For freelancers
Focus tracking for Freelancers on Mac
Your billing app already tells you what to invoice. It cannot tell you how much of your day was actually focused client work versus proposals, admin, email, and switching between clients. Focus Meter measures that second layer automatically, so you can price your time and protect your capacity. It is not a billing tool; it runs alongside one.
What productive looks like
- Client work app frontmost (editor, Figma, writing app, CRM)
- Deep focus blocks with no app switching
- Invoicing and proposals counted honestly as business operations, not client work
Common distraction patterns
- Constant switching between two or three clients in a single hour
- Email and Slack loops that feel like work but bill nothing
- Admin and scheduling sprawl that crowds out deep work
How Focus Meter helps
Focus Meter shows the gap between hours at the desk, focused client hours, and billed hours. That gap is your unpaid business-operations load, and knowing it is how freelancers set a sustainable rate. Because it is on-device only, your client-confidential activity log never leaves your Mac.
Sample Focus Meter breakdown
| App / Site | How to think about it |
|---|---|
| Client work apps | Real, focused client work. The hours you actually bill against. |
| Email / Slack | Business operations. Often unbilled; watch the total. |
| Proposals / invoicing | Sales and admin. Real work, rarely billable. |
| YouTube / social (URLs) | Distracting. Counts against your focus score. |
Built for freelancers on a Mac.
$19 once. No cloud. No account. Track a week and see where your hours actually went.
