Friction
Focus u.
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Ever struggle to focus? Companies literally buy your attention (dystopian, right?), so no wonder we drift. Friction is a focus timer. Start a session and every time you leave the tab, that's a drift. Stay clean and earn credits for breaks and quick games, with radio, podcasts, music, lessons and even TV (careful with that one) alongside. No scrolling. Not once. Free to use and it’s brand new, so feedback is welcome. Be kind, though.
PH · launched Nov 14, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: focus and countdown timer apps · 195 launches, 20 in the last 7 days ▼ -5% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- B2C
- Not AI
- Productivity
- Education
- Entertainment
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More like this: all 195 launches in focus and countdown timer apps →
Could you build this?
Yes A focus timer that tracks tab visibility with the Page Visibility API, plus a credits system and embedded media, is standard web-app work.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 372 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #161 of 373 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 335 days after the earliest competitor.
- Nudge · ph · 2026-11-04 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- Liquiding · ph · 2026-09-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Refocus · ph · 2026-10-04 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- FocusPhone · ph · 2026-09-21 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Do Not Distracted — Focus OS · ph · 2026-09-30 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- FocusShield · ph · 2026-10-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- literally Strict Focus Launcher · ph · 2026-09-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- The Absolute Void · ph · 2026-10-31 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.47
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