The Focus Button
Hardware device for ADHDers that blocks digital distractions
The Focus Button launched on August 19, 2026 with 15 votes, #819 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
Distraction is one click away. Focus Button makes focus one press away. Focus Button is a hardware device that reshapes your digital environment for focus. Turn the dial, press the button, and Focus Bear blocks distracting apps and websites, switches on Do Not Disturb, and starts your session across your phone and computer. No digging through settings. No opening another app and getting waylaid by notifications. Make focus tactile, shape your environment, and get on with what matters.
A button that mutes your phone and blocks the sites that eat your day. Twist to set the time, press to start. Made by the team behind Focus Bear.
Twist to set the time, press to start. The Focus Bear app keeps the distractions out until your session ends. You've seen it: they sit down to study, the phone lights up, and an hour later the books are still closed. Nagging turns into a fight, and screen-time rules get argued over or worked around. The Focus Button gives your teenager a way to shut the distractions out themselves, so starting stops being a battle. Press start and notifications are silenced and the apps that derail them stay blocked until the timer ends. Not a reminder they can swipe away. They press it themselves. No passwords to crack, no parent app watching over their shoulder, so it doesn't become one more thing to…from button.focusbear.io
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