Kitty Focus app icon Kitty Focus

Study together with Kitty Focus

the best pomodoro app to help you ace your step exams :)

Download .zip for Windows. Mac version soon!
The Kitty Focus Study Nest screen, showing an active study block.
The Kitty Focus focus stats screen, showing today's progress and recent activity.

What's inside

Kitty Focus is a desktop focus timer built for real study sessions. Run custom Pomodoro blocks, get gentle nudges when you wander off task, and track your daily and weekly focus. When you want company, add friends and start a synced session where everyone's timer runs together.

Focus

Focus timer
Custom study and break lengths, with completion and break reminders.
Focus profiles
Save presets for study length, break length, and allowed sites, then switch between them in a tap. Share a profile with a code.
Focus Guard
Optional nudges when you switch to an off-task window during a study block. You choose which apps and sites are allowed.
Pop-out timer
A small always-on-top window that keeps your countdown visible while you work.

Friends

Study with friends
Add friends and see who's online, studying, or on break in real time.
Group sessions
Invite friends into a synced Pomodoro. The host's timer runs everyone's clock, so you start, pause, and break together.
Privacy controls
Go invisible whenever you want, and decide whether friends can see your focus stats.

Also in the app

Stats
Daily and weekly focus totals, study blocks, and streaks.
Notes
A quick scratchpad with checklists on the home screen.
Themes
Light, dark, and Kitty mode.

Changelog

  1. v1.6September 2026

    Group sessions

    • Invite friends into a synced Pomodoro. The host's timer runs everyone's clock, so you start, pause, and break at the same time.
    • A live indicator on your timer shows who's studying with you.
    • You can leave a session any time, and the host can end it for everyone.
  2. v1.5September 2026

    Requesting to join

    • Ask to join a friend who's already in a session.
    • Hosts can set a session to open or private.
    • Friend rows now show a study or break icon next to the time left.
  3. v1.4August 2026

    Friends list

    • Add friends with a share code and see who's online, studying, or on break.
    • Go invisible when you want to hide your activity.
    • Choose whether friends can see your weekly focus time.
  4. v1.3August 2026

    Side panel

    • The friends panel tucks away when the window loses focus and slides back when you return.
    • Cleaner status lines and avatars.
    • Light, dark, and Kitty themes for the panel.
  5. v1.2July 2026

    Focus profiles

    • Save presets for study length, break length, and allowed sites.
    • Switch profiles in a tap.
    • Share a profile with a code so others can import it.
  6. v1.1July 2026

    Focus Guard

    • Optional nudges when you switch to an off-task window during a study block.
    • Set which apps and sites are allowed.
  7. v1.0.5June 2026

    Pop-out timer

    • A small always-on-top window so your countdown stays visible while you work.
  8. v1.0.4June 2026

    Notes

    • A quick scratchpad with checklists on the home screen.
  9. v1.0.3May 2026

    Stats

    • Daily and weekly focus totals, study blocks, and streaks.
  10. v1.0.2May 2026

    Themes

    • Added dark mode and Kitty mode.
  11. v1.0.1April 2026

    Sounds and reminders

    • Session complete and break reminder sounds.
    • Small fixes to the timer.
  12. v1.0April 2026

    First release

    • Pomodoro timer with custom study and break lengths.
    • Windows version