Everything You Need
to Know About FocusScore

FocusScore analyses five signals: (1) long-form watch time vs. Shorts consumption, (2) tab-switching frequency, (3) scroll speed patterns, (4) idle time vs. active engagement, and (5) return-visit patterns. Each signal is weighted and combined into a single 0–100 score. Signals that indicate intentional browsing push the score up; distraction signals push it down.

80–100 (Peak Focus): Deep work mode — intentional, purposeful browsing. 60–79 (Focused): Mostly on-task with occasional distraction spikes. 40–59 (Developing): Mixed signals — improving but room to grow. 20–39 (Scattered): Frequent context switching and Shorts consumption. 0–19 (Distracted): Algorithmic content loop — attention needs rescue.

Your score reflects recent behaviour, not all-time history. If you spent the last 10 minutes watching YouTube Shorts or switching tabs rapidly, your score will drop. Open the extension popup to see which platform and signal drove the drop. The score recovers quickly when you return to intentional browsing.

FocusScore computes your score every 3 seconds using a rolling window of the last 200 browser events. This means the score is highly responsive — it reacts to distraction within seconds and also recovers within seconds when you shift to focused behaviour.

No. Tracking consent is a separate, unticked question — never bundled into the terms-of-service checkbox, because bundled consent is not valid consent. An unanswered question counts as a no: a fresh install sends nothing at all before you have seen the question. The Chrome extension holds every event locally and refuses to upload until the answer is yes, and the mobile app collects nothing until you consent.

Everything that runs on your own device keeps working: the Shorts and Reels blocker, keyword and channel filters, per-app daily budgets, the focus timer and app blocking during sessions. You do not get a Focus Score or history, because those are computed from the data you declined to share. Nothing else is withheld, and you can change your mind at any time in Settings.

Yes, at any time, from the same settings panel where you granted it — withdrawal has to be as easy as granting under UK GDPR Article 7(3). Withdrawing also clears events queued on your device but not yet sent, so no final batch is uploaded on the way out. We keep a record of the dates consent was granted and withdrawn — not the behavioural data — because that is the accountability trail for data collected while consent was active. Both dates appear in your data export.

Yes. FocusScore is GDPR and CCPA compliant. All computation happens locally in your browser. The only data sent to our servers is your anonymised Focus Score and session metadata (duration, platform). You can export or delete all your data at any time from the Dashboard → Settings page.

No. FocusScore runs as a lightweight content script with minimal CPU use in our own testing. No machine learning model runs on your device — scoring is performed by a fast, rule-based engine optimised for minimal resource usage.

Yes. From your dashboard, go to Settings → Data Controls, and you can export all your data as CSV or permanently delete your account and all associated data. Data deletion is permanent and irreversible.

FocusScore is for anyone who wants to understand and improve the quality of their digital attention — whether you are a student trying to study more effectively, a professional protecting deep work time, or someone with ADHD seeking objective focus data. It is not just for productivity optimisation.