Focus vs Handover

Do your best work. Focus helps you concentrate with timed focus sessions built on the Pomodoro technique, track your tasks and projects, and see real progress — across all your Apple devices. A calm, proven rhythm: plan, work, break, review. “[…] a tool that can genuinely make people more productive” – MacStories.net “[…] a must-have for anyone who finds themselves easily getting distracted or forgetting to take occasional breaks.” – iDownloadBlog.com I always use Focus when… … I need to start a deep-work session … I want to stop procrastinating and finally begin … I want to break a big project into focused sprints … I’m studying and need to concentrate … I want to protect my time from distractions … I want to build a daily focus habit … I want to see what I actually got done today … I want structure without a heavy, complicated system Benefits * Start focusing in seconds: pick a task, start a session, get to work * The proven Pomodoro rhythm — plan → work → break → review — that gives your attention somewhere to go * Sessions and tasks together: a focus timer plus real task, project, and time tracking (most apps split these into two) * See your progress: daily and weekly activity and goals make focus feel earned, never nagged * Restful breaks that are part of the rhythm, not slacking * Calm and encouraging — momentum, never hustle, grind, or guilt Features * Timed focus sessions with flexible session and break lengths * Tasks, projects, and time tracking * Daily and weekly activity and goals * In-app Learning: short, friendly guides you can apply as you read * Widgets, Live Activities, and Dynamic Island * Siri, Shortcuts, and Spotlight via App Intents * Seamless iCloud sync * Built-in accessibility * Privacy first: your data stays on your devices and in your own iCloud * Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro * Handcrafted by real humans :-) Focus is free to start. Focus Pro unlocks everything with a 7-day free trial. Thanks for doing your best work with us! We’re always improving Focus. If you have feedback or an idea, we’d love to hear it. About us Focus is made by Jan & Kerstin, two independent app developers based in Germany. We built Focus for our own workdays — to concentrate, make real progress, and still keep things calm. Our goal: a productivity app that’s a joy to use every day. We built this tool for ourselves — and now we’d love to share it with you! Questions? We offer friendly support. Just drop us a note at support@meaningful-things.com and we’ll get back to you as quickly as we can. Privacy & Terms https://meaningful-things.com/privacy https://meaningful-things.com/terms

Most focus apps feel like a strict boss standing over your shoulder. Handover is different. It doesn't lock your phone and throw away the key. It adds a small, deliberate cost to your biggest distractions. You are always in control. If you really need to get into an app, you can. It just costs you a bit of the streak you have been building. That one shift changes why you reach for your phone in the first place. SETTING UP A RULE TAKES FOUR CHOICES Choose what to block. Specific apps, or whole categories at once. Choose how to block. A total daily limit, a session length, or block them outright. Choose when it runs. On a schedule, when you arrive somewhere, or after a burst of heavy phone use. Choose your way back in. Earn it with a set number of steps, with quick reps the phone counts for you, by scanning a barcode you keep somewhere out of reach, with a breathing break, or with a short meditation. THE EXIT DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN Life happens. You are never truly locked out, and the essentials are never blocked: Calls, Messages, Maps, Camera and Wallet. Break Glass. Need in? Wait five minutes and it costs five minutes of your streak. Emergency Coupon. A real emergency? Use it any time, on anything. A rigid wall gets bypassed by lunchtime. A small, fair cost actually changes your habits. WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING A streak on your home screen that grows every day you stay on track. Themes that unlock as it grows, from sleek Steel on day one to Gold at day 14. Credits every time you move, breathe or meditate. Spend them on themes and new exercises. A referral code worth 1,000 credits to you and 1,000 to every friend who joins with it. PICK THE PLAN THAT FITS YOU Handover Free Up to 5 active rules. Core blocks and daily time budgets. Scheduled blocking periods. Break Glass on every rule. Handover Plus Unlimited rules and every block type unlocked. Triggers for a place you arrive at and for heavy use. Movement and step challenges as your way back in. Every theme, deep statistics and your full history. Individual, or a Family plan covering up to 6 people, each with their own rules, settings and streak. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Privacy comes first. Handover is built directly on Apple's Screen Time framework, which means the app never sees which apps you use or how long you use them, and none of that ever leaves your device. Only your account, your rules and your credits sync, so you keep your progress when you change phones. Handover is proudly built by Casebuddy Pty Ltd in Australia. Terms of Use: https://handover.tinkerlane.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://handover.tinkerlane.app/privacy