Smartphones can be incredibly useful tools in day to day life, but let’s face it, they also impose a substantial distraction that can cause even the slightest of procrastinators evade meaningfulproductivity. For that reason, it’s a good idea for students and professionals to use focus-oriented software.
PureFocusis a newly releasedjailbreak tweakby iOS developerDave Van Wijkthat helps improve productivity by filtering out distractions on your pwned handset for a user-defined amount of time.
As the screenshots above depict, PureFocus prevents the easily distracted from accessing non-productive features, including:
In addition to limiting user activities while Focus Mode is turned on, the tweak integrates useful features such as:
The Control Center toggle appears as such:
After you install PureFocus, you’ll find a dedicated preference pane in the Settings app where you’re able to configure the tweak to your liking:
Here, you can:
The developer provides a Respring button at the bottom of the preference pane to help you save any changes you make.
In case you were wondering what type of ‘punishment’ you receive if you try to circumvent Focus Mode, the developer says that rebooting your semi-tetheredjailbrokendevice while Focus Mode is turned on will result in the Home screen layout being reset to factory defaults. To return this to normal without manually setting things back, simply re-jailbreak and endure the remainder of Focus Mode.
Focus-oriented software is hit or miss with certain types of people, but if you think it helps you remain productive, then we think you’ll enjoy PureFocus. The tweak isavailable for $1.50 from the Twickd repositoryand works with jailbroken iOS 11 and 12 devices. The developer notes that you will needCruxandLetMeBlockas dependencies from other repositories for the tweak to work as expected (we’ve linked them for your convenience).
Will you be using PureFocus to enhance your productivity? Let us know in the comments section below.
