Focused Work

Platform

Mac, iOS

macOS

13.0 or later

Size

209.3 MB

Version

5.2.0

Languages

English

Overview

Be more productive with Focused Work, an app that gets inspiration from popular focusing techniques to help you stay on track. Set a timer in the app to work on your project in focused, dedicated time slots. Use Scratch Pad to jot down distracting thoughts or ideas and block distracting apps or websites.

  • Use timers for focused work

  • Set reminders to focus

  • Analyze your sessions

  • Block apps and websites during sessions

Focused Work features

Focus on your work

Turn on a timer to focus solely on your task at hand. Choose between multiple various timer types to fit your work style perfectly. Browse timers inspired by Pomodoro®, Flowmodoro techniques, and more to pick a focusing style that matches your needs. Pomodoro® is a registered trademark of Francesco Cirillo’s company Cirillo Consulting GmbH.

Jot down ideas

Whenever we try to focus, random thoughts, ideas, or unrelated to-dos tend to pop up in our heads. Use the app’s Scratch Pad to jot down thoughts you want to come back to after your focus session and let your mind refocus back to what you are doing without worrying about the distracting thoughts.

Reflect on your sessions

Use the Reflection block of your session to write down what went well and not so well during your focus session. Improve your future focus sessions by listing the distractions you encountered, things you want to continue doing, things to start doing, as well as what you’d like to stop from happening during your focus sessions.

Set focus reminders

Set a reminder to start your focused work session for each day of the week. Curate your work down to the minute and make sure you stay on top of your goals with dedicated work time.

Block distractions

It only takes a moment of weakness to go from unwavering focus to mindless scrolling, so Focused Work enables you to block websites and apps. Create your custom Blocklist and keep your eyes on the prize with distractions tuned out for the duration of your focus sessions.

Review your progress

Analyze your focus session productivity sessions in the app's Productivity tab. Find the detailed breakdown of your session time, breaks, types of focused sessions, and more.


Ratings and reviews

86%

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92 user ratings

  • Ian T

    Jun 2, 2026

    Nice idea but unuseable. I have a late 2020 high-spec iMac. Focused Work crashes withing seconds of opening it. Very disappointing as I need what this app offers.

  • Andrew Cranna

    Mar 22, 2026

    Keeps exiting when I close the window and the notifications aren’t visible enough show when the session has ended. It also takes up a lot of space in the menu bar because the option to hide the intention doesn’t seem to work sometimes.

  • Rob Collins

    Jan 30, 2026

    Unstable. Crashed during first session.

  • Marcus Landsberg

    Jan 25, 2026

    I like it so far But those “quirky, fun reminders” are an app killer. Imagine a focus app that interupts my focus actually gets me physically angry.

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