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Desk
Focus
Focus Session Kit
Start with an intention, catch distractions, and close the session with a useful record.
- intend
- focus
- notice
- close
- learn
A growing collection of iPhone shortcuts
Small shortcuts for everyday life.
Tapkin turns everyday friction into simple actions you can run on your iPhone. Start with Focus, our first free pilot. Add an NFC tag if you like, and the action lives right where you need it.
- 01
Stick it
Keep a Focus tag where work begins.
- 02
Tap it
Tap it when you’re ready to concentrate.
- 03
It’s done
Your timer starts and the distractions quiet down.
The interaction
Feel the difference one tap makes.
Every tag holds one intention. Touch your phone to it and the action starts — the way a light switch works, not the way software does. Try it below with Focus — no tag needed for the demo.
Start
Distracted
Done
Three tags, three moments: begin, notice, finish.Locked
The solutions
One gesture. Many everyday problems.
Focus is available now, free. The others are ideas we're exploring for the kitchen, the front door, the car, the bike, the objects we maintain, and the purchases we make — none of them can be installed yet.
Try Focus free
Research
Car
Park
Can I Park Here?
Photograph the signs, use the location, and get a clear parking answer with the reasoning behind it.
- check
- park
- remember
- warn
- find
MVP candidate
Kitchen
Restock
Grocery / Refill
Say what is missing where you notice it, then turn it into a clean shared list.
- tap
- speak
- organize
- share
Concept
Front door
Go
Leaving Home
See what matters before leaving: schedule, weather, battery, travel time, and reminders.
- context
- prepare
- navigate
MVP candidate
On the object
Maintenance
Done When Done
Record when a real-world task was actually completed and calculate the next reminder from that date.
- do
- record
- calculate
- remind
Exploration
Bike
Ride
Ready to Ride
Turn the pre-ride checklist into one gesture: weather, route, workout, music, and ETA.
- check
- prepare
- ride
- log
Compatibility test
Wallet / phone
Expenses
Purchase Log
Capture purchases into a simple, user-owned expense record without turning budgeting into a chore.
Apple Pay automation varies by device, OS, bank, card and region — we'll only promise what a real setup records reliably.
- pay
- capture
- organize
- review
Privacy & ownership
Your information should stay understandable.
Tapkin Focus keeps its records in plain files in your own iCloud Drive — readable, portable, and deletable. Every future solution should explain clearly what it stores, what it shares, and why.
- No account
- No subscription app
- User-owned data
- Open file formats
iCloud Drive › Shortcuts › Tapkin › Focus
- ▤ sessions.csv 2 KB
- ▤ events.csv 1 KB
- {} state.json 1 KB
task,planned,actual,distractions,outcome Write the proposal,25,31,2,done Read chapter 4,40,40,0,done Inbox zero,15,22,5,partial
The growing system
Built as a collection. Developed one problem at a time.
Each Tapkin solves one everyday problem well. The family grows slowly — only when an idea passes the test. Further out, we'd like to make Tapkin objects of our own: physical tags you can set up for each solution. That's a vision, not a product yet.
- Available nowFree to try today
- Focus
- Next to testIn exploration · not available yet
- Restock
- Maintenance
- Expenses
- ExploringConcepts and research
- Go
- Park
- Ride
- Your ideaThe next everyday problemSuggest one
Every new Tapkin must answer yes to:
- Is it a real, common problem?
- Does a tap make it meaningfully easier?
- Is it understandable without instructions?
- Is it private, with minimal setup?
- Does it remove friction instead of adding a system?