# Focus Mirror: Study Timer — Stay on task with your camera

> Stay on task with your camera (iPhone/iPad app by Takahiro Kimura.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/focus-mirror-study-timer/id6815692837 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Takahiro Kimura](https://appshunter.io/developer/6775796488)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 8 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-09-27
- Data updated: 2026-10-09
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/focus-mirror-study-timer/id6815692837/reviews.md

## What is Focus Mirror?

See yourself on camera, and stay focused on your own.

People often act differently when they feel watched — a phenomenon known as social facilitation. Focus Mirror uses your front camera to recreate that feeling while you study or work, and gently alerts you with a glowing screen edge or a vibration when you leave your seat or look away for too long.

■ Two detection modes for different kinds of work
• Gaze: For screen work like a computer. Your usual posture is recorded during a 3-second countdown, and you're alerted when you keep looking down, up, or away.
• Face: For reading, writing, or studying at your desk. Looking slightly away or down is fine — you're alerted only when you leave or turn fully sideways.

■ A timer in the Dynamic Island
• Time remaining blends right into the Dynamic Island
• A ring around the screen edge shows your progress at a glance
• The island and ring change color when you need a nudge
• Keep an eye on the timer with Live Activities, even outside the app

■ Blur or hide yourself
• Blur your image (low, medium, high) or hide it completely
• Detection keeps running while hidden, so you can work without distraction

■ Track and review your focus
• Records focus time, time away, warnings, and your focus rate
• Compare with your last session and browse your history
• Battery history shows charge levels over time, with charging periods highlighted

■ Place it any way you like
• Portrait, landscape, and upside down — prop it up however your charging cable allows
• Choose a fixed orientation that stays even when rotation is locked
• Works on iPhone and iPad

■ Built for long sessions
• Three power-saving levels for camera and detection
• Automatically lowers the load in Low Power Mode or when the device gets warm

■ Privacy
• Face detection runs only on your device using Apple's Vision framework
• Camera video and photos are never saved or sent anywhere
• No account needed. Your records stay on your device

■ Pricing
This app is free to use. Premium is available as monthly and yearly auto-renewing subscriptions, as well as a one-time purchase. Prices are displayed in the App Store. Premium removes all ads and lets you register up to three viewing positions. Eligible users can try the yearly plan free for 7 days.

■ Great for
• Studying at home or preparing for exams
• Staying off your phone while working remotely
• Creating a study-hall atmosphere on your own
• Building a habit by tracking your study time

Focus Mirror is designed to help you get into focus. It does not measure or evaluate your ability to concentrate. Detection can be affected by lighting and camera angle.

Terms of Use: https://taka3267-collab.github.io/tkApps/focus-camera/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://taka3267-collab.github.io/tkApps/focus-camera/privacy-policy.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remove Ads Yearly Plan | $9.99 | per year |
| Remove Ads Monthly Plan | $0.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remove Ads Lifetime | $39.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-10-02

■ Apple Watch support
・Warnings can now vibrate on your Apple Watch, so you notice them on your wrist even with your iPhone screen off.
・Your Apple Watch shows Focus Mode and the time remaining.

■ Better Gaze mode
・Detection now works when you look at a screen other than your phone, such as a computer.
・Reset your gaze position anytime during a session. If you get warnings unexpectedly, look at your work screen and reset.
・Register up to 3 spots, such as a second display (Premium).

■ New "Screen Off" display
・Turns the screen black at minimum brightness and alerts you only with vibration and sound.

■ Stand-up breaks
・After a long stretch of focus, the app suggests standing up to move. The 1-minute break isn't counted as time away.

■ Premium
・New monthly, yearly, and lifetime plans. Remove ads and register multiple gaze spots.

■ Improvements
・Choose the focus screen display and orientation with icons.
・Blur is now a single option for simpler choices.
・On iPad, the warning glow now matches the screen's rounded corners.
・New app icon.
・Other minor fixes.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-09-27

No release notes.

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