FocneraGet Focnera Schedule a reading window and select the apps that tempt you away from the page. Leave your reading tools available. Focnera blocks the chosen distractions automatically on the days and times you set.
Reading time
- Repeats
- Every day
- Time window
- 20:30 – 21:00
- Consider blocking
- Social feeds, games, and shopping apps
- Keep available
- Ebook reader, audiobook player, dictionary, or library app
- Optional reminder
- Stay with this chapter.
These are suggested settings, not a built-in preset. Select the apps and hours that fit your needs.
Try it step by step
- Choose the book and reading format first so you do not accidentally block the app holding it.
- Open Schedules, choose New schedule, and name it “Reading time”.
- Choose your repeating days and time window. The example below uses 20:30–21:00; adapt it to your routine.
- Select the apps to block, optionally add a reminder message, and save the enabled schedule. Required protection permissions must be granted.
- Check whether the window fits when you are actually ready to read. Shorten it if it repeatedly conflicts with your evening.
Support paper and digital reading differently
With a paper book, you may be able to set the phone aside entirely. With an ebook or audiobook, the phone remains a reading tool. Select only the apps that draw you away from that use.
A schedule does not block individual features inside a reading app. If that app has a feed you find distracting, consider how you want to use it during the window.
Keep the goal about reading
Choose a chapter, a few pages, or simply some uninterrupted time. The schedule does not measure comprehension or count pages.
Do not treat a missed evening as a failed habit. The next selected day still has its own window, and you can edit your routine as your interests or commitments change.
Common questions
Can I keep an audiobook playing?
Leave the audiobook app out of the selected block list. Focnera is not an audio timer and does not promise playback control.
What if I need to change today’s plan?
Pause the current schedule window when needed. Its apps can remain blocked by another active schedule or manual focus session. Edit or disable the schedule when you want to change the repeating routine.
Product instructions are based on the Focnera implementation reviewed for this guide. Screenshots are illustrative; wording and permission screens may differ by app version and platform. Routine examples are suggestions, not guaranteed outcomes. Need help?
