Be Focused Pro – Focus Timer 2.0

Staying on task seems is a real challenge for our screen-bound generation. The Be Focused lets you get things done by breaking up individual tasks among discrete intervals, separated by short breaks. It’s a surprisingly effective way to retain motivation and focus. Create tasks, configure breaks and track your progress throughout the day, week or custom period. Use either your iPhone, iPad or Mac – your devices always stay in sync.

Key features:

Manage your tasks
Track your progress throughout the day, week or custom period
Fast and easy goal tracking

Customize to maximize productivity:

Work interval duration
Short break duration
Long break duration
Number of intervals between long breaks
Target number of intervals per day
Ability to start, pause, or skip work interval
Auto-start the next timer (option)
Ability to edit the number of intervals
Export to a CSV file
Ability to paste a task list from other applications
Global hotkeys
Optional ticking sound
Custom alarm sound
Launch at startup option
Syncs between iPad, iPhone and Mac
Also available for iPhone and iPad

What’s New:

Version 2.0
• Ability to specify different timer settings for different tasks
• Task details panel where you can:
– Add notes to a task
– Assign a due date
– Specify activity type (you can configure a set of activity types to specify different timer settings for different tasks)
– Add or remove tags
– Estimate a number of intervals required to complete a task (then you can evaluate the estimation error for completed tasks in reports)
– View and manage completed intervals
• Improved reports, so now you can:
– Switch report units between Intervals and Hours
– Configure reports using tags
– Evaluate the estimation error for completed tasks
– Auto save report settings between application sessions
• Filters by tags and due dates to keep focussed on the most important tasks
• Shortcuts for various operations (see them in tooltips)
• Improved integration with Focus Matrix
• Multiple bug fixes and improvements