Focus Monke · Pomodoro timer & app blocker for iPhone

Your focus grows
a tiny ocean.

Monke is waiting in the submarine. Start a focus dive, block your distracting apps, and surface to a reef full of fish you earned.

Download on the App Store
  • Collect rare fish
  • App blocking via Apple's Screen Time
  • No ads. For anyone. Ever.
Dive in

How a dive works

Press START. That's the whole job.

The wooden START plank from the app

1 · Pick your time

A classic 25-minute pomodoro, a two-hour deep session, whatever the day needs. Dives run up to six hours if you're feeling heroic.

Monke's yellow submarine

2 · Your apps go quiet

Focus Monke uses Apple's Screen Time to block apps for exactly as long as you're diving. When you surface, they come back. No willpower required.

Monke grinning with delight A banana

3 · Surface to the good part

Finish the dive and it's bananas, a spin of the bonus wheel, and sometimes a brand-new fish.

Built for distracted brains

No shame, no productivity sermons. Just a monke who believes in you.

If your brain treats "just five minutes of scrolling" as a legally binding contract, welcome aboard. Focus Monke was made for the easily distracted, ADHD very much included. Short sessions still count. Rewards land every single time, not someday. And the phone that usually eats your afternoon is the thing holding the timer.

Your reef

Every fish was earned by focusing.

Commons, rares, a few legends from the deep. Each one is hand-drawn and swims around your reef like it has somewhere to be. Feed them bananas. Name your tank. Take a selfie with Monke.

Hand-drawn clownfish
Clownfish · common
Hand-drawn moorish idol
Moorish idol · uncommon
Hand-drawn leafy sea dragon
Leafy sea dragon · rare
Hand-drawn hammerhead shark
Hammerhead · rare
Hand-drawn mandarin dragonet
Mandarin dragonet · rare
Hand-drawn nautilus
Nautilus · uncommon

It's your ocean, and you made it out of homework. Rumor has it there's a whale shark down there somewhere. Good luck.

Monke in his diving suit taking a selfie
Every dive ends photogenic.

Streaks without guilt

Miss a day and nobody yells at you.

Show up and your streak grows, with milestones actually worth reaching. There's no withering tree here, no dead plant to mourn. The reef is the reason to come back, not a red badge.

Go deeper

Become a Certified Diver.

Focus Monke is free to use. Going Certified supports one small developer and one small monke, and unlocks:

  • 3x bananas and bigger bonuses after every dive
  • Choose exactly which apps get blocked, or let a dive block them all
  • The gold diving suit (Monke looks fantastic in it)
  • Special items in the shop

And thanks to Certified Divers, there are no ads. For anyone. Ever.

Yearly 7-day free trial $17.99 per year
Monthly $3.99 per month
Lifetime $29.99 one time

Bring a dive buddy

Win a free year of Certified Diver.

Share your most creative Focus Monke focus session. A few likes can turn into up to a full year of Certified Diver.

See the Dive Challenge