Stay here. Watch it grow.
Choose a length and press start. A plant grows while this tab stays in front. Switch to something else and it notices, counts it, and tells you how long you were gone.
Put your phone face down, open your work beside this tab, and start.
This tab can notice you leaving. It cannot stop you.
This page is from the team behind FocusPass: App Blocker for iPhone. A web page can only count the times you drift. According to its App Store listing, FocusPass does something about the apps you drift to:
- Block the apps, categories or websites you choose with Apple's own Screen Time picker
- Every shield offers two choices: Go Back, or Use a Pass for a set length such as 5, 10 or 15 minutes
- When the Pass ends, the app locks again on its own, even if FocusPass is closed
- Each time you choose Go Back, it records one Focus Save
- Focus Zones: protected hours for Work, Study, Evening or Sleep
This page only knows whether its own tab is in front. It cannot see what you do elsewhere, and nothing is recorded or sent.
Why counting the exits works
Most switching is automatic. You do not decide to check something. Your hand is already there. A count turns an invisible habit into a number you can see.
You are aiming for fewer, not zero. Going from nine exits to five in a 25-minute block is real progress. Demanding perfection is how people give up on day two.
The length matters less than the ending. A finished ten minutes trains the habit better than an abandoned forty-five. Start short.
Put the phone out of reach. The tab can see you leave the browser. It cannot see the phone next to your keyboard. Distance does what willpower cannot.
What this timer can and cannot see
It uses a standard browser signal that says whether this tab is visible. If you switch tabs, minimise the window or lock the screen, it counts an exit and times it. Looking away for under two seconds is ignored. It has no access to other tabs, other apps or your phone, and it keeps nothing except today's finished count in this browser.
Questions
How does the timer know I left?
Browsers tell a page when its tab stops being visible. The timer listens for that, counts each time it happens for more than a second and a half, and measures how long you were away.
Does the timer pause when I leave?
No. The clock keeps running, as real time does. The plant goes grey while you are away and the time is added to your away total.
Is anything tracked or sent anywhere?
No. The only thing kept is the number of sessions you finished today, stored in this browser.
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