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New · FocusUp 2.0

Turn work into quests.

AI turns your team's work into quests, tracks progress from the real work on each computer, and celebrates every finish. Your team just plays — you stop chasing updates.

Free for you · Team pilot: 14 days, $0 today · Cancel in 2 clicks · macOS & Windows

FocusUp — Today's quests
Lv7
Seasoned · Mia1,640 / 1,852 XP

212 XP to Lv 8

Today's quests

1 of 4 done
  • Fix the invoice template+10 XP
  • Outline the ACME proposal+24 XP
    38:12est. 60 minHigh
    • Add a 3-competitor comparison
    • Draft two pricing options
    • Send the outline to Dana
    Done when: Dana approves the outline
  • Reply to 5 support emailsSlack request25m+10 XP
  • Send the weekly reportWeekly45m+15 XP
3 more for +20 XPXP by size and importance — never by hours

Sample data. Press “Done” on the quest in progress.

Sound familiar?

  • You ask “what did you do today?” — every single day.
  • Daily reports and time entries eat the last 15 minutes of everyone's day.
  • The work lives in one person's head. When they're out, it stops.
  • There's a plan — but nobody turned it into who does what, in what order.
  • You find out something slipped when it's already late.

FocusUp turns the plan into quests and reads progress from the work itself — so nobody has to ask, or report.

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How it works

Write the goal. Everything after that is quests.

  1. 1

    Write a goal

    “Launch the new pricing page by Nov 15.” Add a due date and who's on it — or start from a CSV, Excel, Jira or Backlog.

  2. 2

    AI makes the quests

    AI splits it into 25–90-minute quests with owners, order, estimates and a “done when.” You edit and approve; each owner gets theirs.

  3. 3

    Your team just plays

    Every morning AI picks 3–5 quests for today, and each person confirms them. Then they work as usual — no daily report, no timesheet to type.

  4. 4

    Progress tracks itself

    The desktop app records time on the quest at hand. At natural breaks AI asks “Done?” with the evidence, and the person confirms. Goals move on their own.

What changes from day one

AI does the planning and the bookkeeping. People do the work — and every finish counts.

AI makes the quests

Nobody hands out work by hand

Write a goal and AI breaks it into quests with owners, order, estimates and a “done when.” It also spots work that isn't a quest yet — and only the person who did it sees the suggestion.

  • Goals split into 25–90-minute quests; you edit and approve before anyone gets them
  • Work on someone's computer that isn't a quest yet becomes a suggestion only they see
  • Notes and Slack requests to @FocusUp become quests; routine work repeats on its own
  • After each quest, AI suggests the natural next step — one tap to accept or dismiss
FocusUp — Goals

Launch the new pricing page by Nov 15

AI split it into 7 quests · approved Oct 20

AI draft → approved
3 of 7 quests doneDue Nov 15
  • Research 5 competitors' pricing60mAna
  • Write the pricing table copy45mMia
  • Make the wireframes90mKen
  • Finish the designin progress90mKen
  • Build the page90mLeo
  • Test the checkout45mLeo

    Done when: 3 test payments go through

  • Publish and announce30mMia

7h 30m estimated in total · progress updates as quests finish

From your work · only you see this

You spent 95 min on “ACME proposal” — make it a quest?

PowerPoint · ACME_proposal_v3.pptx · today 10:05–11:40

Finish the ACME proposal · est. 60 min+20 XP

From a Slack request · #sales

S

Sam @FocusUp @Mia could you put together next week's review deck by Thursday?

Put together the review deck · due Thu+15 XP

Up to 5 new AI suggestions per person per day. One tap to accept or dismiss.

Progress tracks itself

No daily reports. No timesheets to type.

The desktop app records time on the quest you're working on. At natural breaks AI asks “Done?” and shows why it thinks so — you confirm. It never completes anything on its own.

  • Time per quest, recorded from the real work on each computer
  • “Done?” with the evidence — e.g. the pull request was merged at 15:40
  • Stalled, overdue and over-estimate quests come up in tomorrow's plan
FocusUp — Desktop
Recording this quest1:25:10

WEB-12 Fix the login screen bug

VS Code · 52mGitHub · 18mTerminal · 15mest. 90 min

Done?

  • The pull request #482 was merged at 15:40
  • All 3 steps are checked

It only asks at natural breaks — stop, switch, end of day. Only the person marks it done; AI never does.

A little game feel

Every finish counts — quietly

Each morning AI picks 3–5 quests for today and you confirm them. Finishing one earns XP by its size and importance — never by hours or keystrokes. Levels, titles and badges add up, and team goals are won together.

  • XP by size and importance, up to 200 a day — and never taken away
  • Titles as you level up: Apprentice → Adventurer → Seasoned → Expert → Hero → Legend
  • No rankings. We recommend not using XP for performance reviews
10

Level up! Lv 10 — you're now an Expert

+30 XP · 432 XP to Lv 11

Badges — yours for good

First quest
10 quests
NEW10 on time
Plan keeper
Goal helper
Team goal: get ready for the trade show9/12

+50 XP for everyone who finished a quest, once it's done

No leaderboards · XP never comes from hours or keystrokes

Free for you · Team pilot: 14 days, $0 today · Cancel in 2 clicks · macOS & Windows

For managers: know without asking

Everything you used to chase in chat is already on one screen.

