Focus
Focus is a distraction-free timer built for deep, intentional work. Set a duration, name what you're working on, choose a soundscape, and give one thing your full attention.
Starting a session
- Open Focus from the sidebar (/app/focus). No setup required. The timer is ready immediately.
- Set a duration. Choose a preset (25, 45, or 90 minutes) or enter a custom length. Whether you sprint in Pomodoro-style blocks or settle into a 90-minute deep block, Focus adapts to your rhythm.
- Name your focus (optional) so you can look back later on what you gave your attention to.
- Link a task (optional) by picking one of today's intentions from the setup screen. Its title stays visible for the whole session, so the timer is always pointed at something real instead of running in the abstract.
- Press Start, and go full-screen for a truly quiet workspace.
Ambient soundscapes
Focus includes ambient audio to help you settle in:
- White noise, pink noise and brown noise: generated in your browser, so they're always available and never need to load. These are free.
- Ocean, wind and fireplace: also generated in your browser, so they start instantly and work offline. Pro.
- Rain and Rain & thunder: natural soundscapes. Pro.
- Lo-fi: relaxed background music with a gentle fade-in. Pro.
Adjust the volume at any time, or turn sound off entirely. If a track can't load, Focus quietly falls back to generated noise so your session is never interrupted.
On brown noise
Brown noise emphasizes lower frequencies and is a popular choice for concentration. Because it's synthesized locally, it starts instantly and works fully offline.
During a session
The timer counts down in a clean, full-view layout with a subtle progress ring to keep you anchored. The session keeps running even if your connection drops, because the timer lives in your browser. When it ends, your session is recorded automatically.
When time is up
Focus plays a sound when the timer reaches zero. Choose Soft bell, Chime, Marimba or Gong, or Off, from the alert settings on the setup screen or while a session is running. Tap a sound to hear it first. In Pomodoro mode it rings at the end of every focus block and every break.
You can also switch on a notification, which appears when the tab is in the background. It is off until you turn it on, and your browser asks for permission the first time. If you blocked notifications in your browser, Focus says so and tells you where to change it. Your sound and notification choices stay on your device.
On a locked phone
A web page cannot wake a phone whose screen is locked, so the sound or notification can arrive late or not at all there. Keep the screen on for sessions where you need the alert. The mobile app is planned to fix this.
After a session
If the session was linked to an intention, a card asks "How did it go with '...'?" with Done and Not yet. Done marks the intention complete; Not yet closes the card and changes nothing. If you did not link one, Focus suggests today's top open intention at the start of the next session.
Completed sessions are logged with their duration and time, building an honest picture of when and how deeply you work. That history flows into the Insights dashboard as your focused-minutes trend.
Rating a session
When a session ends, How did this session go? offers 1 to 5: Rough, Low, Okay, Good, Great. It is optional and there is nothing to dismiss, so skip it freely. Tap another word to change it later. In Pomodoro mode it asks once, when the whole run ends, about the last focus block. Recent sessions shows the word beside each rated session, and your export includes it. Xenith does not add ratings up into a score or compare them with anything.
Tips for deep work
- Pair a session with a single Life Dimension, like a 50-minute block dedicated to Learning.
- Actually link the session to one of today's intentions (not just mentally) so your focus time pushes a real priority forward.
- Full-screen plus a soundscape is the fastest way to drop into flow.