Focus · for students and desk workers who keep reaching for their phone
FocusPet is a focus timer with a small virtual pet for students and desk workers who keep reaching for their phone in the middle of a task. You pick 15, 25, 45 or 60 minutes or your own number, tap Start focus, and an acorn-capped sprout bobs and plays on the screen while the clock counts down. Leave the app for more than ten seconds mid-session and it is sad when you come back; finish the session and it cheers up and grows a little. It never dies, there is no account, and every session stays on your phone.
Your pet starts as a seed tucked under its acorn cap. The first change comes at 15 focused minutes, so your first finished session on any preset ends with It grew up! and a leaf on top. Every session after that adds its minutes toward the next look.
While the countdown runs, the pet plays beside it. Switch away for more than ten seconds and it is sad when you return, eyes down and cap tilted, for the rest of that session. A quick swipe at a notification does not count, and nothing is ever taken away from it.
The Stats screen adds up today and the last seven days, draws one bar per day, and lists every session with its length, date and time. Finished sessions are marked Completed and the ones you ended early are marked Stopped early, but the minutes you did focus still count.
Most people who want to focus already own a timer. Starting it is easy. The hard part comes ten minutes in, when the screen lights up or another tab looks more interesting. Putting the phone in a drawer works until you need it for something, and app blockers can feel like a punishment you set for yourself. Some focus apps go further and let a plant wither when you quit.
FocusPet takes a softer route. It puts a small creature next to the countdown and lets you see how it feels about what you are doing. It plays while you work, it is visibly let down when you wander off, and it grows when you see a session through. There are no penalties, and there is no way for it to die.
Once a session starts, FocusPet watches a single thing: whether the app is still in front. It cannot see which other apps you open, and it does not block anything. If you leave, stay away for more than ten seconds and come back before the time is up, the pet is sad for the rest of that session. The ten-second grace is there so that pulling down a notification or flicking past the app switcher is not counted against you.
Sad is as bad as it gets. The countdown is worked out from the clock rather than the screen, so it keeps running while you are away. Finish the session and the pet switches straight to its happy face and grows. If you decide to stop, tap Give up. The app tells you your pet will be a little sad but your focus time is saved, and the minutes you actually spent still count toward its growth and your stats.
Growth is measured in focused minutes. The pet begins as a seed under its cap, sprouts a leaf at 15 minutes, grows a second leaf at 90, gets bigger again at 300, and flowers at 900 minutes in total. That puts the first change inside your very first session and the last one about 36 pomodoro-length sessions away, so there is always a next look ahead.
Between sessions you can open the Closet and dress it up. There are four items in two packs: a beanie and a scarf in the Cozy pack, glasses and a ribbon in the Study pack. Items that sit in the same spot swap for each other, so the beanie and the ribbon take turns on top of the cap, and whatever it wears shows on the home screen while you work.
Before a study block you choose a length: 15, 25, 45 or 60 minutes, or Custom for any whole number from 5 to 180. Tap Start focus, set the phone down where you can see it, and get on with the work. When the countdown reaches zero the session is saved, and the Today badge at the top of the home screen adds the minutes.
Next to it, a flame badge counts your streak: days in a row with at least one finished session. Today does not break it until the day is over. If you want a nudge, switch on the daily reminder in Settings and pick a time such as 7:00, 12:00 or 20:00. FocusPet asks for notification permission only at that moment, sends one reminder a day in the pet's voice, and skips to tomorrow if you have already finished a session that day.
For late study sessions there are two themes, Ivory for the day and Midnight for the night, and you can switch between them in Settings at any time.
FocusPet is a timer with a companion, not a phone lock. It cannot stop you opening other apps, and it does not read your screen time. There are no friends lists, leaderboards or shared rooms; your focus is between you and the pet.
There is also no account and no server. Sessions, your pet's growth and your settings live only on your phone, the app makes no network requests, and no analytics service watches what you do. Settings has a Delete all data button that erases every session and resets the pet in one step. And it will not make you productive on its own. It gives the minutes you decide to focus a face.
No. It cannot see or block other apps. It only notices when FocusPet itself leaves the screen during a session, and if that lasts more than ten seconds and you come back before the time is up, your pet is sad when you return.
The countdown runs on the clock, so locking the phone does not pause it. The phone reports a locked screen the same way as leaving the app, so if you pick the phone up and go back to FocusPet before the time is up, after more than ten seconds, the pet will be sad for the rest of that session. Come back after the time is up and the session counts as finished and the pet grows.
The 25-minute preset matches a classic pomodoro, and the Today badge and Stats screen show how many minutes you put in. FocusPet does not run break timers, though. When a session ends, take your break and tap Start focus again for the next one.
No. It has no way to die. Giving up makes it sulk, and starting your next session puts it back to playing. Skipping a day only resets the streak count; the minutes you have already focused stay in its growth and in your stats.
No. FocusPet has no account and no server, and it makes no network requests. Your sessions, your pet and your settings stay on your phone, and the Delete all data button in Settings erases them for good.
Pick 15, 25, 45 or 60 minutes from the presets, or tap Custom and enter any whole number of minutes from 5 to 180.
Pick the channel you use.
