FocusMe Features — The Most Powerful Website & App Blocker
FocusMe gives you complete control over your digital habits with powerful blocking, enforced screen breaks, AI coaching, and 100+ configurable options. Here’s everything included.
🔒 Maximum Protection
Enforced Mode, random character challenges, stop delays, plan hardening, and financial accountability. The most tamper-resistant blocker available.
🤖 AI Productivity Coach
Personalized daily and weekly reports that analyze your usage patterns, detect burnout risk, and generate one-click plan recommendations with time savings estimates.
⏱ Screen Breaks & Pomodoro
Enforced full-screen breaks protect your eyes and prevent burnout. Skip break protection, minimum break times, Pomodoro cycles, and configurable pause limits.
💻 CLI & Automation
Control plans from the command line. Integrate with Task Scheduler, cron jobs, and scripts. Start, stop, and list plans programmatically.
🎨 Block Anything
Websites, desktop apps, games, Windows Store apps, YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels — block by URL, process name, window title, or RegEx pattern.
📱 Multi-Platform
Windows 11/10/8/7, macOS (Intel + Apple Silicon), Linux (Debian-based), and Android. Browser extensions for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Opera, and Vivaldi.
Core Blocking
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| Website Blocking | Blacklist or whitelist mode. Block by URL, partial URL, page title, or RegEx pattern. Highly robust blocking works across all browsers without extensions. |
| Block Methods (Web) | Show block page, close tab, open new tab, redirect to homepage, or network-level blocking. |
| Application Blocking | Block any desktop application. Blacklist or whitelist mode. Match by process name, file path, or window title. |
| Block Methods (App) | Minimize, close, kill process, or hide the application window. |
| Game Blocking | Block Steam games, standalone games, and any executable. Includes Windows Store/UWP apps via window title matching. |
| Block Entire Computer | Block all websites and applications at once — whitelist only what you need for work. |
| YouTube Shorts & Reels | Specifically block short-form video content on YouTube and Facebook while allowing the rest of the site. |
| Partial Website Blocking | Block specific pages or sections of a website while allowing other parts. Block social media feeds but allow messaging. |
| Helper Tool | Built-in tool that identifies process names, window titles, and URLs — making it easy to set up blocking targets. |
| Browser Extension | Optional extension for real-time URL detection, block-before-load, and multi-tab support. Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, and Firefox. |
Plan Types
Stay Focused (Total Block)
Complete blocking of all targets while active. Includes a Punisher system with escalating consequences for violations — configurable max blocks and reoffence window.
Time Limit (Budget)
Allocate a daily, hourly, weekly, or monthly time budget. Targets are accessible until the budget is exhausted, then automatically blocked. Build awareness of actual usage patterns.
Train Habits (Launch Limit)
Restrict how many times per day a target can be opened. Each session has a fixed duration with mandatory cooldown periods between launches. Break compulsive checking habits.
Screen Breaks
Force regular breaks from the computer with a full-screen overlay. Configurable work and break durations. Minimum break time enforcement and skip break challenges. Protect your eyes and prevent burnout.
Schedule Modes
| Mode | Details |
|---|---|
| Focus Session | On-demand blocking with a set duration. Quick-add buttons, start delay, extend time option, and reshow-on-stop for easy restart. |
| Weekly Schedule | Recurring per-day timetable with multiple intervals per day. Set different blocking for workdays vs weekends. |
| Pomodoro Cycles | Work/short break/long break cycles with configurable sprint count. Built-in timer with floating always-on-top window. |
| Multi-Day Plan | Unique schedule per day in a sequence. Presets for odd/even days or fully custom patterns. |
Protection & Anti-Bypass
FocusMe’s layered protection system is the most comprehensive of any website blocker. Multiple levels can be combined to make bypassing virtually impossible.
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Protection Levels | None (flexible) → Password (user-defined) → Random Characters (configurable length, Perfect mode) → Enforced (cannot be stopped) → Disallowed (action hidden entirely). |
| Protected Actions | Separately protect: stop when active, stop on standby, stop when disabled, skip break, pause/postpone, add to whitelist, and editing running plans. |
| Stop Delay | Configurable wait period (e.g. 15 minutes) after requesting to stop — gives you time to reconsider. |
| Pause Limits | Cap how many times per day you can pause a plan and the maximum duration of each pause. |
| Plan Hardening | Running plans can only have protection increased, never decreased. Prevents weakening your own defenses in a moment of temptation. |
| System Protection | Process protection, config/directory protection, block Task Manager, block terminal commands, aggressive mode, NTP clock enforcement, block date/time changes, protect uninstall, clipboard protection. |
| Financial Accountability | Set a voluntary financial penalty that’s charged when you request an emergency stop code. The penalty cannot be lowered once set — only increased. |
| Emergency Stop Codes | Single-use, time-limited codes for genuine emergencies. Requires contacting support with your Device ID. |
AI Productivity Coach
Personalized Analysis
Analyzes your screen time patterns, detects your working schedule type (standard, extended, night shift), and identifies signals like burnout risk, sleep impact, and communication overhead.
