replaces the new tab with a daily focus, to-do list, links and search
- The free version is useful on its own
- Policy says it does not track browsing history and has never sold data
- Maintained: version 2.27.9 shipped in October 2026
- Closed source, and Plus features need a paid account
- Plus adds cloud and AI services, so more data leaves your device
- Site blocking is a prompt, not a lock, so it relies on you
Permissions
On Firefox it asks for storage, alarms, idle access and access to momentumdash.com. Optional permissions such as bookmarks, top sites and open tabs are requested only for the features that use them.
