We built this for ourselves first - our founder and many team members are neurospicy. ⬇️
Push notifications are not enough - we guide you through habits in real time. ⬇️
There are a lot of content blockers out there that try to avoid distractions. We’ve tried a lot of them and haven’t found one that works well across all your devices. With Focus Bear, when you’re in deep work, your phone won’t ding and distracting apps are automatically blocked. We’ve got all the obvious features: pomodoro mode, block lists, allow lists.
Focus Bear reminds you to take regular breaks so all that productivity doesn’t give you a screen headache/sore neck.
Importantly, it won't interrupt you when you're in a meeting to avoid awkward screen sharing moments. We detect if your microphone/camera is on and don't prompt you for breaks until you're out of the meeting.
Get into deep work with distraction blocking across all your devices. You can remove blocks if you have an emergency.
Research indicates that doing activities like meditation and exercise in the morning boosts focus throughout the day. Focus Bear doesn't just track your habits, it guides you through your habits in real-time and blocks distractions (no more mornings where Insta derails your exercise regime).
Take breaks every 20 minutes -
your brain and body will thank you. Auto-detects meetings so you don't get asked to do breaks when you're on a call.
Get into deep work with distraction blocking across all your devices. You can remove blocks if you have an emergency.
G'day mate!
I've got ADHD and ASD (L1) and productivity and healthy habits felt impossible to achieve consistently. Despite my best intentions, every day my amazing morning routine would devolve into sleepily checking emails - and then wondering what happened to my time.
I wanted a tool that would actually force me to get my yoga done instead of scrolling. And I tried everything; parental control apps, hiding my laptop in a cupboard, asking my wife to slap me if she found me on email in the morning.
None of them worked consistently and my cheeks were getting sore.
In desperation, I started working on a new app that would blend the best features from other apps out there. One that would guide me towards better habits while reducing procrastination.
And now I have the solution - Focus Bear.
Since using the app, I’ve consistently done my morning routine and reached Super Saiyan status as a Yogi (or at least that’s my excuse for dying my hair blond).
Try out Focus Bear for free and have your beary best day!
Jeremy Nagel
Chief Bear Obeyer (CBO), Focus Bear
The Focus Bear app has been designed based on lived experience and recent neuroscience and psychology research. Our scientific advisory board include Marta Galan (Registered Clinic Neuropsychologist and ADHD specialist).
Focus Bear has an emergency kill switch that will let you use whatever you need in 60seconds or less.
But don’t try to jailbreak! Barry will ask you why you’re stopping so you have to think before you call it quits.
Focus Bear automatically detects when you’re mic and camera are one and won’t show breaks when you’re on one. Works for Looms too!
Yep! decide your start and end times during setup, including break intervals, and change them any time.
Oh yes! Make them completely personal to you. You can even add in videos for workout breaks and cycle through them at random.
Focus Bear is available for Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS(beta).
Focus Bear features a secure cloud sync design, so you can keep your data and focus modes synced between devices.
Send us message through the contact page, or start a chat with one of our support team members by clicking on the chat icon on the lower left side.
No. The only thing we log is information you provide at the end of a Focus Block (what did you achieve/what were the distractions?) and when you use our quantified self feature (how many pushups did you do?).
Valid concern. If you’ve used other apps like Focus Bear, you’ve probably had them interrupt you at inappropriate times (e.g. when you’re on a video call) or be very inflexible with blocking. We’ve done our best to use the best aspects of nudge theory (i.e. a slight amount of friction will move you towards your goals) without being annoying. Focus Bear is smart enough to not pop up during video calls. We have two modes: “cuddly bear” mode and “grizzly bear” mode. In “cuddly bear” mode, it is very easy to remove app blocks and postpone breaks. In “grizzly bear” mode, you have to wait a while before you can deactivate blocks. Cuddly Bear mode is the default and you should only activate grizzly bear mode if you really want extra support.