How It Works
- FocusMe collects anonymous activity data in the background (which apps and websites you use, and for how long)
- This data is uploaded periodically under an anonymous token that cannot be traced back to your account
- When you request a report, AI analyses your patterns and generates personalised insights
- Reports are saved locally so you can revisit them anytime
AI Coach requires an active internet connection to generate reports. Reports are cached locally after generation so you can view them offline.
How the Analysis Works
AI Coach doesn’t just dump raw numbers into a prompt. Before the AI sees your data, FocusMe runs several layers of analysis to make the coaching as relevant as possible.Working Pattern Detection
The system analyses your hourly activity to automatically detect your working pattern:- Standard - typical daytime schedule. Late-night activity is flagged as a potential sleep concern.
- Extended - long hours spanning day and night. May indicate overwork or a flexible schedule.
- Night shift - peak activity during overnight hours. The coach understands this is normal for you and won’t flag 2am computer use as a problem. Instead, it focuses on protecting your actual sleep window.
Automatic Signal Detection
Before the AI generates your report, the system scans for notable signals in your data and prioritises them by severity:- Burnout risk - weekday screen time consistently above sustainable levels
- No recovery - high weekend usage leaving no real rest days
- Sleep impact - significant late-night activity outside your normal working hours
- Communication overhead - email and messaging tools consuming a large share of your screen time
Smart Data Handling
The analysis accounts for several things that would otherwise skew your results:- Screen time vs visible time - “screen time” means the app was your active foreground window. Visible time (a window open on a second monitor) is tracked separately and used to identify what you have running passively, like music or video. These aren’t naively added together.
- Normalised averages - all numbers are converted to daily or weekly averages regardless of whether your report covers 7 days or 90 days, so findings are always meaningful.
- Browser awareness - the coach knows that browsers dominate most people’s app lists. Rather than flagging “you use Chrome a lot” as a finding, it looks at the specific websites inside the browser to identify actual behaviour patterns.
- Multi-device support - if you use FocusMe on multiple devices, the coach combines data from all of them and notes where usage might overlap.
Adapts to Your Situation
The coach tailors its tone, findings, and recommendations to your actual usage patterns. It doesn’t give generic advice. For example:- Developers get recommendations that respect terminal-heavy workflows and coding blocks, not advice to “use your computer less”
- Students get study-focused coaching that prioritises protecting study blocks and managing entertainment around exam prep
- Light or secondary devices are recognised as such. If you only have a few hours of data because this isn’t your main machine, the coach will tell you to get FocusMe running on your primary device rather than giving meaningless advice
- Remote workers get advice tailored to the blurred boundaries of working from home. The coach spots patterns like the workday never truly ending or evening “second shifts” kicking in after dinner, and recommends hard cutoffs to protect personal time.
- Night shift workers won’t be told their overnight computer use is a problem. The coach detects non-standard schedules and tailors advice to your actual working hours and sleep window.
- Knowledge workers with heavy email and meeting loads get specific advice on communication overhead - like checking email 20+ times a day - with batching strategies and schedule-based limits.
- Sensitive content is handled professionally. If the data shows patterns worth addressing, the coach flags them honestly without judgement
- Preference-aware recommendations - if you tell the coach you don’t like hard blocks, it will suggest time allowances and delays instead. If you want strict discipline, it will recommend forced mode and hard cutoffs
What’s in a Report
Each report is a detailed, personalised coaching document. Here’s what to expect:Quick Summary
A concise overview of your headline numbers and the single most important finding. This tells you at a glance what your daily and weekly averages look like and where the biggest opportunity for improvement is. If you only read one section, read this one.Your Numbers
A breakdown of your screen time statistics for the selected period:- Total screen time and daily average
- Weekday vs weekend averages
- Peak activity hours and quiet hours
- Late-night usage totals
- Heaviest and lightest days of the week
Top Apps and Top Websites
Ranked lists of your 10 most-used applications and 10 most-visited websites, each showing total time and daily average. This makes it immediately clear where your hours are going.Key Findings
4-6 detailed insights about your habits, ordered by severity and impact. These go beyond raw numbers to explain why a pattern matters. For example, the coach might identify that your workday has no defined end and bleeds into evening entertainment, or that frequent email checking is fragmenting your deep work time. Each finding includes supporting data from your activity.Recommendations
3-5 specific, actionable FocusMe plan configurations tailored to your patterns. Each recommendation includes:- What to block or limit (specific apps, websites, or categories)
- What schedule to use (time windows, daily limits, or full blocks)
- Why it will help (linked back to a specific finding)
Estimated Weekly Time Saved
A per-recommendation breakdown of how much time you could save each week, plus a combined total. This helps you prioritise which recommendations to act on first.
Adding Context
You can optionally tell the coach about your goals, work setup, or anything else relevant. For example, if heavy use of AI tools is intentional and productive, you can say so and the coach won’t flag it as a problem. Context is remembered between sessions so you only need to set it once.Privacy and Anonymity
AI Coach is designed with privacy as a core principle:- No window titles are collected. Only application names and website domains are recorded.
- Your identity is replaced with a random anonymous token before data leaves your device. This token cannot be traced back to your FocusMe account.
- You can delete your data at any time from Settings. Deletion is permanent and irreversible.
- You can opt out at any time by toggling the setting off. No further data will be collected or uploaded.
GDPR Compliance
If you’re in the EU, EEA, or UK, FocusMe requires explicit consent before collecting any anonymous data. You’ll see a consent dialog the first time you open AI Coach. In other regions, anonymous data collection is enabled by default but can be disabled at any time in Settings.Limits
- You can generate up to 3 reports per day. The counter resets at midnight.
- Reports cover a date range you choose, from a single day up to 90 days.
- If you use FocusMe on multiple devices, enable anonymous data on all of them for the most complete picture.