CLUSTER CONCENTRATION-FOCUS-SESSIONS · 30 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2025-01-31
Focus timer productivity apps
This cluster consists of apps that help users track focus sessions, manage tasks, and build concentration habits through timed intervals and progress tracking. The dated entry history is sparse and unevenly distributed across 2016, 2021, and 2024–2026, with the most entries occurring in 2025 (six total) and a couple in early 2026, making the timeline shape difficult to characterize beyond a slow trickle. The traction leader is desktop-focus-companion with 4 activity stars, ahead of quest-timer with 1 star.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 5 hand-coded · 15 unlabelled
Operator · 9 hobby · 2 indie · 1 commercial · 1 open source · 7 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01Focus Train: Pomodoro Timer0★1 moliveFocus timer app that frames each session as a train journey, visually tracking completed sessions on a map without punishing breaks.
- 02Playbox1★8 days—hobbyFocus tool for people who want structured work sessions: choose a role, work in short timed mini-blocks, track visible progress, and take intentional recovery breaks.
- 03quest-timer1★16 days—Focus timer desktop app that turns study tasks into quests, awards experience points for completed sessions, and tracks daily progress with levels.
- 04quest-timer1★16 days—hobbyDesktop focus timer that turns study tasks into quests, rewarding experience and levels for completed sessions.
- 05FocusFlow0★4 dayslivehobbyCross-platform app that provides focus and study timers to help users manage productivity sessions.
- 06clear-focus-app0★1 mo—Focus app that helps users complete tasks with timed concentration sessions and progress tracking.
- 07flight-focus0★14 days—hand-codedhobbyA desktop focus timer that uses a flight metaphor, with ambient audio and a journey map to encourage focus sessions.
- 08northbridge-focus0★22 days—hand-codedhobbyFocus timer app that guides users through deep work sessions with a calm progress ring and subscription-based extras.
- 09bitacora0★22 days—hobbyPersonal attention tracker with chair and focus clocks that logs work sessions and surfaces distraction gaps.
- 10foco0★20 days—Minimalist focus timer app for Windows that helps productivity through timed work sessions.
- 11Txori0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceAndroid focus session app that helps users build concentration habits with private, on-device tracking and no internet access.
- 12Dreamato: Focus Companion0★1 moliveFocus app that lets users set task goals and receive encouragement from a customizable companion character during timed sessions.
- 13FocusMinny: Productivity Coach0★1 moliveFocus timer and planner that lets users choose one scheduled task, run a focused session with optional background noise, and record results.
- 14StudyTimer1★1 mo—hand-codedmacOS study timer app that helps users focus and boost productivity with timed sessions.
- 15pomodoro-app0★1 mo—hobbyWeb app that runs 25-minute focus sessions with breaks and records session history for signed-in users.
- 16deepwork0★29 days—hobbyFocus and study timer app that tracks deep work sessions and personal productivity with a distraction-free interface.
- 17focuspill0★26 days—hobbyWindows taskbar focus tracker that schedules focus sessions, nudges on distractions, and rewards progress with game-style achievements.
- 18Focus Traveller - Flow Timer0★1 molivecommercialFocus timer app that tracks work sessions and lets small groups of friends stay accountable together while studying or working remotely.
- 19focus50★2 mo—indieFocus app that lets users pick five tasks per day and run a timer on one, with book sessions and insights.
- 20surzo0★4 molivehand-codedindieFocus tracking app for Mac and iPhone that measures work concentration from app usage and syncs session data to the cloud.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.