For writers
Focus tracking for Writers on Mac
Writers know the pattern: four hours at the desk, one usable paragraph. Focus Meter replaces the guilt with a number — how much of those four hours were actually in a writing app.
What productive looks like
- iA Writer, Ulysses, Scrivener, or Obsidian frontmost
- Google Docs in an active browser tab
- Notion long-form pages
Common distraction patterns
- Micro-research: one fact-check tab becomes eight tabs
- Long social-media dips between paragraphs
- Email auto-refresh every few minutes
How Focus Meter helps
Focus Meter treats writing apps (iA Writer, Ulysses, Scrivener, Obsidian, Notion, docs.google.com) as productive and surfaces the total at the end of the day. Idle detection means leaving the laptop open to think doesn’t silently inflate your writing hours.
Sample Focus Meter breakdown
| App / Site | How to think about it |
|---|---|
| iA Writer / Ulysses / Scrivener | Your writing app — productive. |
| docs.google.com | Long-form drafting — productive. |
| Research URLs | Usually productive — tag per project. |
| Twitter / Reddit | Distracting — the quiet killers of a writing day. |
Built for writers on a Mac.
$19 once. No cloud. No account. Track a week and see where your hours actually went.
