VISUAL FOCUS TIMER FOR IPHONE AND APPLE WATCH

When you are easily distracted, the last thing you need is a focus timer that distracts.

Current is a visual focus timer app for iPhone and Apple Watch. It tracks time through color, motion, and haptics, so your focus stays on the work, not the tool.

$2.99 · One-time purchase · No subscription

How It Works

Current is built to be simple and calm — no countdown clocks, no complicated cycles.

Pick Your Time

Choose a preset (5, 15, 25, or 50 minutes) or set your own custom duration.

Times shows as color

Instead of numbers, time appears as a smooth flowing color gradient. Color shifts as time passes, giving you visual awareness without breaking focus.

Feel Gentle Feedback

Subtle haptics on your iPhone and Apple Watch let you sense progress so you can stay deep in your work.

Other focus timers fight for your attention with complicated systems, Pomodoro cycles, dashboards, and streaks. Current is simple by design. Just quiet, visual timekeeping designed for distractible minds.

APPLE WATCH

Apple Watch Focus Timer

Current runs natively on Apple Watch. The watch face shifts from green to red as your session progresses. No numbers, no countdown. Just a glance to know where you are.

Stays on your wrist so your phone stays in your pocket

Haptic feedback at key points so you feel progress without looking
Tap to reveal exact time if you need it
Double-tap to restart without picking up your phone

THE RESEARCH

Why Visual Focus Timers Work for Distractible Minds

The science behind why color works better than a countdown for distractible minds.

TIME BLINDNESS

ADHD brains have a documented deficit in time perception

Research consistently shows that people with ADHD cannot accurately estimate how much time has passed. An external visual cue compensates for what the internal clock gets wrong.

Barkley et al., 2001 · Mette, 2023

TIME BLINDNESS

ADHD brains have a documented deficit in time perception

Research consistently shows that people with ADHD cannot accurately estimate how much time has passed. An external visual cue compensates for what the internal clock gets wrong.

Barkley et al., 2001 · Mette, 2023

TIME BLINDNESS

ADHD brains have a documented deficit in time perception

Research consistently shows that people with ADHD cannot accurately estimate how much time has passed. An external visual cue compensates for what the internal clock gets wrong.

Barkley et al., 2001 · Mette, 2023

Current is built on these principles.

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