Focen vs Mac Ninja
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Focen compared with Mac Ninja
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| What it does | Automated focus app that starts sessions by itself and blocks distractions
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| Pricing model | Free trial
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| Pricing | 7-day free trial, then $2.88/week ($149.99/year, save 37%) or $19.99/month billed in USD
| Yearly: $9.99/year (cancel anytime); Lifetime: $24.99 one-time payment. Both plans include every feature and work on up to 3 Macs.
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| Key features | - Automatic session start after 5 minutes of active work
- AI classifies new sites in real time
- Blocks distracting tabs with warning first
- Learns from past sessions to predict work duration
- iPhone app syncs sessions across devices
- Breathing room before blocking distraction
- Session history and focus statistics
- Three focus modes: Strict, Balanced, Lenient
- Private, local-first architecture
| - Unload idle browser tabs in Chrome, Safari, Brave, Edge, Arc and other browsers
- Calm background CPU hogs without quitting them
- Clean up tabs left behind by AI agents
- Offload unused apps to save disk space
- Live dashboard showing memory and CPU stats
- Memory autopilot for automatic tab sleeping
- Works on up to 3 Macs per license
- Silent auto-updates
- Minimal resource usage
- No admin password required for normal use
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| What makes it different | - Starts automatically without manual setup or timer management
- AI learns distraction patterns instead of using static blocklists
- Gives brief warning before blocking, not instant hard blocks
- Syncs focus sessions to iPhone to prevent device switching
- Local-first privacy with no page content tracking
| - Never closes your apps or tabs, only unloads idle tabs that reload instantly when clicked
- Uses only standard macOS and browser features, no system changes or kernel extensions
- Automatically cleans up tabs abandoned by AI agents after 8 hours
- No tracking, no analytics, no account required
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| Open source | Not given
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| Public API | Not given
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 10 ▲ +1 (up) since last check | Not checked yet ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 1 | 0 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 13 | 7 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 5 | 2 |
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