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Invite-only beta · iPhone

Arrive with a plan. Leave with it done.

Fermata pins your tasks to the places you work: the library, your café, campus. When you get there, your plan is waiting, and one tap blocks distracting apps until you leave.

Fermata's Map screen: a row of places (Library with 3 tasks, Café with 2, Gym, Home) above a map, and the Library card listing three tasks with Focus here · 50 min, blocking Social.

fer·ma·ta

/fer-MAH-tah/  noun

  1. Italian.A stop. The place where you get off the bus.
  2. Music.The sign that tells a player to hold a note for as long as it needs.

Fermata is both. You arrive at your stop, then you hold your attention there until the work is done.

A Tuesday with Fermata

From your stop to done.

  1. 11:20 am

    You get off at your stop.

    Last night you pinned three things to the library. You walk in, and your phone remembers for you.

  2. 11:22 am

    You hold the note.

    One tap on Focus. Your social apps stay locked for as long as you set, or until you walk out the door.

    The Focus screen: 24:54 left in an amber ring, focusing at Library on Finish math homework, blocking Social (5 apps) until 11:47 AM.
  3. 11:47 am

    You leave it done.

    Your apps come back on their own. The homework is done, and your streak ticks up to 15 days.

    The You tab: a 15-day streak with one freeze, and this week: 2 h 17 min focused, 7 things done, 3 places.

Your places stay on your phone.Where you go, what you plan and how long you focus are stored on your iPhone, not on our servers.

Invite-only

Save your spot.

We're letting people in a few at a time. Every friend who joins with your link moves you up the line.

When can I get in?

We open in waves, starting with a small beta this fall. People who share their link go first. You'll get one email with your invite when it's your turn.

Android?

Not yet. Fermata is built on iPhone's Screen Time and location features, so it's iPhone only for now (iOS 17 or later).

What do you do with my email?

We use it only to send your invite and a note when we launch. We keep it with your share code and who referred you, nothing else. Ask us to delete it any time. The details are in our privacy policy.