For designers
Focus tracking for Designers on Mac
Design days are easy to mistake for busy days. A 90-minute Figma stretch feels the same on the clock as 90 minutes of research-plus-Slack-plus-Pinterest. Focus Meter lets you see which was which.
What productive looks like
- Figma desktop or figma.com frontmost
- Sketch or Adobe apps active
- Notion / Linear during spec writing
- Loom / Arc during recorded review
Common distraction patterns
- “Researching” that becomes Dribbble / Pinterest / Twitter loops
- Extended Slack windows around feedback cycles
- Background YouTube that becomes foreground YouTube
How Focus Meter helps
Focus Meter categorizes Figma, Sketch, and Photoshop as productive by default, so you immediately see your real design hours. Browser URL tracking separates Pinterest/Dribbble research from actual browsing distraction.
Sample Focus Meter breakdown
| App / Site | How to think about it |
|---|---|
| Figma | Your core design surface — productive. |
| Notion / Linear | Specs and handoff — productive. |
| Pinterest / Dribbble | Tag these as neutral or productive depending on the project. |
| Slack / Loom | Neutral — real work but not focused design time. |
| YouTube / Reddit | Distracting — counts against your focus score. |
Built for designers on a Mac.
$19 once. No cloud. No account. Track a week and see where your hours actually went.
