✦For Students & Academics✦

Study Smarter.
Know Your Real Focus Level.

Most students think they're studying when they're actually context-switching every 8 minutes. FocusScore measures your real attention quality and blocks the interruptions before they start.

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Study Session — 2h Revision
10:00–10:25
Deep read
82
10:25–10:30
Break
55
10:30–10:55
Note taking
78
10:55–11:10
YouTube drift
32
11:10–11:55
Back on task
80
💡 Your 10am–11am window is your peak focus time. Schedule your hardest tasks here.
67%
Fewer passive YouTube sessions
+25pts
Avg. improvement after 4 weeks
200+
Universities represented
Free
For all students

How Does FocusScore Help Students?

FocusScore helps students by: (1) providing a real-time Focus Score that drops immediately when they switch to social media, creating an external interrupt signal; (2) blocking YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels from appearing during study sessions; (3) identifying peak focus hours from 30-day history so students can schedule high-stakes study during their best hours; and (4) generating a weekly AI report that identifies which platforms and times cause the most study distraction.
✦Platform-Specific Solutions✦

Every Distraction. One Extension.

YouTube
✗'Study with me' videos turn into Shorts at watch end
✓Shorts shelf removal + session tracking
Instagram
✗5-minute check-in becomes 40-minute Reels scroll
✓Reels & Stories detection + Explore hiding
Reddit
✗Subreddit research drifts into Trending feed
✓Trending filter keeps you in your subreddit
Twitter / X
✗Notification check triggers infinite scroll
✓Scroll event tracking + score-drop alert
✦Use Cases✦

FocusScore in Every Study Scenario

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Essay Writing Sessions

FocusScore tracks your sustained engagement across your research tabs. When you switch to social media, your score drops in real time — giving you an immediate signal to return to your essay.

💡 Students using FocusScore for essay writing report 22% fewer interruptions per hour.
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Exam Revision

The Focus Timer creates Pomodoro blocks during revision. If your score drops mid-block, the extension sends a gentle notification. Your weekly report identifies which revision sessions were actually productive.

💡 Identify your peak focus hours from your 30-day history and protect them for high-stakes revision.
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Online Research

Web research on YouTube inevitably leads to recommendations. FocusScore blocks the Shorts shelf and tracks when YouTube time crosses from intentional research into passive watching.

💡 FocusScore users on average watch 67% fewer non-research YouTube videos during study sessions.
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Background Study Music

If you use YouTube for study music, FocusScore recognises sustained long-form viewing as intentional and scores it appropriately — it doesn't penalise background listening.

💡 Playlist listening scores 15–20 points higher than channel-hopping behaviour.
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