Minimal Appz · Productivity
The anti-dopamine system for people who are done losing their attention to infinite scroll. Rescue your focus, protect your deep work, and stay aligned with what actually matters.
TrueFocus is a rescue and prevention system for the attention crisis. It's built for people who already know the problem — every time you pick up your phone you lose 20 minutes — and want a real solution, not a prettier version of the same trap.
While other productivity apps add more to your plate and compete for your attention with badges, streaks, and notifications, TrueFocus does the opposite: it removes friction from doing deep work and adds friction to distraction.
"An app about reclaiming attention shouldn't compete for your attention. So we built one that doesn't."
When you're stuck in a dopamine hole — scrolling with no purpose, procrastinating on what matters — the Rescue Protocol guides you out in six structured steps, in about 20 minutes.
Phase 01
Identify the distraction source — social media, games, notifications — and close it. Name the hole before you can climb out of it.
Phase 02
30–60 seconds of physical activation: cold water, push-ups, movement. Your body comes first; your brain follows.
Phase 03
A 2–5 minute task with immediate completion: make your bed, drink water, tidy your desk. Momentum starts small.
Phase 04
10–15 minutes of low-stimulus activity: a walk, reading a physical book, making tea. Restoring baseline attention.
Phase 05
Create a single focused task for the day. Not a list — one thing. This is where the work session begins.
Phase 06
What triggered the hole? What can you adjust? The reflection is logged — over time you understand your own patterns.
Transformational year-level directions — always visible in the menu. Ritual review at year's end. Clarity of purpose on demand.
Full-screen deep work timer with Wake Lock. Your phone becomes a physical precision timer — screen stays on, nothing interrupts.
30-day compact view with green dots for task days and red for approaching deadlines. Spatial awareness of your commitments.
Manages project deadlines 1–12 months out. Automated alerts at 7, 3, and 1 day before. Notes for context and steps.
Real metrics: tasks completed, total focus hours, Deep Work vs manual, breakdown by Work / Exercise / Study. No inflated numbers.
Printable A4 overview of your entire year: 12-month grid, productivity evolution, top month, longest streak, category distribution.
7-topic education module on the mechanics of dopamine, attention hijacking, and the STORA method. Understanding the why is half the cure.
The 6-phase exit from dopamine holes. Full history of every rescue logged with your reflections — a map of your own patterns over time.
Your output depends entirely on the quality of your thinking time. Scrolling is expensive when your hour is worth more than most people's day.
Deep work is not optional — it's how the hardest problems get solved. Fragmented focus produces fragmented code.
Your time is your product. Every distraction is a direct cost. Every focused hour is direct revenue.
Long study sessions require sustained attention — exactly what social media is engineered to destroy. TrueFocus gives it back.
Multiple responsibilities, critical deadlines, high-stakes decisions. Clarity matters more than volume. Focus is leverage.
If you've tried other apps and felt the dopamine pull getting worse, not better — TrueFocus was designed specifically for you.
30-day free trial. No credit card. Full access to every feature from day one.
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