digital minimalism and focus tools
Recent window: last 5.1 months (2026-04-24 → 2026-09-27), compared with the prior 5.1 months.
These products help users reduce distractions, manage screen time, and maintain attention through minimalist launchers, website blockers, and focus timers. They are primarily used by knowledge workers, students, and mindful technology users seeking intentional device habits. Unlike broad project management suites, this cluster focuses directly on device-level intervention, notification management, and interface simplification.
Metrics
- Stage
- crowded
- Recent count
- 133
- Prior count
- 8
- Total count
- 160
- Momentum
- 300.00
- Attention
- 0.31
- Crowding
- 0.72
- Concentration
- 0.81
- Opportunity
- 0.45
Opportunity components
- Attention
- 0.31
- Low crowding
- 0.28
- Momentum (normalized)
- 1.00
- Low concentration
- 0.19
Monthly trajectory
Source split
- github
- 7 (0.05)
- hn
- 4 (0.03)
- ph
- 122 (0.92)
- yc
- 0 (0.00)
Dominant source: ph · Divergence: 0.92
Similar themes
- focus and screen time utilities (0.86)
- focus timers and task planners (0.61)
- sleep, wake, and clock utilities (0.57)
- habit and daily routine trackers (0.46)
- personal health and wellness trackers (0.45)
- macOS power-user utilities and AI tools (0.45)
- AI-powered clinical care delivery (0.45)
- context-aware ai productivity assistants (0.44)
Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▼ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| DoNotNotify | HN | 347 | 2026-01-05 |
| moop | PH | 164 | 2026-05-22 |
| Faahh | PH | 162 | 2026-04-04 |
| Clicks Communicator | PH | 138 | 2026-09-27 |
| Fewer | PH | 126 | 2026-09-26 |
| OwnTime | HN | 118 | 2026-09-01 |
| Husk | GITHUB | 92 | 2026-09-12 |
| Captain Kill Switch | PH | 79 | 2026-09-12 |
| LockLines | PH | 75 | 2026-09-24 |
| ChoreDivider | PH | 75 | 2026-09-24 |
| COOLDOWN | PH | 58 | 2026-09-25 |
| Digital Carrot | HN | 39 | 2026-01-14 |
| folio | GITHUB | 37 | 2026-09-15 |
| snap | GITHUB | 34 | 2026-09-28 |
| focus-launcher | GITHUB | 23 | 2026-09-19 |
| I Built Tinyfocus | HN | 20 | 2025-11-30 |
| Pause | PH | 18 | 2026-09-25 |
| webos-launcher | GITHUB | 16 | 2026-09-23 |
| ZenMode OS · Android Launcher | PH | 12 | 2026-09-26 |
| Android-Battery-Unrestricted-Checker | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-09-19 |
| Inbox & Chill | PH | 10 | 2026-09-28 |
| Rekapu | HN | 10 | 2025-12-17 |
| drea | HN | 9 | 2026-05-18 |
| SeerrHA | GITHUB | 9 | 2026-09-18 |
| LockScreenRestore | GITHUB | 8 | 2026-09-27 |
| Tapbar | GITHUB | 8 | 2026-09-21 |
| A simple iOS app that helps you give yourself some time" | HN | 7 | 2026-04-04 |
| A meditation timer without guidance, music, or growth mechanics | HN | 7 | 2025-12-14 |
| App that shows your screen-free hours every time you look at your phone | HN | 6 | 2026-06-04 |
| Lyrio: beat porn addiction for real | PH | 6 | 2026-09-22 |
| I Built a MTA Subway Display So I'd Stop Checking My Phone | HN | 6 | 2026-03-20 |
| eGuard | PH | 6 | 2026-09-30 |
| Youtube Study Mode | PH | 6 | 2026-09-17 |
| App that crosses an hour off your day when you open a distraction | HN | 5 | 2026-04-27 |
| Tola | PH | 4 | 2026-09-24 |
| WhenDo: AI Auto Clicker Macro | PH | 4 | 2026-09-26 |
| PhonePact | PH | 3 | 2026-09-12 |
| Orbitone | PH | 3 | 2026-09-24 |
| ZenFirst - One thing at a time. | PH | 3 | 2026-09-27 |
| Stop Me: Quit Doomscrolling | PH | 3 | 2026-09-12 |
| Noera | PH | 3 | 2026-09-29 |
| AtLeast | PH | 3 | 2026-09-29 |
| Wikly | PH | 3 | 2026-09-13 |
| LOCKD. Push to Earn ScreenTime | PH | 3 | 2026-09-11 |
| TabYell | PH | 3 | 2026-09-12 |
| Indistractable | PH | 3 | 2026-09-15 |
| Tempo | PH | 2 | 2026-09-12 |
| Anchorite | PH | 2 | 2026-09-06 |
| Andas | PH | 2 | 2026-09-23 |
| Steady Heroes | PH | 2 | 2026-09-15 |