Kavana

Check-ins while you work, so you notice when you drift.

Add Kavana to your Home Screen

Reminders only work from the Home Screen app.

  1. 1Tap the Share button in Safari. On some iPads it's inside the ⋯ menu.
  2. 2Tap Add to Home Screen. You may need to scroll down to find it.
  3. 3If you see Open as Web App, leave it on. Then tap Add.
  4. 4Open Kavana from your Home Screen.

The Home Screen app keeps its own data, separate from Safari. If you have an account, sign in again there and everything comes along.

Kavana

A focus timer that checks in on you.

  1. 1Type what you're working on and pick how long.
  2. 2Kavana checks in while you work, even when the app is closed, so you notice when you drift.
  3. 3At the end it asks how it went, and keeps a log.

No account needed. Everything you do stays in this browser.

Account

Turn on reminders

Kavana checks in while you work, even when the app is closed. It needs permission to send notifications.

Kavana
Reminders are off on this device.
Add Kavana to your Home Screen to get reminders.
Nice work. Take a break?
How long?
Check-ins

Friends

    Turn on Focus with friends in Settings to see when your friends are focusing.

    Working on

    00:00

    Check-in

    Still on: ?

    No worries

    What pulled you away?

    Park a thought

    Write it down so it stops pulling at you. You'll see it again at the end.

      Break

      Stand up, stretch, get some water.

      Look at something far away for a bit.

      00:00

      Breathe

      Breathe in

      Four seconds in, hold, out, hold. Four rounds.

      Time's up

      How did it go?

      In the flow?

      You parked

        Later

        Thoughts you park during a block land here too. Tap Start when it's time for one.

          Nothing here yet.

          History

          Last 5 weeks

            No blocks yet.

            Settings

            Focus

            Daily reminder

            It won't ping you if you're already in a block.

            Reminders on this device

            Using a Focus mode like Do Not Disturb? Add Kavana to its allowed apps (Settings app → Focus) so check-ins still come through.

            Account

            You're not signed in, so your history is saved in this browser only.

            Make an account to keep it safe, use Kavana on more than one device, and focus with friends.

            Signed in as . Your history is backed up.

            Focus with friends

            See when your friends are focusing and join them. You need an account for this.

            You see your friends when you share too. They never see your history, parked thoughts or check-ins.

            Your friend code

              Privacy

              Without an account, everything stays in this browser. To send reminders while Kavana is closed, the server holds this device's next few pings and deletes each one once it's sent. With an account, your data is also kept on the server so it's safe and syncs.

              That's which features get used, like how many blocks start. Never what you type.

              Usage
              Boo! It's time to focus.