App blocking that stays on.
Focussi blocks through Screen Time, so iOS itself holds the block. Open something blocked and you see the reason you gave for this session, in your own words.
- Survives force-quit and restart.
- Deleting apps can be blocked too.
- Blocks apps, categories or websites.
You decide what it takes to end a focus.
With most blockers you open the app and switch it off. Here, ending a focus can mean scanning a code or tapping a tag you left somewhere else. You set that before you start, and it can't be changed while the focus runs.
- Button in appThe easy one: a tap in Focussi.
- Scan QR codeA printed code you keep away from your desk.
- Tap NFC tagA tag or sticker you leave in another room.
- Timer onlyNothing ends it but the clock, or an emergency.
Use one, or require several together.
Put the off switch in another room.
Giving in now means getting up.
- Any NFC tagA sticker, a key fob, an old transit card.
- Or a code you printEvery workflow has its own QR code.
Breaks, decided in advance.
Each one ends on its own, so a break can't become the rest of the afternoon.
- Short breaks, like 3 × 5 min.
- Or one long break you can pause, like 20 min.
- 2 emergencies a week, each after a 2 min cool-off.
Set it up once for each kind of work.
A workflow is a saved set of rules: what it blocks, for how long, what breaks it allows and how it stops. Make one for writing, one for study, one for evenings.
- Deep WorkBlocks 12 items2 h · 20 min break, pausable · stop by button in app
- Phone DownBlocks all but 4Until you stop it · no breaks · stop by tap NFC tag
- StudyBlocks 9 items1 h 30 min · 4 × 5 min breaks · stop by scan QR code
- Its own colour and symbolOn its screens and on its block screen, so you can tell at a glance which one is running.
- SchedulesWeekdays, weekends or any days you choose. A focus starts and ends by the clock.
- An intentionSay what this focus is for. It is the first thing you read when you open something blocked.
See whether it's working.
Time focused, sessions that ran to the end, and every time you reached for something blocked. All of it stays on your iPhone. Focussi has no account and no server to send it to.
Questions.
Something else? Support has more, and an address to write to.
How does Focussi block apps on iPhone?
Through Apple's Screen Time. You pick apps, categories or websites, and iOS itself blocks them. The block stays on if you force-quit Focussi or restart the phone.
Can I turn it off when I'm tempted?
Only the way you chose before you started: the button in the app, a QR code, an NFC tag, or nothing until the timer ends. A workflow's rules can't be changed while its focus is running.
Do I need to buy a device, like Brick?
No. Focussi works with any NFC tag or sticker, or with a QR code you print yourself. With neither, the button in the app or the timer does the job.
Which NFC tags work?
Any tag an iPhone can read: a blank sticker, a locked tag, an old transit card. Focussi reads the tag's ID and never writes to it.
What if I really need my phone?
Use an emergency. Each workflow gets 2 a week by default, each after a 2 min cool-off, and each one is logged. Breaks you set up in advance are separate and cost nothing.
Does Focussi need an account?
No. There is no account and no server. What you set up and what you do stays on your iPhone.
Is there an Android version?
No. Focussi is for iPhone only. It is built on Apple's Screen Time, which Android doesn't have.
How do I get it?
Focussi is in early access. Write to hello@focussi.app and you get a reply when it is ready to install.
Ready. Set. Block.
Set the rule now, while you still mean it.
Get early accessFor iPhone. Opens an email, and you get a reply when Focussi is ready to install.