FocusTime - All-in-one companion combining notes, tasks and smart tools.
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FocusTime - A powerful tool to help you manage your time effectively and increase productivity.
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Hi, I'm Jay the developer of the app.
Yesterday I shipped Focus Time, a desktop (windows and mac) productivity app I've been building for the past few months. I wanted to share what the app does in case it's useful to anyone here.
The problem I was solving for myself:
I kept buying productivity apps that helped me organize my work but not actually do it. I'd get distracted, open Reddit/Facebook/Youtube, lose hours, and close my laptop feeling like I'd failed the day. I wanted one app that handled the full loop — planning, executing, and blocking escape hatches — without switching between five different tools.
What Focus Time does:
⏰ Focus Timer — Customizable work and break intervals with timer profiles so you can save different configurations (deep work, meetings, quick sessions, etc.)
✨ AI Daily Plan — Every morning it looks at your tasks and tells you the 5-7 most important things to focus on today. Factors in due dates, priorities, and pomodoro estimates. Generated once per day, cached so it's instant on reopen.
🤖 AI Task Breakdown — Give it a big scary task and it breaks it down into subtasks with pomodoro estimates so you always know where to start.
✍️ AI Writing Assistant — Built into the notes editor. Highlights grammar issues, awkward phrasing, and clarity problems inline as you write — like Grammarly but inside the app.
🚫 Site & App Blocker — Blocks distracting websites and desktop apps during focus sessions at the system level. Not a browser extension you can just disable.
📋 Task Manager — Full task list with projects, priorities, due dates, subtasks, recurring tasks, and a calendar view.
📁 Files Manager - Manage your uploaded files so you can access them quickly.
📝 Notes — Linked notes with a tree structure, revision history, and attachments. Tasks and notes can reference each other.
📸 Built-in Screenshot & Annotator — Capture and annotate your screen without leaving the app. Attach screenshots directly to tasks or notes.
⚡ Quick Note — Global hotkey to instantly jot something down mid-meeting or mid-session without breaking your flow.
📊 Dashboard — Focus session stats, weekly activity skyline, consistency streaks, and your AI daily plan front and center.
🎵 Stream Sounds — Ambient sounds (rain, cafe, lo-fi, etc.) to help get into flow state.
⭐ Favorites — Pin your most-used tasks and notes for quick access.
and many more.
Note: We’re still working on Windows code signing, so you may see pop-ups during installation.
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Hi, I'm Jay the developer of the app.
Yesterday I shipped Focus Time, a desktop (windows and mac) productivity app I've been building for the past few months. I wanted to share what the app does in case it's useful to anyone here.
The problem I was solving for myself:
I kept buying productivity apps that helped me organize my work but not actually do it. I'd get distracted, open Reddit/Facebook/Youtube, lose hours, and close my laptop feeling like I'd failed the day. I wanted one app that handled the full loop — planning, executing, and blocking escape hatches — without switching between five different tools.
What Focus Time does:
⏰ Focus Timer — Customizable work and break intervals with timer profiles so you can save different configurations (deep work, meetings, quick sessions, etc.)
✨ AI Daily Plan — Every morning it looks at your tasks and tells you the 5-7 most important things to focus on today. Factors in due dates, priorities, and pomodoro estimates. Generated once per day, cached so it's instant on reopen.
🤖 AI Task Breakdown — Give it a big scary task and it breaks it down into subtasks with pomodoro estimates so you always know where to start.
✍️ AI Writing Assistant — Built into the notes editor. Highlights grammar issues, awkward phrasing, and clarity problems inline as you write — like Grammarly but inside the app.
🚫 Site & App Blocker — Blocks distracting websites and desktop apps during focus sessions at the system level. Not a browser extension you can just disable.
📋 Task Manager — Full task list with projects, priorities, due dates, subtasks, recurring tasks, and a calendar view.
📁 Files Manager - Manage your uploaded files so you can access them quickly.
📝 Notes — Linked notes with a tree structure, revision history, and attachments. Tasks and notes can reference each other.
📸 Built-in Screenshot & Annotator — Capture and annotate your screen without leaving the app. Attach screenshots directly to tasks or notes.
⚡ Quick Note — Global hotkey to instantly jot something down mid-meeting or mid-session without breaking your flow.
📊 Dashboard — Focus session stats, weekly activity skyline, consistency streaks, and your AI daily plan front and center.
🎵 Stream Sounds — Ambient sounds (rain, cafe, lo-fi, etc.) to help get into flow state.
⭐ Favorites — Pin your most-used tasks and notes for quick access.
and many more.
Note: We’re still working on Windows code signing, so you may see pop-ups during installation.