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Solo-dev family app. Kids propose their own goals to get better (like Practise Soccer 4 times, Go for a run, do math for 30 min a day etc), parents approve/counter, kids earn Focus Points through daily tasks, redeem for real-life rewards. No ads, no data sales.

Google requires 14 days × 12+ testers before public launch. Day 1 today. Need more testers so the clock doesn't break. Please test this app and I will test yours

Ask: opt in, keep the app installed through May 24. Bonus if you have a kid ages 5+.

Join group: https://groups.google.com/g/focus-champs-testers

Tap opt-in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.focuschamps.app

Solo dev and dad here. Built FocusChamps after my daughter wrote a note saying "I will work hard to earn the iPad."

Two kid-driven layers:

• Goals — what kids want to get good at (read daily, practice piano)
• Rewards — what kids redeem points for (Lego set, screen time, sleepover)

Parents approve everything. Daily tasks earn Focus Points. No ads, no data sales.

Need Android testers — Google requires 14 days with 12+ continuous testers before public launch. Day 1 today.

Opt in and keep installed through May 24. Bonus if you have a kid age 5+.

Opt-in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.focuschamps.app
Tester group: https://groups.google.com/g/focus-champs-testers

Public launch end of May. Honest feedback over polite.

Thanks.

Family app for kids 5-15. Kids propose their own goals and rewards ("practice soccer for 30 min", "Go for a run 4 times a week", "$20 toward Legos") and earn Focus Points by daily/weekly commitments. Parents approve, counter-offer, or decline. Kids redeem their rewards

Site: https://focuschamps.com
To test (90 sec on your Android phone):

1. Join group: https://groups.google.com/g/focus-champs-testers
2. Tap opt-in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.focuschamps.app
3. Open once a week × 2 weeks

Steps 1 and 2 must use the SAME Google account on the SAME Android phone. Wait ~30 sec between them.
Mutual testing — drop your closed-test link in a comment, I'll test yours back same day.
Thanks 🙏

Hi Everyone,

Family app for kids 5-17. Kids set their own goals ("practice soccer for 30 min", "Go for a run 4 times a week"), propose their rewards ("$20 toward Legos", "Movie night this weekend") and earn Focus Points by daily/weekly commitments. Parents approve, counter-offer, or decline. Kids work thugh their goals and redeem their rewards

Site: https://focuschamps.com
To test (90 sec on your Android phone):

1. Join group: https://groups.google.com/g/focus-champs-testers
2. Tap opt-in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.focuschamps.app
3. Open once a week × 2 weeks

Steps 1 and 2 must use the SAME Google account on the SAME Android phone. Wait ~30 sec between them.
Mutual testing: drop your closed test link in a comment, I'll test yours back same day.

Thanks

MI chased down 229 in 18.4 overs. LSG posted 228. Another day, another 220+ score chased like it's a practice session.

But first ROHIT SHARMA. 84 off 44 balls. This is why we fell in love with him. The pulls. The timing. The effortless sixes. Vintage Hitman. At 39 years old, he's still got it. That knock was pure class.

Ryan Rickelton smashed 83 off 32 (SR 259). Nicholas Pooran destroyed bowlers for 63 off 21 at a strike rate of 300. THREE HUNDRED.

Here's my problem: This is incredible talent. Unreal skill. But it's the same script every single night.

220+ posted. 220+ chased. 8-10 balls left. Rinse. Repeat.

Yesterday's GT vs PBKS in Ahmedabad? THAT felt like actual T20 cricket. Bowlers had something to say. There was tension. Drama. You didn't know who'd win until the last over. THAT'S what T20 should be.

Ahmedabad games just hit different. The pitch has something for everyone. Bat vs ball. Actual contest. Not just a hitting exhibition.

I'm not saying the talent isn't there. Rohit's 84 was beautiful. Rickelton's 83 was breathtaking. But when every match is 220 vs 230, chased with 6 wickets in hand, where's the contest?

Bumrah went for 45 in 4 overs. BUMRAH. The best T20 bowler on the planet. Economy of 11.25. Mohammed Shami 53 in 4 overs.

These are world-class bowlers getting absolutely belted. And there's nothing they can do about it.

Give me Ahmedabad pitches. Give me 180 vs 185 where the game goes down to the wire. Give me drama.

Right now? It's just who can hit harder. And honestly, it's getting predictable.

Rohit's knock deserves all the praise. But IPL 2026 desperately needs balance.

Am I alone in this?

I don’t even know why I keep doing this anymore.

I’ll open my phone just to check one thing and suddenly it’s been 2–3 hours. Just endless scrolling. Video after video, post after post. The weird part is… I’m not even enjoying it. Half the time I feel kind of numb or even slightly irritated, but I still keep going.

