Pulse

🎯 Welcome to Pulse!

Pulse is an honest Pomodoro timer for iOS that detects real interruptions and measures your true focus. Unlike traditional timers that just count down, Pulse tracks when you switch apps, touch your screen, or pick up your phone — giving you an accurate focus score at the end of each session.

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⏱️ How It Works

Getting focused is simple — just 4 steps:

1. 🕒 Choose your duration — 25 min, 50 min, or a custom duration (10–190 min)
2. ▶️ Start the timer — Put your phone down and focus on your task
3. 🔍 Pulse watches for you — App switches, screen touches, and phone movements are tracked automatically
4. 📊 Get your focus score — See a detailed breakdown when your session ends

💡 Tip: You can pause and resume at any time without losing your progress.

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⏰ Session Durations

Choose the duration that fits your task:

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📊 Focus Score

Your focus score (0–100) reflects how uninterrupted your session was. It is normalized by session duration — a longer session tolerates more interruptions than a shorter one.

📱 App switch	−8 points (base 25 min)
📳 Phone movement	−3 points (base 25 min)
👆 Screen touch	−2 points (base 25 min)
⏹️ Early stop	Up to −30 points

Score colors:

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🔍 Smart Interruption Detection

Pulse uses intelligent detection to avoid false positives:

• 🔒 Lock vs app switch — Locking your screen is not counted as an app switch (grace period after unlock)
• 🎛️ Timer controls excluded — Tapping pause or stop buttons does not count as a screen touch interruption
• ⏳ Cooldowns — Minimum delay between two interruptions of the same type to avoid spam counting
• 📐 Gyroscope tracking — Detects when you pick up your phone during a session

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📈 Statistics & Insights

Track your focus habits over time with detailed statistics:

• 📅 Time filters — View stats by week, month, or all-time
• 📊 Score trend chart — See how your focus score evolves over time
• ⏱️ Focus time chart — Track your total concentration time
• 📋 Interruption breakdown — See which type of interruption affects you most
• 💡 Insights — Weekly trend, best focus hour, worst session streak
• 🔥 Best streak — Track your longest streak of sessions with a score ≥ 80
• 📆 History — Sessions grouped by month with collapsible sections

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📲 Live Activity & Widget

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⚙️ Settings

• ⏰ Custom duration — Set the third duration option from 10 to 190 minutes (in 5-min steps)
• 🔔 Session end sound — Choose from 6 sounds: Chime, Crystal, Subtle, Bell, Tink, or None
• 📳 Haptic feedback — Toggle vibrations on or off for all actions
• 🗑️ Reset data — Delete all sessions and statistics with confirmation

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✨ Key Features

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🔐 Privacy Policy

Pulse is designed with your privacy in mind. Here is everything you need to know about how the app handles your data.

📊 Data Collection

Pulse does not collect, transmit, or share any personal data. The app works entirely offline and does not require an internet connection or user account.

💾 Data Stored on Your Device

The following data is stored locally on your device only:

• ⏱️ Session history — duration, focus score, date, and interruption details
• 📊 Statistics — computed from your session history (scores, streaks, insights)
• ⚙️ Settings — preferences such as custom duration, sound choice, and haptic feedback

This data is managed by Apple’s SwiftData framework and stored locally. Pulse does not use iCloud sync.

🚫 No Third-Party Sharing

Pulse does not share any data with third parties. There are no analytics tools, advertising networks, or third-party SDKs in the app.

🗑️ Data Deletion

You have full control over your data:

• 🔄 Reset all data — Use the reset option in Settings to erase all sessions and statistics
• 📱 Uninstall the app — Deleting Pulse from your device removes all stored data completely

📝 Changes to This Policy

If we ever update this privacy policy, changes will be posted on this page. Since Pulse does not collect any data, we do not anticipate significant changes.

Last updated: March 2026

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📬 Support

If you have any questions, feedback, or need help with the app, feel free to reach out:

📧 Email: support@twixtech.com

We read every message and are happy to help!