Every feature, built around one question:
were you in flow?
StayInFlow doesn’t police your Mac. It measures your focus honestly, shows you the patterns, and coaches you toward longer flow — all on-device.
Define what deep work means for you
A Flow Set is a named bundle of apps that mean “I’m working” — Xcode + Terminal for coding, Figma + Notes for design. Start a session and StayInFlow knows instantly whether you’re in flow or drifting.
- 1–8 apps per set, with names and icons
- Unlimited sets: Development, Writing, Design…
- Quick app switches inside a grace period never count as drift
Numbers you can actually trust
Most time trackers count every minute your Mac is awake. StayInFlow computes flow percentage on active time only — if you walk away for coffee, your flow rate doesn’t lie about it.
- Auto-pause on sleep, screen lock, and idle — resumes when you're back
- Paused time is banked separately and never counts as focus
- Crash-safe: interrupted sessions are recovered with honest end times
From raw hours to real patterns
Four analysis views — Analytics, Session Coaching, Streak Flow, and Deep Insights — turn your sessions into answers: What breaks my flow? When am I sharpest? Am I improving?
- Interactive daily flow/drift charts — hover any day for exact numbers
- Top distractions ranked by share of drift time
- Cross-session insights: recurring distractions, best hours, trends
- Post-session coaching: specific, encouraging, never shaming
Momentum you can see
Focus is a skill. Streaks and a daily goal give you a scoreboard: your longest uninterrupted run, your consistency, and a target to beat — plus optional focus alerts when drift piles up.
- Every uninterrupted flow stretch is a streak — chase your record
- Daily flow-time goal with progress rings everywhere
- Streak trend charts, distributions, and a best-hours heatmap
Four widgets for your desktop
Glanceable by design, updated live as your session runs — and like everything else, powered entirely by on-device data.
- Today's Flow — goal ring, session status, week chart (small/medium/large)
- Weekly Flow — 7-day bar chart with totals and best day
- Flow Streak — today vs. your all-time record
- Session Controls — Start/Stop right from the desktop
Fits into your workflow, hands-free
StayInFlow integrates with the Mac you already use: Focus modes, the Shortcuts app, Spotlight, Raycast, Stream Deck — or just ⌃⌥F from anywhere.
- Global hotkeys: start/stop, pause, dashboard (no Accessibility permission needed)
- macOS Focus filter: Work Focus on → session starts, off → stops
- Shortcuts & Siri: start, stop, status, today's flow time
- Smart suggestions when you forget to start tracking