It’s like I’m stuck in this loop where:
- I know I should stop
- I’m not getting any real enjoyment out of it
- I’m fully aware time is passing

…but I just don’t close the app.

I’ve tried setting limits, deleting apps, all that. It works for like a day and then I’m right back in it. It honestly feels less like a habit and more like something automatic at this point.

Has anyone actually broken out of this? Not just temporarily, but for real?

What finally made it “click” for you?

243 chased by SRH in 18.4 overs and its the new normal.

I know this won't be popular, but I need to say it.

IPL 2026 feels like watching box cricket. Every ball has to be smashed. Every boundary is mandatory. 220 is the new 160. And honestly? It's getting exhausting.

I genuinely feel bad for the bowlers. These guys train for years, perfect their craft, bowl yorkers on the money and still get carted for 15-20 runs an over. Bhuvi bowled an economy of 1.66 the other day and it felt like a miracle. That's how bad it's gotten. A world-class bowler executing perfectly should NOT be a miracle.

Yes, the batting talent is unreal. Watching these Indian youngsters clear boundaries like it's nothing is incredible. The skill level is insane. But when 260+, 240+, 220+ scores get chased with 3 to 8 balls to spare and 3 to 6 wickets in hand, where's the contest?

It's lost the balance. Cricket is supposed to be bat vs ball. Right now, it's just bat. And more bat. And even more bat. Bowlers are just props in a batting exhibition.

I miss when 180 was a fighting total. When death bowling actually mattered. When a yorker could win you the game. Now? Bowl your best ball and it still goes for six.

The talent is there. The entertainment is there. But the tension? The drama? The actual contest? It's disappearing.

Every match is 220+ vs 225+. Chased in 19 overs. Six wickets down. Rinse and repeat.

Am I the only one who misses when bowlers had a chance? When defending 200 wasn't considered a joke?

I'll still watch. But I won't pretend this is peak cricket. It's peak hitting. There's a difference.

I was cleaning my daughter's desk this morning and found a crumpled piece of paper shoved in the back of her drawer.

It was a list in her handwriting:

• Don't watch too much TV
• Practice volleyball every day
• Go for a run
• Read books every day
• Be better
• Don't yell in the house

She's 12. She wrote this to herself. She WANTS to do these things. She wants to be disciplined, to have goals, to improve herself. But she can't seem to stick to any of it. The motivation just isn't there. Or it is for 2-3 days, then disappears.

What breaks my heart is that she WANTS to be the kind of person who does these things. She just can't seem to figure out how to be that person yet.

I don't want to nag her. I don't want to force her. I want her to actually WANT to do these things like she clearly does when she writes them down.

What has worked for your kids?

Sometimes, cricket gives you moments that make you sit up and wonder if you're witnessing something truly special. Tonight was one of those nights.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, a 15 year old, walked out to face Arshdeep Singh and Lockie Ferguson. International bowlers. Seasoned campaigners. And he smashed 32 runs off them in the first two overs. Not with edges. Not with luck. With timing, placement, and an audacity that took your breath away.

That's when you knew. Punjab Kings had posted 223, and it wasn't going to be enough.

Prabhsimran Singh had played beautifully for his 59. Anchored the innings with authority. Marcus Stoinis had set the platform for what looked like a winning total. 223 runs, on most days, in most eras, that's a score you defend.

But this wasn't most days. The RR batters kept coming. Yashasvi contributed. Riyan played his part. And when the finish line was in sight, Donovan Ferreira and Shubham took the game by the scruff of its neck. No drama. Just calm, calculated power hitting.

Four balls to spare. Six wickets in hand. A chase for the ages, set up by a teenager who played like he'd been doing this for years.

And that, my friends, is the beauty of T20 cricket.

DC bowled out for 75 in 16.3 overs.

Let that sink in. In a tournament where teams are chasing down 220+ like it’s nothing, where 200 is the new normal, where bowlers are getting absolutely smashed every single match - this happened.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 3-0-5-3, Economy 1.66

Josh Hazlewood: 3.3-0-12-4, Economy 3.42

These are economy rates you don’t even see in Test matches anymore. In modern T20 cricket, on flat pitches, with short boundaries, in a tournament where batting records are being shattered daily - these two produced bowling figures that feel impossible.

Five runs in three overs. Twelve runs in 3.3 overs. Seven wickets between them. DC had absolutely no answer.

This wasn’t just good bowling. This was a statement. A reminder that even in the most brutal batting era of T20 cricket, elite bowling can still dominate.

Absolute masterclass from Bhuvi and Hazlewood.