# Cadence: Focus & App Blocker — Focus timer with a tide

> Focus timer with a tide (iPhone/iPad app by Arthur Pierrey.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cadence-focus-and-app-blocker/id6788449816 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Arthur Pierrey](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896735037)
- Category: Productivity, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France)
- Released: 2026-07-08
- Data updated: 2026-09-12
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cadence-focus-and-app-blocker/id6788449816/reviews.md

## What is Cadence?

Cadence is a focus timer painted like a Japanese woodblock print. Thirty minutes of deep work, then three minutes on your feet. That is the whole app, and it is beautiful.

THE TIDE IS YOUR TIMER
When you start working, the sea rises. When the break comes, you surface. No rings, no dials: the water level is your progress, drawn in Prussian blue with cream foam.

A SKY THAT FOLLOWS YOUR REAL DAY
The sky in Cadence is your sky. Sunrise and sunset happen at their true local times. Your local weather drifts through as print-style clouds, rain on the surface, even snow. At night, the moon shows its actual phase. Sometimes birds cross. Sometimes a plane. Once in a while, a shooting star.

BUILT ON THE SCIENCE OF SITTING
Sitting is not the problem. Sitting without interruption is. Research links unbroken sitting bouts of more than 30 minutes to real health risks, and shows that a few minutes of light movement measurably help. Cadence keeps the rhythm for you: 30 minutes of focus, then a break worth a tenth of the time you worked. The sources are in the app, one tap away.

PUSH THROUGH, OR DIVE BACK IN
In flow when the bell rings? Push through: five more minutes, as many times as you need, and the break grows to match. Ready before the break ends? Dive back in.

QUIETLY POWERFUL
- Live Activity on your Lock Screen during sessions
- Your rhythm at a glance: daily focus, weekly chart, streaks, honored breaks
- Everything stays on your device: no account, no ads, no tracking
- English and French

Cadence is a nudge, not medical advice.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.7 — 2026-09-04

New: name your focus. Hold "Focus" at the top of the screen to pick a focus type, and create your own in Settings. Stats then show how much time went to each.

New: sync. Your running session, your settings and Premium follow you across your devices through iCloud, nothing to set up.

The timer scene uses less energy, and honors Reduce Motion and Low Power Mode. Plus a few fixes to blocking.

### 1.5 — 2026-08-17

New: the curfew. Pick an hour, and the apps you choose lock themselves every night — without opening Cadence. They come back on their own in the morning. Once the night starts, the hours, the list and the switch all stay put, and the shield holds even with the app closed. The curfew is part of Cadence Premium.

Cadence now answers to Siri, Shortcuts and the Action button: "Start a focus in Cadence", "How much focus is left", and everything you need to begin a session from an automation. A dedicated control joins Control Center and the Lock Screen.

The sky now follows Apple Weather: real sunrise and sunset times, a sky that truly closes over when it's overcast, and rain and lightning when the storm is right above you.

Settings rebuilt: shorter, easier to read.

### 1.3 — 2026-07-28

Cadence Premium is back. Keep your distracting apps closed through every focus with app blocking. Your first 3 blocking sessions are on us — then unlock unlimited blocking with a single lifetime purchase, no subscription. The timer, sky and stats stay free forever.

Plus small fixes and refinements throughout.

### 1.2.1 — 2026-07-15

App blocking is now free for everyone — keep your distracting apps closed through every focus, with no limit.

Plus small fixes and refinements throughout.

### 1.2 — 2026-07-15

The tide keeps rising. In this update:

- Cadence Premium: a one-time lifetime purchase that unlocks app blocking during focus.
- A sky truer to your local weather: more clouds when it's overcast, a sky that properly greys over, and cloud shapes that renew on every pass.
- Rare visitors (the phoenix, the dragon…) now cross the whole screen before slipping away.
- Dolphins truer to life: they follow the arc of their leap, nose to the sky on takeoff, and dive between bounds.

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## More apps by Arthur Pierrey

- [Tidott](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tidott/id6770343918)
- [Cupsight: Scan, Brew & Dial In](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cupsight-scan-brew-and-dial-in/id6778860980)

All apps by Arthur Pierrey: https://appshunter.io/developer/1896735037

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