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Work · September 9, 2025

Hardest Focus App

phone blocker, not just an app blocker.

What it does

Pocket is the hardest focus app, it's built on a simple truth: to focus, you must disengage, by putting your phone away (in Pocket, Locked or Face down), if you try to check in between, you get 5 seconds to put it away or the progress will be erased.

Does the same job

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