Focus
An ADHD focus app you might actually open tomorrow
Not another planner. A place to dump thoughts, pick one thing, and sit with it for twenty minutes.
I've watched people with ADHD download Todoist, build a perfect system, use it twice, and feel worse. The problem usually isn't discipline. It's that the app wants decisions before you're ready to make them.
CleanMyMind is free, runs in the browser, and doesn't ask for an email. Your stuff stays on your device.
Most focus apps start with structure: projects, priorities, due dates. If your brain is already loud, that's like being asked to file paperwork while the fire alarm is going off.
What tends to work better is the opposite order: get the noise out first, then choose one small thing to do about it.
The win isn't a perfect system. It's starting without negotiating with yourself for forty minutes.
What we built instead
There's a capture area that accepts messy text. No formatting, no "pick a project first." When something is worth doing, you turn that line into a task in one click.
Tasks sit in Live (today) or Backlog (not now). Most people keep Live brutally short, usually two or three items, so the list does not become another source of guilt.
The timer is tied to those tasks. You're not staring at a blank countdown wondering what it was for.
A realistic first session
Open the app. Type for two minutes. Literally everything: emails you forgot, weird errands, that thing you're avoiding. Don't sort.
Pick the smallest item that would make today feel less heavy. Put it in Live. Set the timer to whatever you can tolerate (fifteen minutes counts). Stop when it rings.
That's it. If you do only that, the app did its job.
Stuff people ask
Is it actually free?
Yeah. No trial, no "pro" tier hiding the timer. We're not trying to upsell you mid-focus-session.
Will it sync to my phone?
Not yet. It's local-first in the browser. Some people use it on one machine for deep work; others bookmark it on phone for quick captures. Honest limitation.