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Orbital Focus
Deep focus timer that simulate launching tasks into space.
Orbital Focus turns every focus session into a rocket mission. Pick a destination, strap in, and stay on task until you arrive. A deep-work timer for iPhone and iPad.
It's like if a SpaceX livestream and Kerbal Space Program met up in a coworking space. Minus the AI SaaS they'd inevitably try to build.
Orbital Focus turns a focus session into a rocket launch. Pick how long you want to work and that becomes your trajectory.
You name the thing you're working on (your payload), pick a crew role like Work, Study, Read, Create, Code, or Write, then launch. There's a real countdown with haptics at ignition, Max-Q, and stage separation. After that you watch your ship climb its actual trajectory over a living 3D Earth that tracks day and night and shows where the ISS really is right now. Longer sessions can split into burns with short coasts in between, basically pomodoro if you want it.
[Real talk, the actual reason I built this deserves more than a canned line here. Ask me in the comments and I'll tell you properly.]
Theres also a bunch of pixel art I made so you can pick real or fictional rockets and stations to fly to.
If other focus timers never stuck for you, curious what you make of this one. I'll be in the comments all day.
does the destination thing actually pull from real places or is it more of a visual cue? trying to figure out if im staring at mars or just a made up destination
The rocket mission framing is such a clever way to make deep work feel like an adventure instead of a chore, and tying the timer length to travel distance is a genuinely smart touch. Curious how you decided on the destination options.
Picked Mars for a 25-minute sprint and the little arrival animation actually made me smile when the timer ended. Simple idea, feels way more motivating than another bare pomodoro app.
Cool concept with the rocket landing thing, but does it actually lock you out of distractions or is it more of a visual motivator? Curious whether the timer just tracks time or if it does anything under the hood to keep you from picking up the phone.
About Orbital Focus on Product Hunt
“Deep focus timer that simulate launching tasks into space.”
Orbital Focus was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 6 upvotes and 11 comments, placing #87 on the daily leaderboard. Orbital Focus turns every focus session into a rocket mission. Pick a destination, strap in, and stay on task until you arrive. A deep-work timer for iPhone and iPad.
Orbital Focus was featured in Productivity (655.6k followers) and Space (8.6k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 145.2k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Orbital Focus?
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It's like if a SpaceX livestream and Kerbal Space Program met up in a coworking space. Minus the AI SaaS they'd inevitably try to build.
Orbital Focus turns a focus session into a rocket launch. Pick how long you want to work and that becomes your trajectory.
You name the thing you're working on (your payload), pick a crew role like Work, Study, Read, Create, Code, or Write, then launch. There's a real countdown with haptics at ignition, Max-Q, and stage separation. After that you watch your ship climb its actual trajectory over a living 3D Earth that tracks day and night and shows where the ISS really is right now. Longer sessions can split into burns with short coasts in between, basically pomodoro if you want it.
[Real talk, the actual reason I built this deserves more than a canned line here. Ask me in the comments and I'll tell you properly.]
Theres also a bunch of pixel art I made so you can pick real or fictional rockets and stations to fly to.
If other focus timers never stuck for you, curious what you make of this one. I'll be in the comments all day.