FocusBeat

About

🌟 FocusBeat: Your Friendly Focus Timer & Gentle Site Blocker

✨ Stay in flow with a privacy-first productivity tool designed to help you focus—without stress or pressure.
No accounts. No tracking. Just you, your time, and distraction-free focus.

💡 Why Choose FocusBeat?

FocusBeat is your calm, distraction-free companion for work, study, or creative projects.
Start focused sessions, block distracting websites, and enjoy mindful breaks—all while keeping your data private and secure on your device.

With optional gamified points, streaks, and levels, staying motivated feels light, fun, and rewarding 🎮.

❤️ What You’ll Love About FocusBeat

🚀 One-Click Focus – Start sessions instantly, pause or stop anytime

⏳ Flexible Timing – Add or subtract minutes during sessions with ease

🌐 Custom Site Blocking – Block only the websites you choose, block social media and anything else you want to keep yourself focused

☕ Smart Breaks – Take timed breaks with optional site-blocking

🔔 Subtle Reminders – Gentle sounds & notifications for session starts, breaks, and completion

🎯 Gamified Motivation – Earn points, level up, and track streaks (totally optional!)

🌙 Personalized Vibes – Choose between light or dark mode

📝 Easy Blocklist Management – Edit from the popup or options page

🔄 Optional Sync – Sync blocklists & stats across Chrome profiles if you want

🔒 Privacy You Can Trust

✅ No Accounts, No Tracking – Zero analytics, ads, or telemetry—ever

✅ Local-Only Data – All settings & stats stay on your device (chrome.storage.local)

✅ Optional Sync – Uses Google’s chrome.storage.sync only if you enable it

✅ No Servers, No Data Collection – We can’t access your data even if we wanted to!

⚙️ How FocusBeat Works

During sessions, FocusBeat applies Chrome-native blocking rules to your chosen sites (it never reads page content).

When sessions end, blocking rules clear automatically, giving you full control.

Customize your settings anytime to make FocusBeat work your way.

🔑 Permissions Explained (Plain & Simple)

Storage → Saves your settings, blocklist, and stats

Alarms → Keeps timers running reliably in the background

Notifications → Sends optional focus & break reminders

Declarative Net Request → Enables secure, local site-blocking

🚀 Get Started in Seconds

Install & pin FocusBeat to your browser

Add distracting sites to your blocklist

Start a focus session 🧘‍♂️

Take mindful breaks ☕ and return refreshed!

🌟 Why FocusBeat Stands Out

Unlike pushy productivity tools or other website blockers, FocusBeat is intuitive, respectful, and stress-free.
Perfect for students 📚, professionals 💼, and anyone who wants to focus better and feel calmer.

💬 We’re All Ears!

Your feedback helps shape FocusBeat’s future. Share suggestions, report bugs, or just say hi—we’d love to hear from you!

✨ Install FocusBeat today and rediscover your focus—with ease, privacy, and a touch of fun! ✨