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This story started when i discovered that i could sit through a long meeting thinking i was paying attention(especially the important but boring ones), only to be suddenly asked a question and realize I mentally was on vacation, or thinking of my cat, but wasn't present

I wanted to see if there was a simple way to make those moments of drift more noticeable, or at least survive the meeting so my boss doesn't fire me.

So essentially, what this app does is, it sends random haptic vibrations during a session, and when you notice the vibration you tap a button indicating you were present.

At the end of the session, you get a FOCUS SCORE, based on how consistently and quickly you responded to the cues.

I'm particularly interested in whether making you more aware of attention drifts, using vibrotactile cues, actually helps you stay present especially during meetings they need to pay attention to.


I've had a few people try it and gotten good feedback, but not enough to know if this actually solves a big enough problem, for people to want to keep using it

I'm trying to figure out, whether this is genuinely useful or whether I'm just building a more sophisticated way to annoy people during meetings.

It's currently free on Android!

I'd love to hear what you think

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pelumi.focuspulse

It started at a church event.

I wasn't sleeping, I was scrolling through my emails just to stay stimulated and not fall into eternal sleep. Actively searching for something to keep my brain alive. That's when it hit me, this could actually be a solvable problem.

I'd watched the same thing happen all through school. Half the lecture hall zoning out, not even like we were lazy, we just had dry lecturers and an environment that pulls you under and practically tucks you in. I figured there had to be a way to measure whether you're actually focused or just physically present.

So I built one.

FocusPulse sends random vibration alerts to your phone during meetings, lectures, deep work sessions, whatever you're doing. When you feel it, you tap "I'm Focused." Miss it and you zoned out. Simple. Honest. Impossible to fake.
Your response rate and reaction time become a Focus Score out of 100. Track it over 7, 30, 90 days and you'll start to see patterns, when you focus best, which settings are hardest, whether you're actually improving.
I built it over two months in post-graduation limbo waiting for NYSC callup, wetin this country never show me. Flutter, Firebase, background services, OMO!!, Android nearly broke me. Some phones kill background apps so aggressively the vibrations wouldn't even fire. Notifications were a nightmare. Google requires two weeks of closed testing before going public which annoyed me at first but the feedback actually improved the app.

It's free. No account needed. No ads.

If you sit through long meetings, lectures, church services or just want to know if your deep work sessions are real, try it.

Download here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pelumi.focuspulse

Happy to answer any questions.