General Questions

  • Focus Timer is a productivity app designed to help you stay focused by blocking distractions, tracking your progress, and keeping you accountable through gamification.

  • Focus Timer enforces deep work sessions by keeping you engaged, blocking distractions, and rewarding your focus with streaks and points.

  • Yes! Focus Timer is free to use, with optional premium features for advanced customization, analytics, and additional focus tools.

  • Yes, you can use Focus Timer offline. No need for internet.

  • Focus Timer combines Live Activities, App Locking, Gamification, and Accountability Features (like the annoying sound when quitting early) to ensure maximum focus.

  • The timer is inspired by the Pomodoro but does not follow it. You can customize session lengths instead of following the rigid 25-minute Pomodoro rule.

  • Currently, Focus Timer is available for iOS devices (iPhone & iPad).

  • Yes, the app keeps running in Lock Screen and even in Dynamic island if minimised.

Features & Functionality

  • Yes! You can pause a session, but pausing deducts points to encourage commitment.

  • If you quit early, you lose your streak, and a loud annoying sound may play (if enabled). If you save enough points you can also use them to bail out of a session & maintain your streak.

  • Yes, your past focus sessions are logged, allowing you to analyze your performance and streaks.

  • Absolutely! Set your own focus and break durations to match your productivity style.

  • Streaks reward you for consistent focus sessions. The more sessions completed successfully, the higher your streak grows. You loose a streak when you stop focus early.

Data & Privacy Questions

  • No, you do not need an account to use Focus Timer. All data is stored locally on your device by default.

  • Focus Timer collects minimal Data for analytics and debugging. We only store your focus session history, settings, and streaks locally on your device.

  • All your data (focus sessions, streaks, and preferences) are stored locally on your device.

  • If you delete Focus Timer, all your locally stored data will be permanently lost

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