Focus Bear: AuDHD app blocker

Focus Bear blocks the apps that eat your day, right on your phone, and
walks you through your routine one step at a time.

Built by a team with ADHD and autism, for anyone whose brain does not run
on willpower.

BLOCK DISTRACTING APPS AND SITES
- Block distracting apps and websites during focus sessions and routines
- Soft blocking adds a gentle pause instead of a hard wall, so you can
still get through when you genuinely need to
- Choose which apps stay allowed during a specific habit
- Blocking runs on your phone and on your computer, so the hour you saved
does not quietly reappear on your laptop

BUILD ROUTINES THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN
Most focus apps only tell you what not to do. Focus Bear also tells you
what to do next.
- Morning and evening routines that guide you habit by habit, so starting
is not the hard part
- Custom routines, scheduled or on demand
- Movement and break reminders so you are not welded to the chair
- Streaks and completion animations, because the dopamine has to come from
somewhere

GET STARTED WHEN STARTING IS HARD
- Smart to-do list that prioritises for you, so you are not paralysed by
the list itself
- Add tasks by voice or by screenshot
- Late No More: escalating reminders, visual then spoken, so meetings stop
sneaking up on you

WHY BUILD IT FOR ADHD AND AUTISM
Generic productivity apps assume you can just decide to focus. If that
worked, you would not be reading this. Focus Bear is built around
executive dysfunction rather than around willpower: it reduces the number
of decisions between you and the thing you meant to do, and it removes the
distraction before you reach it rather than asking you to resist it.

WORKS ON YOUR COMPUTER TOO
Focus Bear also runs on Mac and Windows using the same account. On Mac it can check whether a site is actually relevant to what you are working on
right now, rather than relying on one fixed blocklist.

BUILT ON LIVED EXPERIENCE
Focus Bear was started by a late-diagnosed AuDHDer who got tired of hiding
his laptop in a cupboard to stop himself checking email. The team is
largely neurodivergent, and the approach draws on formal research with
university partners.

Free to download, with an optional subscription for full access.

ACCESSIBILITY SERVICE
Focus Bear uses the AccessibilityService API to detect when distracting
apps and websites are opened, so it can block them in real time. This
requires your explicit permission and is not used to collect personal or
sensitive data.

Website: https://focusbear.io
Support: support@focusbear.io
Privacy Policy: https://www.focusbear.io/privacy-policy

Recent changes:
What's new in 1.24.0
• New bottom tab bar: Home, Focus, Habits, To-dos, Stats and More are one tap away
• Now available in Italian, Polish and French
• Take the AuDHD test before signing up – results are kept
• Websites on a focus session block list are now blocked
• Better layout with large system font sizes
• Free trial welcome screen can be skipped