![]() ![]() ![]() Our thanks to Focus for sponsoring MacStories this week. So don’t delay, get Focus on iOS and on the Mac today. This week only, MacStories readers can purchase a Focus Pro subscription for 15% off the usual price using the promo code macstories18 from within the app. The iOS and watchOS apps feature Siri shortcut support, and the Mac app will include a Dark Mode that looks fantastic in Mojave when it’s released next week.īe more productive and effective by adding Focus to your workflow. Focus also helps you gain powerful insights about your work with charts comparing your activities day-to-day, week-to-week, and month-to-month.įocus is right on top of Apple’s new OS releases too. ![]() The beautiful and clear design feels right at home on macOS, and a menu bar app lets you see your current progress at a glance. On iOS, you can see your current progress with a Today widget, and use rich notifications to start, stop, and extend your work. You can switch devices by using Handoff and count on fast, reliable iCloud sync among devices. I've suggested these features to their support.Focus is designed to work seamlessly across all platforms and devices through Apple’s latest technologies. There are times I want to look at a list of tasks while I'm in another app, but Be Focused Pro hides itself any time you click out of its dialog box. Be Focused Pro tucks away nicely in the menu bar-sometimes a little too nicely. A persistent dialog (similar to Focus List). Being able to arrow up and down between tasks and, perhaps, Enter to edit, Shift-Enter to start working, would be bonus. Focus Keeper helps you keep your productivity high Stay focused on any task you are working on, such as study, writing, or coding and get things done. A shortcut key to add a new task would be enough. It would be nicer if I could collect ideas quickly from the keyboard without having to bother my mouse. ToDo view offers a great place to sketch out a day. Better keyboard control in the ToDo view. Nevertheless, I find myself wishing for a few tweaks to make it more useful in my workflow.ġ. It's one of this well-scoped apps that doesn't try to do too much and would suffer bloat if it added every user suggestion. It even has modest time-tracking capabilities, a report of intervals worked and CSV export if you want to geek out your analysis. Be Focused Pro - Focus Timer for PC and Mac Published by Denys Yevenko on Compatibility: Available on Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 7 & MacOS 10, 11, 10.9 Category: Productivity Licence: 4.99 Software version: 2. Type in what you're working on, press the "Play" icon to start, and get to it. As a timer with reporting, Be Focused is great. I find the Windows version more convenient, since most of my work is at the computer, but I'm glad for the phone version syncing with it when I'm on the run or planning. ![]() I use Be Focused Pro daily, both on my iPhone and Windows. Overall, great product, but for my needs I'd love some adjustments! (I sometimes track my words written per hour in a spreadsheet, so the little differences matter there.) The only options are to let it run to 20 or "skip" entirely, so I can't get an accurate accounting of my time later. Also, if I work for 18 out of 20 minutes and have to stop, it won't record that interval correctly. It would be nice to have a default schedule in settings, but be able to modify the length of the current interval on the fly. If I sit down with 18 minutes to work, or 35, I can't edit the interval for a one-time session without going into settings and modifying the entire schedule, which I then have to change again next time. I have an ideal schedule set up in the app - e.g., 8 intervals of 20 minutes each - but more than half the time that's not how my day looks. Sometimes I'm setting out to work on something (writing specifically) based on the amount of time I have available, rather than an ideal schedule of X intervals of X minutes each. I'm a busy mom with several types of work on my plate every day. I do wish I could edit intervals on the fly, though. I like the way this app works (Windows OS), and how it tucks away neatly while you're working. ![]()
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