Most focus apps are built for a version of your day that doesn't exist. The one where nobody calls, nobody knocks, and nothing goes wrong for the next 25 minutes. You start the timer, and it assumes you'll behave perfectly until it rings.
Then your kid needs you. Or a call comes in you can't ignore. Or a work message shows up that actually can't wait. And the app doesn't know what to do with that, so it punishes you for being a person. The timer resets. The streak breaks. And somewhere in there, the session already feels ruined, so you figure you might as well open the distracting app anyway.
That's not a willpower problem. That's a design problem. So we built something different.
Focus that expects real life to happen
Show Up Anyways: Focus is now live on the App Store. It starts from one honest assumption: you will get interrupted. The whole app is built around that, instead of pretending it away.
Here's how it works. You start a committed Focus session, and the app shields the apps and categories you choose using real Apple Screen Time controls, not a suggestion, an actual lock. When something genuinely needs you, you log a Touchpoint. The timer freezes. It doesn't reset, and it doesn't lose the session. You handle whatever came up, then resume exactly where you left off.
No guilt, no broken streak, no starting over from zero. Just a session that bends with your actual day instead of breaking every time it doesn't go perfectly.
What happens after the session
At the end of the day, Wrap-Up turns what actually happened into something useful: quick notes, calendar follow-ups, and your Touchpoints sorted into categories, instead of you trying to remember it all later.
Over time, History and Insights show you the real pattern, not a guess. A Day Timeline of how your focus actually moved through the day. A Show-Up Heatmap. And for Pro, Weekly Pattern Reports that show you when you focus best and what tends to interrupt you.
What's free, what's Pro
Free to start, no catch: unlimited Touchpoints, Screen Time shielding for up to 3 apps or categories, Foundations, basic history, and free iCloud sync.
Pro unlocks unlimited shielding, per-Foundation shielding, calendar collision warnings, and deeper insights. It's $4.99/month, $29.99/year, or $99.99 once for life, whichever fits how you actually want to pay for it.
And in keeping with everything Show Up Anyways stands for, there are no leaderboards and no guilt-trip streaks here either. This is support, not a scoreboard.
Real life doesn't pause for your focus timer. Now your focus timer doesn't punish you for it.
This isn't a one-time drop. Focus is built in the open, shaped by the same community that built Show Up Anyways in the first place, and it keeps growing from what real people ask for. Check where it's headed on the public roadmap, and come say hi on the community wall.