DueFocus

Time tracking & productivity software you'll actually use

4 followers

Time tracking & productivity software you'll actually use

4 followers

DueFocus is a free time tracking software that enables to track time with timesheets, send advanced reports, use idle and sync with popular project management tools.

Launch tags:Web App•Productivity•Task Management

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DueFocus

Maker

Greetings everyone, my name is Artem, and I am a Product Owner at DueFocus. Throughout my career, I have been concerned about my efficiency. I understand that this problem is not unique because many people are familiar with the feeling of constant burnout and the pressure of an inexhaustible stream of tasks. These factors affect the workflow, plunge into the procrastination doom loop, and ultimately reduce productivity. In this case, I wasn't able to activate my inner potential and successfully achieve my goals at work and in life. Even when I thought that I was effectively managing my time, in most cases such management was diminished to the accomplishment of minor priority tasks and simulating violent activity. Similar activities led to: -the inefficiency -stress increase -lack of career growth -the impossibility of enhancing the internal potential -trampling sensation Realizing this, I tried to find ways to increase productivity by diving and testing various methodologies. Also, having shared my problem, I found a team of like-minded people with the same pain-points, and we decided to create an application that could help us. At first, we tried to increase productivity through time management but often didn't achieve the desired result. The catch was that productivity isn’t about time management, it’s about attention management. Our attention is the most valuable resource we have. We should audit it daily and make sure it reflects your purposes. We dreamed about a tool that can manage not only time but also focus, attention. Show how, and on what actions people spend time during the day, and whether these actions are productive or not. Our team asked this question and subsequently took up the solution to this problem. We set ourselves the goal of finding a way to manage current and over priority tasks with maximum efficiency, completely dependent on the psychology of a person, person's needs and behavior. 2 years passed and, finally, we have found it. Now we would like to share it with you. Based on the research, the first step on this path is the unification of time management, as well as the definition of norms and rules for the effectiveness of each person’s actions. Our team was inspired by the work of Cal Newport, who outlined the basics of his ideas in several books, in particular in: “Deep Work - Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World”. However, we decided to dive deeper by projecting his theories and parallel studies in the field of human labor into everyday workflow and to implement a tool for calculating these norms. Having developed our own algorithm, we succeeded in measuring how deeply and for how long a person can plunge into his Deep focus during the day, i.e. give maximum efficiency in the process of fulfilling intellectual or creative tasks, despite such distractions as: parallel tasks, corporate culture, authentic business processes, and so familiar to us Social media, communication with colleagues, etc. Thanks to your participation, we create analytics of intellectual labor to determine the individual capabilities of each role and its standards. These standards help to establish not only a personal balance in the work but also a balance in the relationship between the contractor and the employer. We believe that we are creating a product that is useful both for self-management and for teams. The product that currently has: -multivariate scenarios of time and efficiency tracking -real-time analytics of all actions -accurate and easy to read reports -proof of work -personal metrics of Deep Focus (KPI & AMP (Autonomy → Mastery → Purpose) -API integrations with the most popular and familiar task managers -embedding in business processes Our tool suggests periods of rest and indicates periods when it is worth to focus because the key to productivity is the balance between effort and break time, between deep and shallow work. We are positive that our daily activities form habits that impact success. In the future, based on the data, we would like to classify all roles according to Newport’s Deep Work Scheduling Philosophy (Monastic / Bimodal / Rhythmic / Journalistic) to accurately identify the most effective periods for each person and the best time of interaction for teams. Also, we will determine the appropriate type of workload for each role. Our team wants, knows how and builds a smart application that already helped us and we are convinced that will help you. We offer completely free software with all the key features for a limited time. For those who will provide feedback, and have an interview with us, we are ready to continue our free journey. Take a look - and let me know your thoughts. Thanks a lot for your attention. What do you think about the app?

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6yr ago

Hi, guys! Congrats on the release! As far as I go deep into the app, it seems to be merely satisfying and gripping) Nice work! Carry on;) P.S. Do you have a task tracking, sort of creating, managing own tasks?

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6yr ago

DueFocus

Maker

Thx you @roman_bullitt The further we develop DueFocus, the more task flow inside our projects will continue to improve! In 2020 we will continue working on a comprehensive task management tool based on our huge experience of working with all supported third-party integrations.

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6yr ago

Impulse Zero

Hey the Signup button ain't working for me. Is it just me or happening with everyone? Also, a short intro video would have saved time. Cheers!

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6yr ago

DueFocus

Maker

@vrushal_kapadnis Thx for info fixed - clean the browser’s cache. Hi, we just released a new final version this month, and we’ll be preparing a full tutorial video a little later. but if you want we are always happy make briefly call

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6yr ago

Thank you for developing this amazing app, it is truly one of the best time tracker apps I have ever seen. I would love to give more feedback about this app as I use it and this app is very helpful to my busy student life. The only thing holding me back is the limited amount of integrations. Could you allow unlimited integrations to individuals who use your application for free (students in particular)? As this would be awesome for students not part of a big team and would help improve their workflow. Thanks for reading my review and I hope you incorporate some of my suggestions. Also, thank you for this amazing application!

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6yr ago

DueFocus

Maker

@mosrodofficial Hello thank you very much. 🔥And don’t worry, when we turn on monetization we will have specific offers for educational, scientific, charitable and religious projects and their users❤️

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6yr ago

@artem_stenko Please let me know when you do this, and it might be a good idea to watch an ad to earn one integration.

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6yr ago

?makers Great job guys! I wish you and your product all the best! Is it true that such a nice tool originates from Ukraine?

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6yr ago

DueFocus

Maker

@serhii_vasylenko Hi, thanks very nice. Yes partially correctly, distributed development team has a subcontract from UA

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6yr ago

Chartbrew

Nice looking app, congrats on the launch! Now I'm generally not a fan of time tracking apps, but I thought I would give it a try for a bit. Right away I felt lost in the application so I'm giving a few points here: * What's cold time? (jargon should be explained a little - I even googled it and didn't have that much luck) * The app notified me there's no task, but there's no clear call to action in the app to add a task (still not sure how that works) * From what I understood I have to keep the cold time running as long as I work and then go back to it and report different chunks of time on where I spent my time * It will be good to have a short video or screenshots explanation on how it's typically used Good luck with the product! It looks promising and different than the general time tracking apps ✌

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6yr ago

DueFocus

Maker

@razvanilin Thx for feedback, you're right! Key Scenarios: 1) Select a task, set planned time at the end click report Or 2) Just press start button of [Cold start] = and then send this time to a specific task from any your task management tools. We’ll be preparing a full tutorial video a little later. but if you want we are always happy make briefly call

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6yr ago