FocusTribe

Changelog

What's new in FocusTribe. Newest releases at the top.

The format follows Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

1.7.0 (2026-11-08)

Added

  • New guides: body doubling online, a study with me Pomodoro timer (50/10 and 25/5, no music), an accountability partner

app page and a study buddy app page.

Changed

  • After your first focus block, on your own, the invite to your partner now comes first, and the calendar reminder second.
  • Every Pro lock now says what Pro costs where you are.
  • The study with friends and Pomodoro with friends pages explain how it works in more depth, with answers to common questions.

Fixed

  • A payment that did not go through no longer blocks the next try. Before, checkout could then say the account already

had a subscription.

1.6.0 (2026-11-06)

Added

  • Weekly Progress on the Dashboard. A line of the share of your tasks done each day, across all your workspaces, for this

week or last week.

  • Search your workspaces by name, when you have more than one.

Changed

  • The Dashboard, redrawn. Quick actions beside your productivity overview, your workspaces beside the week's line, and

Join with a code and New workspace at the top. Each workspace has its own colour.

1.5.0 (2026-11-05)

Changed

  • A new Dashboard. Your account sits beside the greeting, the numbers across your workspaces sit beside the quick actions,

and your workspaces are listed two to a row.

  • Dashboard is in the workspace menu (beside Add Tasks, Focus and Break, on a computer and on a phone). Progress opens from

the Dashboard's Review progress.

  • The pair streak moved under the calendar, so the day's tasks start right under the date. On a phone it follows the tasks.

Removed

  • The "Get the most out of FocusTribe" checklist on the board.

1.4.0 (2026-11-03)

Added

  • Subtask times. A task's time is split evenly across its subtasks (60 minutes over three is 20 each). Change one and the task

becomes the sum of its subtasks, as you type.

  • Focus together. The stats card in the focus room shows the two of you added up, then each of you, instead of one person's numbers.

Changed

  • The focus room's right side is new: "What do you want to work on?" with the task you picked, today's other tasks and an

Add task button, and "Your session plan" with the blocks and the minutes left.

  • Quick actions on the dashboard ask which workspace when you have more than one, and "Take a break" opens the break room in

that workspace instead of the public website.

  • Fo is introduced wherever a nudge appears: "Fo, the FocusTribe bot".
  • Checkboxes are easier to see, for tasks and subtasks.

Changed

  • Board is now called Add Tasks, in the sidebar, the bottom bar on phones, the dashboard and the tour.
  • Every main screen loads the same way. The dashboard, the board, the focus and break rooms, Progress and Settings each show

an outline of that screen while it loads, then the screen itself. No more spinners, and no outline of a different page.

Fixed

  • Ticking off the task you were focusing on left the block running with that task's name on the clock. Now the block ends there

and the minutes you already did count, whether you tick it on Add Tasks, in another tab or on another device.

  • Your focus totals could be replaced by a single block when a block was counted at the same moment as another change to your

account (for example the setup checklist ticking a step). Blocks are now added on the server, so nothing already counted is lost.

  • Going back to the board from the focus room played the completion chime and threw confetti every time.
  • The focus and break rooms showed "The seat beside you is empty", "Nothing planned for today" and a 10 minute first block for a

moment before the real answer arrived.

  • On a phone the board stopped at one screen tall, so your partner's list could not be scrolled to.
  • On a phone the account button hung off the right edge of the top bar, and on narrow phones the focus room was wider than the

screen.

  • The journal's seven-day table pushed the whole page sideways on a tablet.

1.3.0 (2026-11-02)

Added

  • One timer for the whole app. Your focus block keeps running, and the time shows in the top bar, on the board, in Progress,

on the dashboard and in your other workspaces. A reload or a closed tab picks it up where it was.

  • You will know when a block ends. A bell that rings again for up to a minute until you click or press a key, a notification

when FocusTribe is behind another window, a flashing tab title, and a card in the corner of whatever page you are on.

  • Extra time. When a block ends the clock counts up until you choose what comes next, and that time counts toward your focus.

It stops on its own after an hour with no answer.

  • Nudges with a line, and an answer. Add a few words to a nudge, or pick one of four. Your partner hears it and sees it on any

page, and answers in one tap: On it, In 5 minutes, Not today, Thanks.

  • Rename a workspace from the top bar, with the pencil next to its name.
  • Start breaks and blocks automatically, a setting for people who want the classic Pomodoro loop.

Changed

  • The focus room and the break room are new: two columns on a computer, the ring around the clock, and a soft glow that shows

focus, break or extra time.

