Focana

Focana is a floating desktop focus system that stays visible above every window on your screen. It's an anchor, not a blocker.

• Distraction blockers lock you out of apps you need and messages you may need to see.
• Browser extensions disappear the moment you switch tabs or leave your browser. Focana does neither. It keeps your current task and a timer always on top, so when you inevitably switch to Slack, email, or ChatGPT, your intention stays visible. Out of sight, out of mind doesn't apply here.

Differentiating Features:

• Always-on-top floating window — visible above every app, every tab, always
• Flexible timer — Pomodoro, freeflow, or custom timeboxing
• Focus check-ins — gentle nudges that ask "Still focused?" so you don't have to self-monitor
• Parking Lot — capture stray thoughts mid-session without derailing your focus
• Session notes — leave yourself context so you can pick up where you left off
• Celebratory completion — "You focused for 25 minutes!" not "Session incomplete"

What it doesn't do:

• No accounts, no sync, no cloud
• No browser dependency, it runs natively on your desktop
• No app blocking, no website restrictions
• No cognitive overhead, no complex setup - just type a task, start a timer, focus

Focana was designed specifically for ADHD brains. It layers 7 science-backed ADHD coping mechanisms: body doubling, externalized working memory, thought offloading, self-monitoring, time anchoring, context continuity, and dopamine-positive design, into one calm, lightweight tool.

Built by a founder with ADHD who got tired of hacking together five different tools just to stay focused, so he built the focus system that didn't exist.