FocusFlow
Focus built for ADHD brains, not for willpower
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FocusFlow - Focus built for ADHD brains, not for willpower

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A focus system for ADHD and neurodivergent minds, built on the idea that the hard part is starting, not staying focused. An AI splitter cuts a scary goal into 2–7 minute steps and makes the first one too easy to refuse. If 25 minutes is too much, you start in a 2-minute warm-up instead. Brain Dump catches intrusive thoughts mid-session, focus audio and camera-free co-working rooms keep you there, Screen Time blocking removes the distraction, and finishing pays coins you spend on real rewards.

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Hey Product Hunt 👋 I don't have a dramatic origin story for this one. I have an observation. Every focus app I tried optimizes the wrong ten minutes. They're built around staying focused once you've begun — streaks, stats, longer timers, stricter rules. But almost nobody abandons a session halfway. They just never start one. The failure happens before the timer, while you're looking at "finish the thesis" and your brain refuses to move. So FocusFlow is built around those ten minutes instead. Getting started. An AI splitter turns "finish the thesis" into four to six steps of 2–7 minutes and makes the first one almost insultingly easy. If 25 minutes still feels like too much, you start in a 2-minute warm-up mode instead — you're committing to two minutes, not twenty-five. Staying there. When an intrusive thought hits mid-session ("the cat food!"), Brain Dump takes it in one tap and hands it back when you're done. Focus audio — rain, a forest stream, a fireplace, brown noise — runs from the lock screen for the whole session. And there are co-working rooms with no camera, ever: you can see that other people are working, and chat between sessions, without anyone watching you. Removing the distraction. App blocking is built on Apple's Screen Time, so it holds even when you really want it not to. The same foundation powers Family Mode, if you're setting this up for a kid rather than yourself. Making it pay. Delayed rewards don't do much for an ADHD brain, so finishing pays immediately: XP and Focus Coins land in a Dopamine Bank and you spend them on rewards you defined yourself. A coffee. 30 minutes of gaming. You also pick who talks to you when motivation dips — a drill sergeant, a grandmother, or a very calm robot. It sounds like a gimmick. It's the thing testers mention most. The timer, the planner and the AI splitter are free forever. The moment it clicks shouldn't sit behind a paywall. Built in Istanbul. I'll be here all day — and I'd especially like to hear from people who bounced off other focus apps. What made you quit?