App: Focused Work - Pomodoro Timer
Developer: Michael Tigas
Genres: Productivity, Utilities

"A simple, but valuable utility for creating timed focus sessions of productivity." - MacStories
"Focused Work helps you stay on track better than ever" - iMore
"Focused Work makes it easy to create and manage Focused Sessions." - 9to5Mac
"A tool that helps overcome that first step." - Knapsack

Focused Work is a powerful timer that helps you have highly productive days.

Inspired by the Pomodoro Technique, it’s purpose-built for people who want to focus for long periods of time.

You can create repeatable Focus Sessions that are structured to tackle any kind of task or goal, comprised of Work, Break, and Planning stages.

It helps you be more accountable, reminds you to focus, reflect, and build healthy productivity habits by completing daily goals.


**Core Features**

· A simple timer that keeps you on-task
Pick a task. Start the timer. Get stuff done!

· Customise your Focus Sessions for Deep Focus
Add structure with Work, Break, and Planning stages, so you can always work at your best

· Run sessions for Daily Tasks, or Focus Techniques
Tailor sessions for study, mindfulness, and work tasks, or timed configurations like Pomodoro, and organize them into groups

· Reminders
Set reminders to start a session when you get to work, and be reminded to stay on-task during a session

· Reflection
Briefly journal at the end of each session to learn from your productivity habits, and what you can improve for next time

· Daily Goals & Streaks
Complete daily productivity goals that help you form healthy habits over time

· Block distracting Apps & Websites
Restrict access to apps & websites during a session or during particular stages, to avoid breaking focus

· Advanced time tracking with Toggl Track
Assign Projects and Tags to sessions for a deeper analysis on how you're spending your time


**iOS & iPadOS Features**

Focused Work is available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with extensive support for each platform;

· Live Activities
View your active focus session from the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island

· Interactive Widgets
View your active focus session from the Home Screen and Lock Screen, with interactive buttons to pause and resume the session

· StandBy support
View your active focus session while your iPhone is in StandBy mode, with interactive widgets and a larger Live Activity size

· Focus Filters
Filter groups of sessions when a Focus is turned on

· App Shortcuts & Spotlight Search
Start a session and perform actions via Shortcuts, Siri, and Spotlight. Start a session, Pause, Skip, Restart.

· Interactive Charts
A new productivity dashboard with detailed charts. Filter by Weekly, Monthly or Yearly.

· Floating Timer
Always show the timer above other apps, with Picture-in-Picture mode

· Automatically turn on Focus
Trigger shortcuts as you progress through a session; such as turning on Focus to silence alerts

· Session Alerts on all devices
Start a session on Mac, and receive update alerts on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch

· iCloud Syncing
Work from iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Created sessions and productivity stats will be available on all devices.

· Start a session from other apps
Start a session from the Share Sheet, Services, Reminders, or any Task Manager app

· Style the Timer, Widgets, and Icon
Customise the app to fit your style, and blend the widgets into your Home Screen

· Productivity Export
Export completed sessions in CSV format

· Privacy Focused
Your data is securely stored and managed via iCloud. No account registration.

· More goodies across the platforms
Keyboard Shortcuts, VoiceOver, Split View & Slide Over, Low Power Mode, Drag & Drop, Dark Mode themes, Quick Actions, Sidebar Navigation, URL Schemes, Menu Bar Timer, Alfred automation


If you have any questions, please reach out to focusedworkapp@michaeltigas.com.au

Privacy Policy: https://focusedwork.app/privacypolicy/
Terms of Use: https://focusedwork.app/termsofuse/

Release notes:
Thank you for using Focused Work! 

Plenty of juicy goodies in store today for the newest version of iOS, coming soon to an iPhone or iPad near you...

What's New;
- Interactive Widgets: Start a focus session, and pause/resume the running timer with the Timer Widget
- StandBy Mode: View the active focus session in StandBy mode, on iPhone
- Spotlight Search: Perform Focused Work actions from Spotlight search
- Live Activities: View the active focus session from a Live Activity on the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island

Other improvements;
- Focus stages: Work stages have been renamed to Focus stages
- New stage icons: Focus and Break stages have a new icon that represents their purpose more accurately
- Timer tab: Fixed an issue where the trailing overflow menu icon would not hide when the timer went into a minimal view
- Live Activities: An indicator will now appear in the Settings screen if Live Activities have been disabled for Focused Work
- Live Activities: The activity will now update with a "finished" state after a session has been completed