# FocusPiece: Art Study Timer — Deep focus reveals a painting

> Deep focus reveals a painting (iPhone/iPad app by Christoph Hesse.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/focuspiece-art-study-timer/id6786891763 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Christoph Hesse](https://appshunter.io/developer/6785995448)
- Category: Productivity, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 29 MB
- Languages: American English, German (Germany)
- Released: 2026-07-15
- Data updated: 2026-09-15
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/focuspiece-art-study-timer/id6786891763/reviews.md

## What is FocusPiece?

FocusPiece – Where Focus Becomes Art

Concentration has become rare. FocusPiece makes it visible. Set the timer, put your phone down and sink into your work. While you stay focused, a hidden masterpiece emerges from the mist, piece by piece. At the end of every session you hold a fully revealed work of art that you have earned.

No points. No aggressive streaks. No guilt. Just a calm, beautiful space for deep concentration.

HOW IT WORKS

• Choose your time: 15, 25, 45 or 60 minutes of undisturbed focus.
• Stay in the picture: as long as you remain in the app, the hidden painting sharpens with every minute. Leave, and the reveal gently pauses.
• Collect masterpieces: every completed session unlocks a work and places it in your personal gallery.

A GALLERY YOU EARN

Your collection does not fill up by chance, but through real concentration. Every unlocked work carries the date, the length of your session and the story behind the original. Browse van Gogh's "Almond Blossom", Hokusai's "Great Wave", Monet's "Sunrise", Friedrich's "Wanderer" and many more classics of art history: public-domain masterpieces, curated for quiet moments.

ON YOUR WRIST AS WELL

With Apple Watch you start, pause and follow a session without reaching for your iPhone. On the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island your progress stays in view.

DELIBERATELY MINIMAL

FocusPiece was designed around a single principle: nothing that distracts. Warm paper white, a calm terracotta accent, clear typography. No loud notifications, no endless statistics, no mechanics designed to hook you. The app steps back so your focus and the art can step forward.

FEATURES AT A GLANCE

• Focus timer with a freely selectable duration
• Progressive art reveal in real time, tied to your concentration
• Apple Watch: start, pause and follow a session from your wrist
• Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island
• Personal gallery with every unlocked work
• Challenges that unlock further works
• One overview in the gallery: focus time collected, rounds and works revealed
• Detail views with title, artist, year and collection context
• Set a work as your lock screen
• Optional ambient sounds, such as rain
• Gentle completion chime and subtle haptic feedback
• "Soft start" for a calm beginning to every session
• Light mode that lets the artworks shine
• Works entirely without an account; your data stays on your device

WHO IS IT FOR?

For everyone who wants to work more deeply: students studying for finals, creatives in flow, developers and writers, anyone who works with the Pomodoro technique, and everyone looking for a more beautiful, quieter alternative to noisy productivity apps.

Concentration is a gift you give yourself. FocusPiece turns it into something you can see.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Impressions | $0.99 | one-time |
| Nocturnes | $0.99 | one-time |
| Dutch Golden Age | $0.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.4 — 2026-08-31

Challenges
Master tasks and unlock new works.

Apple Watch
FocusPiece now runs on your wrist, too.

Statistics
Your accumulated focus time, completed rounds and revealed works now sit together in one overview in the gallery.

Also
A number of smaller fixes, among them readability on the Lock Screen and buttons that didn't respond across their whole surface.

### Version 1.2 — 2026-08-24

• Live Activity: Track ongoing focus sessions right on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island.
• New artwork sets to unlock: Impressions, Golden Age, and Nocturnes.
• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

### 1.1 — 2026-08-11

New Packs
Widget
Liveinfo

### 1.0 — 2026-07-15

No release notes.

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