u/deathpsycho98

Yesterday I shipped Focus Time, a desktop productivity app I've been building for the past few months.

I'm sharing 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 (ironic), 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:

1. Focus Timer — Customizable work and break intervals with timer profiles so you can save different configurations (deep work, meetings, quick sessions, etc.)
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Site & App Blocker — Blocks distracting websites and desktop apps during focus sessions at the system level. Not a browser extension you can just disable.
6. Task Manager — Full task list with projects, priorities, due dates, subtasks, recurring tasks, and a calendar view.
7. Notes — Linked notes with a tree structure, revision history, and attachments. Tasks and notes can reference each other.
8. Built-in Screenshot & Annotator — Capture and annotate your screen without leaving the app. Attach screenshots directly to tasks or notes.
9. Quick Note — Global hotkey to instantly jot something down mid-meeting or mid-session without breaking your flow.
10. Dashboard — Focus session stats, weekly activity skyline, consistency streaks, and your AI daily plan front and center.
11. Stream Sounds — Ambient sounds (rain, cafe, lo-fi, etc.) to help get into flow state.
12. Favorites — Pin your most-used tasks and notes for quick access.
13. File Manager - Manage your uploaded files so you can access them quickly.

and many more.

Download now on FocusTime

Yesterday I shipped Focus Time, a desktop productivity app I've been building for the past few months. I posted quietly in a couple of places, went to sleep, and woke up to 10 subscribers. I'm genuinely shocked and 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 (ironic), 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.
• 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.
• File Manager - Manage your uploaded files so you can access them quickly.

and many more.

Download now on focus-time.dev

10 subscribers on day 1 means more to me than I can explain. If anyone has feedback or feature requests I'm all ears.

Thank you everyone

Yesterday I shipped Focus Time, a desktop productivity app I've been building for the past few months. I posted quietly in a couple of places, went to sleep, and woke up to 10 subscribers. I'm genuinely shocked and 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 (ironic), 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.

Notification Blocker — Silences all desktop notifications during sessions so you actually disappear.

Task Manager — Full task list with projects, priorities, due dates, subtasks, recurring tasks, and a calendar view.

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.

It's a subscription or yearly plan. Mac and Windows.

→ focus-time.dev

10 subscribers on day 1 means more to me than I can explain. If anyone has feedback or feature requests I'm all ears.