$ Focus

You’ll like it:

A minimal Pomodoro timer and task list for iPhone that looks like your terminal. Focus blocks, breaks, tasks and a live Dynamic Island, in English and Vietnamese.

Get it:

Download ↗ Install guide →

Free · iPhone with iOS 26 or later · installed with a free Apple Account in about 10 minutes

SideStore source:

https://github.com/notanlee/focus-timer/releases/latest/download/source.json
Focus showing the timer during a focus block

Focus · session 1

25:00

tap the timer or the island · it’s live

~/focussession 1
FOCUS
25:00
BREAK
05:00
Live demo · timer, island & music/ 1.13
Styles: Mono, Cozy, PowerShell, CMD, Ubuntu

Features

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Focus showing the timer during a focus block

Terminal styles

/ 1.8

Five looks: Mono, Cozy, PowerShell, CMD and Ubuntu. Each has its own boot, panic and crash screens, fonts and app icon.

Focus showing the task list

Tasks & sync

/ 1.13

A short task list that syncs across your devices. Drag to reorder; focusing a task moves it to the top.

The panic screen asking you not to quit a focus block

Panic screen

/ 1.13

Hold reset and a terminal pleads with you to keep going while the timer keeps running. Give up and it crashes in your style.

The stats tab with the daily goal, streak and minutes by subject

History & stats

/ 1.13

A weekly chart and every block you ran: done, failed and kept %, with filters for finished or failed blocks.

The Dynamic Island expanded, with the timer, the song and music buttons

Dynamic Island

/ 1.7

A live countdown in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen. Hold it to pause or switch modes. Home Screen widgets too.

Focus guard settings: block apps and silence notifications

Focus guard

/ 1.13

With your own Shortcuts automations: opening a distracting app jumps back to the timer, and notifications go quiet during a block.

Google Calendar showing logged Focus blocks

Google Calendar

/ 1.7

Optional: log each finished focus block to a “Focus” calendar. Details below.

Focus showing the song playing on Spotify

Spotify

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Optional: see and control what’s playing without leaving the timer.

Google Calendar:

How Focus uses Google Calendar. Connecting Google Calendar is optional. When you connect, Focus creates one secondary calendar named “Focus” in your Google account and adds an event to it each time you finish a focus block (and each break, if you turn that on). Focus requests only the calendar.app.created permission, so it can access only the calendar it created — it cannot see, change or delete your other calendars or events. You can unlink at any time in the app’s Settings.

Read the Privacy Policy for full details.

What’s new

Only in $ Focus

  • Today’s study plan on the timer tab

    Exam Autopilot

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    Pick your exam’s subjects and weak spots. Every day the timer shows exactly what to study, and the plan adapts to what you actually did.

  • Weekly plan per subject in stats

    Plan vs. actual

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    Stats compares each subject’s target with what you studied this week, and flags what’s behind.

  • The panic screen asking why you are giving up

    Quit Journal

    / 1.15

    Give up on a block and Focus asks why: phone, tired, bored, hungry, hard topic…

  • Quit reasons and a tip in stats

    Why you quit

    / 1.15

    See your top reasons, the hour you quit most, the subject you give up on, and one tip that fits.

  • The new first-run setup guide

    New setup guide

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    A first-run guide that previews the real app, with a study page for your exam and daily goal.

  • The tips tour pointing at the timer

    Tips that point right

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    The tips tour measures the real buttons and switches tabs to show you around.

Install it.

How it works:

Focus is installed by sideloading with a free Apple ID. Follow the step-by-step install guide for Windows or Mac.

  1. Download the Focus IPA
  2. Get iloader on your computer
  3. Sign in & install to your iPhone
  4. Trust it & open Focus
Open the install guide → Releases ↗

FAQ

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Is it free?

Yes. $ Focus is free, with no ads, no analytics and no tracking.

Why sideload, and how do I install it?

Focus isn’t on the App Store, so you install it yourself with a free Apple Account using iloader (Windows or Mac) or SideStore. Free installs expire after 7 days: re-install with iloader, or let SideStore refresh it for you. The install guide walks you through it in about 10 minutes.

Does it need an account?

No. Everyone starts as an anonymous guest whose tasks and sessions are backed up automatically. Create an email account (a 6-digit code, no password) only if you want to sync across devices.

What data is stored?

Your tasks and session history sync to our database. Settings, custom sounds and focus guard stay on your device. No ads, analytics or tracking, and we never sell your data. The Privacy Policy has every detail.

Does it work offline?

The timer, the island and your task list run on your iPhone. Sync, Spotify and Google Calendar need a connection; calendar events wait on your device until you’re back online.

What do Spotify and Google Calendar need?

Both are optional. Spotify needs your Spotify account, and access may be limited to invited accounts. Google Calendar needs a Google account and asks only for the calendar.app.created permission, so Focus can reach only the “Focus” calendar it creates.

Is it in Vietnamese?

Yes. The app and this website are fully in English and Vietnamese. Switch here with EN / VI at the top; in the app, pick your language during setup or in Settings.

Which iPhones does it run on?

Any iPhone with iOS 26 or later. Phones without a Dynamic Island show the timer as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen.

Contact & support

Questions, bugs or data requests:

Note:

Focus is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Google, Spotify or Apple.