Focusmeter Support

This page provides answers to common questions about Focusmeter.

✔️ Common questions

  • On some android devices (Huawei, etc.), the android OS stops Focusmeter when it is running in the background. Since Focusmeter is stopped, it is not able to send notification alerts when the timer is up. Please visit https://dontkillmyapp.com/ for more details.

    A possible solution would be to exclude Focusmeter from your phone’s battery optimization list. By excluding Focusmeter from battery optimization, it may prevent Focusmeter from being stopped in the background. In Focusmeter, please go to Settings > Ignore Battery Optimization for instructions on how to do this.

    This problem is not easy to fix and we are exploring different methods to ensure that timers are not missed. We seek your understanding and patience.

  • On the Timer screen, you can view your statistics for the current day by clicking on the progress display. To view statistics for the Week or Month, go to the Calendar.

⏰ Timer Modes

  • Timer Modes allow you to customize different timers for your needs. For example, you may create a new Mode that has a 40 minute focus timer, then a 10 minute rest timer, followed by a 35 minute focus timer.

  • There are two ways to do this:

    Firstly, you can click on the Mode control bar on the top of the timer. Click on the edit button.

    Secondly, you can go to Settings > Manage Timer Modes > Current Mode to setup a new Mode.

  • You can enable automatic transitions to the next timer by going to Settings > Manage Timer Modes > Transition to next timer and selecting “Automatic”.

    You may also select your own transition duration of 5 seconds up to 60 seconds.

  • Go to Settings > Manage Timer Modes > Current Mode and select on the Timer mode that you want. You can also create a new Mode.

    Alternatively, in the Timer screen, you can click on the Mode bar and then the Edit button to change the timer Mode.

  • You can go to Settings > Manage Timer Modes > Current mode, click on the edit button for the Mode that you want to delete.

    Press the Delete button to remove the Mode.

🔔 Notification alerts

  • In Settings > Focus timer alerts, you can set the sound alerts and vibration alerts. You can select different alerts for the following scenarios:

    • when the timer is completed
    • when the timer has 1 minute left
    • when the timer is halfway completed
  • To test your notification alerts before starting a timer, go to Settings > Focus timer alerts and select on the Play button beside each alert scenario. This will give you a preview of how your alert will sound/feel like.

  • On some android devices (Huawei, etc.), the android OS stops Focusmeter when it is running in the background. Since Focusmeter is stopped, it is not able to send notification alerts when the timer is up. Please visit https://dontkillmyapp.com/ for more details.

    A possible solution would be to exclude Focusmeter from your phone’s battery optimization list. By excluding Focusmeter from battery optimization, it may prevent Focusmeter from being stopped in the background. In Focusmeter, please go to Settings > Ignore Battery Optimization for instructions on how to do this.

    This problem is not easy to fix and we are exploring different methods to ensure that timers are not missed. We seek your understanding and patience.

🏷️ Tags

  • Focusmeter does not support todo-lists or tasks for now. Use tags to provide a flexible method to record your activities too.

    Each timer can have up to two tags. For example, if you are studying Chemistry, you can have a tag called “Study” and another tag called “Chemistry”. This way, in your statistics, you can see how much time is spent studying in total and how much time is spent studying Chemistry specifically.

  • In Settings > Tags > Manage Tags, you can add/edit or delete tags.

📈 Statistics

  • On the Timer screen, you can view your statistics for the current day by clicking on the progress display. To view statistics for the Week or Month, go to the Calendar.

  • Go to Calendar and select the date you are interested in. The daily statistics screen for that day will appear.

    Alternatively, in the Timer screen, you can click on your progress for the day (“Hours Today”, “Minutes Today” or “Sessions Today”) to view your daily statistics.

  • The daily statistics graph shows the parts of your day where you have activities.

    The entire day is represented by a circle, starting from 00:00 hrs to 23:59 hrs. Your activites are recorded according to the time you started them and the duration.

    The timeline below the daily statistics graph gives more details on the activities that happened on the day.

  • Go to the day you are interested in and select the Plus button beside the Timeline.

    A new screen will appear. Enter the start time, duration and end time and also add tags. Press Save to add this new timer record.

  • Go to the day you are interested in and select the timer record you want to edit. A new screen will appear.

    Update the start time, duration, end time or tags. Press Save to update this timer record.

    If you want to delete this timer record, press Delete.