# Ian's Awesome Counter — Focus Prompts

> Customizable focus prompts and tracking for improved attention management. (iPhone/iPad app by Cross Forward Consulting, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ians-awesome-counter/id1562654021 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Cross Forward Consulting, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/295660206)
- Category: Utilities, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 55 App Store ratings · 20 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2021-04-14
- Data updated: 2026-08-14
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ians-awesome-counter/id1562654021/reviews.md

## What is Ian's Awesome Counter?

Ian's Awesome Counter is a utility designed to help you be more focused and aware of yourself.  

My son, Ian, can sometimes have difficulty with regulation and management of his attention.  We’ve tried several different strategies for helping him with this.  One of the strategies that we found most successful was giving him regular prompts throughout the day and ask whether he thought he was on task and staying focused.

Initially this took the form of a repeating countdown timer and a hand clicker, but after a while this became rather onerous to keep up with, so instead he and I worked together to design an Apple Watch app that would make this easier to do.

The result is this app.  You configure how often you want to be prompted, when the prompts should begin and end each day, and what your goal for successful periods is.  Then Ian’s Awesome Counter does the rest.  

If you turn on notifications you’ll get an alert at the end of every period asking how you did and the values are recorded in the app.  You can see your last week’s performance in the History view.  

This app is provided completely free of charge.  I’ve found it really helpful for my family and my hope is that by sharing it, other families will find similar help from it.  It can be worn either by the person working on their focus or by a parent/carer who can then relay the prompts.

## Key features

- Customizable prompt intervals
- Set daily start and end times
- Track successful focus periods
- View historical performance
- Optional notification alerts

## Recent user reviews (10 of 20)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ians-awesome-counter/id1562654021/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Exactly what I needed

*2025-08-26*

Incredibly helpful I only wish I could set the time frame after midnight because I work nights.

### 5/5 — Fantastic app

*2024-06-10*

I lose track of time embarrassingly easily and this does a great job of keeping me present and on track. Would’ve happily paid for something like this and I am very grateful the developer keeps it functional. 

Only improvement would be to have a persistent notification that doesn’t clear the screen until you have selected yes or no. If you miss the ping right at your selected interval, you have to go into the app to open it and record whether or not you were on track. Otherwise amazing, fantastic, super useful app.

### 3/5 — Confused Newbie

*2024-01-15*

I don't understand how to use this on my watch.  When I opened the app it only have me a list of times.  
1) I wanted to select the current timer, 11:00pm, to start a timer to see if stay focused.
2) But there wasn't an 11:00pm in the list.  Why?
3) There wasn't anything more to do in the app?  How does choosing a time from the list help keep focused?  No timer?  No way to choose when to be notified asking question if I've stayed focused not how often to be notified?
4) I don't understand how this app helps.  Also, how would that graph be made to show how you have been doing?
5). This app hasn't been updated for I think over a year.  All the reviews except for one was from over a year ago.

### 5/5 — Surprisingly useful

*2023-10-24*

I actually found this very useful. It keeps me on track and I recently noticed you can customize the timeframes on the 3rd page.
Very convenient.

### 5/5 — We need an update!

*2022-09-14*

It’s an amazing simple app but seems to not work on watch os9!

### 5/5 — Excelente

*2022-03-12*

Ótimo app para se estar mais presente. Recomendo.

### 5/5 — Simple and effective, helping me get back on track

*2022-02-28*

I have ADHD and am in grad school and let's just say I can count on one hand the number of days I've felt I put in a good effort and did not waste the whole day anxious and avoiding my work within the past *year*.

It's easy to feel like you failed that day if you look in terms of large still-unfinished goals but for me just seeing all those good time blocks add up is very motivating and is helping me feel less overwhelmed by my course work.

I appreciate the fact that it's only on Apple Watch and the perfect simplicity of the app, because it reminds you that what really matters is accomplishing your goals and not just having some more data that you can obsess over.

I also LOVE the story behind this app and just want to say thank you SO much to Ian and David for making this available to anyone. I just got a notification from the app and probably should get back to work! This was very long, but get this app!!

### 5/5 — Thank you

*2021-11-23*

I never knew I needed this app, but started using it. This has brought such an improvement to my life for such a simple app. Thank you a thousand times over.

### 5/5 — Great for ADHD

*2021-11-15*

This app really helps me with my adhd and time blindness!! I love everything about it and would highly recommend :)

### 5/5 — Thank you

*2021-10-31*

Thank you from everyone with ADHD. Developing this app was a public service you probably won’t ever receive enough thanks for.

## Frequently asked questions about Ian's Awesome Counter

### What does Ian's Awesome Counter do?

Ian's Awesome Counter is a utility app designed to help users improve their focus and self-awareness. It achieves this by providing regular prompts throughout the day, asking whether the user believes they are on task and staying focused.

### How does the app help with focus?

The app allows you to configure how often you want to be prompted, the start and end times for these prompts each day, and your goal for successful focus periods. It then sends alerts at the end of each period to check your focus, recording your responses.

### Is Ian's Awesome Counter free to use?

Yes, the app is provided completely free of charge. The developer hopes that by sharing it, other families and individuals will find it as helpful as they have for their own focus and attention management needs.

### Can I see my progress with the app?

Yes, the app includes a History view where you can see your performance over the last week. This allows you to track your progress and identify patterns in your focus.

### Who can use this app?

The app can be used by individuals working on their own focus, or by a parent or carer who can then relay the prompts to someone else. It's designed to be flexible for different use cases of attention management.

## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2021-04-15

- Quick bug fix update to address an issue where notifications would sometimes not correctly be delivered for 5 minute prompt reminders.

### 1.0 — 2021-04-14

No release notes.

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