  • A break pauses your block and gives it back afterwards. Leaving the break room no longer pauses the break.
  • Ambient sounds keep playing when you leave the room.
  • No nudge for a partner who is already in focus.

Fixed

  • Clicking Board, Break or Progress during a block, or a workspace on the dashboard, sometimes looked like it did nothing.
  • The Sound and Timer alerts switches in Settings did nothing; they now control the alarm and the task chime.
  • A block's "Skip" credited the whole block however early it was pressed; it now credits the time you actually spent.
  • A board could mark a task done on its own when its timer reached zero, sometimes on your partner's screen.
  • A long task split into blocks said "25 min each" when the last block was shorter.

1.2.1 (2026-10-25)

Changed

  • New accounts now start with 30 days of Pro, up from 14. Still no card, and nothing renews: when the 30 days end the workspace moves to the free plan unless one of you picks a plan. Accounts that started a 14 day trial since 23 October have the full 30 days too, counted from the day they signed up.

1.2.0 (2026-10-23)

Added

  • 14 days of Pro for every new account. No card, and nothing renews: on day fifteen the workspace moves to the free plan unless one of you picks a plan. Your partner gets Pro in that workspace too, the same as with a subscription.
  • A notice inside the app for accounts made before today, explaining the change below a week before it applies.

Changed

  • The free plan now has two daily limits, from 30 October 2026. Each person gets 5 focus sessions in any 7 days and 60 new tasks a month. A session counts when you press Start in the focus room, and one sitting is one session however many blocks it holds; a task counts when you add it by hand, and the copies a repeating task makes of itself do not count. Pro removes both limits, and one subscription still covers both people in the workspace.
  • What stays free: your partner, invites, one workspace of your own, both timers, the break room, the sounds, streaks, nudges and your partner's live status. Nothing you have already made is removed.
  • Pro shows as Pro for both partners. The partner who did not pay used to see Free in the app, locks and all, in a workspace somebody was paying for.

1.1.0 — 2026-09-24

Added

  • Public homepage and marketing site. Brand-new website with a full product walkthrough — hero video, features, how-it-works, FAQ, and pricing.
  • Eight in-depth essays. Long-form posts on shared Pomodoro versus solo focus, remote deep work, ambient sounds and focus, accountability rituals that don't become surveillance, Pomodoro compared to Flowtime and Timeboxing, why most competitive-exam aspirants quit, the Pomodoro technique for long study sessions, and why logging your daily progress is the habit that sticks. Read them on the Blog.
  • Feature deep pages. Dedicated pages for the Shared Pomodoro Room, the Break Room, Progress and Insights, and the Daily Reflection Journal — each with its own FAQ.
  • Comparison pages. How FocusTribe stacks up against Forest, Flow Club, and Focusmate, with a feature-by-feature breakdown and a clear "when each one wins" guide.
  • Pricing page. It's free. Now there's a page that says so, with the full list of what's included.
  • This Changelog page. Public release notes, so you can see what shipped and when.
  • Refreshed brand. Consistent logo across the website, browser tab, and home-screen install.
  • Animated hero. The homepage banner is now a short product walkthrough video.

Changed

  • Navigation is consistent across every marketing page (Home, Features, Blog, Pricing, Changelog).
  • Faster page loads on mobile thanks to lighter favicons and image cleanup.
  • Accurate product description across the site. A FocusTribe workspace holds exactly two people — you and one accountability partner — and that limit is enforced in the database rules, not a plan tier. Copy that described a larger team product, a synchronised timer, or an email sign-in option has been corrected, including the 1.0.0 notes below.

1.0.0 — 2026-05-02

Initial public release. Live at focustribe.in.

Added

  • Shared Pomodoro room for two — you and one partner each run your own timer on a board the other can see. There is no shared clock and no synchronised start; accountability comes from visibility.
  • Break room — shared recovery space with seven ambient soundscapes (rain, forest, cafe, fireplace, ocean, thunderstorm, white noise).
  • Tasks — duration-aware to-dos with completion sounds and a small celebration when you finish.
  • Daily reflections — an end-of-day writeup covering what you achieved, what got in the way, and your energy level. Reflections are private to whoever wrote them; your partner cannot read yours.
  • Progress and insights — focus time, tasks completed, daily average, completion rate, and streaks, for either person or for both. Focus time is planned time: the sum of the durations you set on the tasks you completed, not measured elapsed time.
  • Google sign-in, or a six digit code by email. No passwords either way. One account per email address, whichever route you use.
  • Invite link so your partner can join the workspace in seconds.
  • Light and dark themes, remembered per browser.