focuz

Five cards before the scroll.

Focuz puts a short learning moment between you and the apps that pull you in. Read five cards, pass a quick quiz, and they open for 15 minutes.

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✦ New word

laconic

/ləˈkɒnɪk/ adjective

Using very few words.

His laconic reply, “Fine,” told her the meeting had not gone well.

In the app it is five cards, then five questions.

It only shows up when you reach for your phone.

  1. Pick the apps that pull you in

    Choose apps or whole categories. Focuz uses Apple's Screen Time to put a shield on them.

  2. Open one, get five cards

    Five short cards, then a five-question quiz. Get four right to pass. No going back to the cards.

  3. Fifteen minutes, then the shield comes back

    The apps open for 15 minutes. After that the lock returns by itself. Nothing to remember to switch on.

A closer look.

No notifications, no badges, no streak guilt.

A vocabulary card for the word equanimity
A word, properlyMeaning, pronunciation and a real sentence.
Quiz question with a wrong answer marked and the correct answer in green
A quiz that countsFour of five right to pass.
Lime green unlock screen reading Go on, then, with 14:57 left
Go on, thenFifteen minutes on the clock.
Writing prompt with a paragraph of 52 words
Write a paragraphOnce a day, in place of the cards.
Packs screen with ready-made courses and a course made on the device
Courses, one lesson per unlockReady-made or made by you.
Welcome screen: A focussed fool can achieve more than a distracted genius
Set up in a minuteNo account, no sign-in.

What you learn while you wait.

Vocabulary

Over 1,000 words. Cards you saw earlier come back after 1, 3 and 7 days, so they stay with you.

Writing Apple Intelligence

One short paragraph to a prompt. On supported devices you get brief feedback, made on the device. Your writing never leaves it.

Ready-made courses

Human body mechanics, game theory and generative AI, one lesson per unlock.

Your own courses Apple Intelligence

Make a course on any topic. You review every card before it is kept.

Kid mode. Play time, earned.

For a young child on a shared iPad. Opening a blocked app leads to a learning set of about five minutes. Finish it, and play time starts.

Kid mode: the new word brave with a lion
A new word every play timeWith a meaning a child can hold on to.
Kid mode: a short story about Leo and the big slide
A story that uses itSlide a finger under each word to read. Then it is read aloud.
Kid mode: a take-away sum with a ten traded, shown on paper style columns
Sums, done the paper wayFrom up to 20 to 4-digit numbers, with carrying and trading a ten step by step.
Kid mode: You did it! You earned 15 minutes of play time
You did it!The blocked app opens for the time you chose.
  • A wordNew each play time
  • A storyRead along, then read aloud
  • QuestionsAbout the story, plus a word from an earlier day
  • SumsAt the level you set
  • PuzzlesPatterns, spelling, riddles

Behind a parent PIN. You pick 15 to 60 minutes and how many play times a day.Read aloud. Children still learning to read can follow along.

Private by design.

No account

Nothing to sign up for. Open it and start.

No ads or tracking

Nobody is watching what you learn.

On your device

Your choices, progress and writing stay on your phone.

Make the scroll cost something.

Focuz is free, for iPhone and iPad.

Coming soon to the App Store