Indie developer Michael Tigas today released a major update to his popular Focused Work app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The app is designed to help you be more productive with so-called focus sessions, timers, and more. Focused Work 3 enhances the app with a new design, gestures, a new picture-in-picture feature, and more.
Focused Work is built around the Pomodoro Technique, where you break your work into structured and timed segments with built-in breaks and planning steps. Focused work is based on the Pomodoro technique with integration on iPhone, iPad and Mac. and system features, including shortcuts, app and website blocking, and more.
In the application, you create various focus sessions that consist of different stages of your task, breaks and planning. It also supports creating daily goals to “encourage consistent work habits over time.”
Today’s update to Focused Work 3 redesigns the app to make it easier to create and manage your focused sessions, set focus reminders, and integrate with shortcuts. There are also new gestures to manage your timers.
One of the biggest updates to Focused Work is that it can now display an on-screen timer that is always visible on top of your other apps. This allows you to keep track of the remaining time of the current session. Tigas uses a picture-in-picture API to achieve this, which is a pretty handy workaround for an app that always hovers above your other apps.
Here’s the full rundown of everything new in today’s Focused Work 3:
New Timer: Redesigned timer, simple, customizable and fun to interact with. Timer Gestures: Swipe to play/pause/skip/restart and hide UI. Timer Appearance: Customize the appearance of the timer in the settings. Current Session: Sessions will now start immediately when you click the Play button if you have disabled the Require Session Focus option. Session Time Breakdown: Select an estimated session start time and view the start time breakdown of each step in the Session Creator tool. Select Session: Redesigned screen with improved search support. CloudKit sync status will now be displayed when loading previously created sessions on first install. Session Focus: Redesigned screen with improved input selection for session focus and current step. Session Ended: Redesigned screen with a clear breakdown of the completed focus session and its stages. Ended Session Details: Redesigned screen with a clear breakdown of the completed session. Recent Sessions: A redesigned list that makes it easier to view previously completed sessions. Services: Start a focus session by highlighting text and choosing “Start Focused” from the Services menu on macOS. Widgets: The timer widget has been redesigned to match the new screen of the current session. Dock Menu: Added a “Current Session” menu item that opens the app when selected.
Focused Work is available as a free download for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. You can upgrade to Focused Work Pro for $4.99/month or $29.99/year. There is also a lifetime purchase option for $59.99.
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