Actionable Reports
Quick summary, daily/weekly averages, top 10 apps and websites, 4-6 key findings ordered by severity, and 3-5 specific plan recommendations with estimated weekly time savings.
Auto-Generated Reports
Schedule daily or weekly reports automatically. Receive notifications with a teaser. Reports are cached locally for instant access.
Privacy-First
Anonymous encrypted data, no window titles collected, random tokens, GDPR compliant. Opt out or delete all data anytime.
Timer & Break Screen
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Floating Timer Window | Always-on-top mini-window showing countdown for each active plan. Draggable and non-intrusive. |
| Full-Screen Break Overlay | Locks the entire screen during breaks with a countdown timer, plan name, and current time display. |
| Break Controls | Skip break, stop plan, extend break time, pause, and postpone — each individually protected by your chosen protection level. |
| Minimum Break Time | Disable the skip button until a set time has passed — ensuring you actually rest before returning to work. |
| Skip Break Challenge | Require a random character entry or password to skip a break — adding friction to impulsive skipping. |
| Postpone Breaks | Delay an upcoming break by a configured number of minutes when you’re in the middle of something important. |
Statistics & Tracking
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Activity Tracking | Tracks app usage, website usage (via browser extension), window titles, launch counts, and distinguishes active vs. visible time. |
| Statistics Dashboard | Date range selection, three view modes (active time, on-screen time, launches), sorting, and hide-browsers toggle. |
| AI Coach Integration | Usage data feeds directly into the AI Coach for automated analysis and personalized recommendations. |
Plan Management
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Plan Wizard | 6-step guided creation process — choose targets, rule type, schedule, protection, and review before activating. |
| Plan Operations | Edit, duplicate, delete, rename, and reorder plans with drag-and-drop. |
| Plan Statuses | Disabled, Active, Standby, Idle, Expired, Paused, and Break — clear visibility into what each plan is doing. |
| Context Menu Actions | Add to lists on-the-fly, extend time, break now, skip time, reset counters, request stop code, and Random Chars+ challenge. |
| Plan Library | Standard templates and community-submitted plans. Browse and import with one click. |
| Import / Export | .FMP files for cross-device migration and team deployment. Share your blocking setup with others. |
CLI y automatización
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Commands | --start "Plan Name", --stop "Plan Name", --stop --password "pass", --list |
| Exit Codes | 0 (success), 1 (not found), 2 (protected), 3 (error) — for scripting and automation. |
| Automation | Integrate with Windows Task Scheduler, cron jobs, shell scripts, and third-party automation tools. |
| Protection-Aware | CLI respects plan protection. Password-protected plans require the correct password. Enforced plans cannot be stopped via CLI. |
Sync & Account
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Cloud Sync | 15-second sync interval with per-plan toggle. Direction options: Both, In only, or Out only. |
| Folder Sync | Alternative local or network folder sync for air-gapped environments. |
| Account Management | Device limit (default 5), license activation, and offline activation support. |
Settings & Customization
General
Start at logon, start minimized, master password, font scale, dark/light theme, 24-hour clock, next day offset, daily backups.
Updates
Prompt or automatic updates with manual check. Update protection blocks software updates during active plans so they can’t interrupt your focus.
Notifications
Configurable position and sounds. Per-plan alerts for status changes, usage milestones, soon-starting, soon-ending, and fixed-interval reminders.
Advanced
RegEx pattern matching, idle timeout (pause timer on inactivity), aggressive blocking mode, browser title detection, URL cache settings.
Platform Support
| Platform | Details |
|---|---|
| Windows | Windows 11, 10, 8, and 7. System tray integration, background service, UWP/Windows Store app blocking, global keyboard shortcuts. |
| macOS | macOS 12+. Menu bar integration, Accessibility permission, universal binary supporting both Intel and Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4). |
| Linux | Debian-based distributions (Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS, etc.). Full X11 support, Wayland support with minor limitations. |
| Android | Block apps and websites on your phone. Included in subscription or available as a separate purchase. |
| Browser Extensions | Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, and Firefox. Real-time URL detection with block-before-page-loads. |
Free trial for Windows, macOS, and Linux. No credit card required.