  • Goal progress, updated as quests finish
  • Who is on which quest right now — and for how long
  • A team summary every morning: done, carried over, stalled
  • Verified timesheets: each person confirms and submits, you approve — then payroll, invoice and payout CSV
  • An input-integrity check that flags automated input such as mouse jigglers
FocusUp — Team · Today

Who's on which quest, right now

No keystroke content
Goal: launch the new pricing page3/7 · due Nov 15
This morning's summary (8:30) Yesterday 9 done · 2 carried over · 1 stalled (Leo, “Build the page”)
FocusUp — Import your plan
  • CSV · LP-renewal-WBS.csv38 tasks → 38 quests · re-importing updates themImported
  • Jira · ACME124 issues · synced 4 min agoSyncing
  • Backlog · WEB57 issues · synced 11 min agoSyncing
QuestOwnerEst.XP
WEB-14 Checkout formMia2h+40
Design mockups v2Ken90m+30
Monthly reportAna45m+15

Every task lands as a quest with an owner, an estimate and its XP

Start from the plan you already have

Bring your tasks in once — from a CSV, Excel, Jira or Backlog — and FocusUp becomes the home of the work.

  • Excel or Google Sheets as CSV — re-importing updates the same quests
  • Jira and Backlog: import once, or keep them synced every 15 minutes
  • Every task lands as a quest with an owner, an estimate and its XP

Fair to the people doing the work

A game only works if everyone trusts the scorekeeper.

  • Each person sees their own record first — the same record you see
  • AI suggestions are visible only to the person they're for
  • No keystroke content, no camera, no microphone
  • Screenshots are off by default
  • Recording starts after recorded consent — there is no stealth mode
  • No rankings — and we recommend not using XP for evaluations
Read our security & privacy commitments →

What each person sees in their app

  • “Today's quests: 4 · about 2h 40m estimated. Finish them all for +20 XP.”
  • “You spent 95 min on “ACME proposal” — make it a quest? (Only you can see this.)”
  • “Done? The pull request was merged at 15:40. — Done / Not yet”

The same record pays people and bills clients

Time per quest becomes a timesheet each person confirms and you approve — and the files you actually need.

  • Payroll hours per workweek (regular / overtime) and a Gusto import
  • Invoice lines by client and project, contractor payouts (Wise) and a read-only client portal
  • Estimate vs. actual per quest, as CSV
FocusUp — Timesheets · Week of Sep 14

Hours confirmed by each person, approved by you

Nobody scored on activity
MonTueWedThuFriTotal
Mia7.88.17.58.06.938.3h
Ken8.07.27.98.37.038.4h
Ana6.57.47.16.85.933.7h
Ana · Tuesday7h 25m payable · 88% device / calendar evidence
  • 10:30–11:15 Meeting 45mcalendar
  • 14:05–14:25 Reading 20mconfirmed by Ana
  • 16:40–17:15 Unlabeled 35mnot counted
Payroll CSVInvoiceContractor payout

Running in production today

4,574+

Hours of work measured

10,480+

AI reports delivered

Live production numbers — updated hourly

Simple pricing

Free for you. One team plan with everything in it.

Free

$01 person

Your own quests, XP and time records — for one person (the workspace admin).

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Team

$6per person / month

Everything: AI quests and suggestions, automatic progress, XP and team goals, verified timesheets and exports, Slack, CSV / Jira / Backlog import. Annual = 2 months free.

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Enterprise

Customannual contract

Volume pricing, invoice billing, EU compliance mode and help with the rollout.

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Teams start with a 14-day pilot — $0 today, cancel in 2 clicks, 30-day money-back after the first charge. You pay only for people who connected the app.

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Questions, answered

Is this employee surveillance?+

No — and that is a product decision. There is no stealth mode: recording starts after recorded consent, it can be paused, and the app is always visible. Keystroke content, camera and microphone are never recorded, and screenshots are off by default. Each person sees their own record first — the same record a manager sees — and when a manager opens it.

Does XP affect performance reviews?+

It shouldn't, and we recommend against it. XP depends only on a quest's size and importance — never on hours, keystrokes or activity — and it is never taken away. There are no rankings or comparisons between people. XP is there to make finishing feel good, not to grade anyone.

What does the AI see?+

The goals and quests in your workspace and, from each person's computer, the app names, site names and window-title excerpts of their work time — never keystroke content, the camera or the microphone. Suggestions made from someone's own work are shown only to that person. AI never marks a quest done on its own: it asks, and the person decides.

Do we have to stop using Jira or Backlog?+

No. Jira and Backlog can stay: FocusUp syncs them every 15 minutes and their issues become quests. Or import once from a CSV or Excel file and run the work in FocusUp from then on. Either way, time and progress are recorded per quest.

Who decides the quests — AI or the manager?+

People do. AI drafts the breakdown of a goal — quests, owners, order, estimates and “done when” — and the manager edits and approves it before anyone receives it. Suggestions from someone's own work go only to them and take one tap to accept or dismiss, with at most 5 new AI suggestions per person per day.

Which computers and tools does it work with?+

The desktop app runs on macOS and Windows; everything else is in the browser. Plans come from CSV (Excel, Google Sheets), Jira Cloud or Backlog. Slack is optional (requests to @FocusUp become quests), and so are Google Calendar and Microsoft 365. IT can deploy the app to every computer at once.

Where is the data stored?+

On AWS in the Tokyo region. EU compliance mode turns on for EU signups — screenshots off, domain-only URLs, no window titles, 90-day maximum retention — and a DPA is available. Members can export or delete their own data.

How much does it cost?+

Free for 1 person. Teams: $6 per person per month with everything included (annual = 2 months free), billed only for people who connected the app. You start with a 14-day pilot — $0 today, reminders 7 and 3 days before the first charge, cancel in two clicks, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Enterprise plans are quoted individually.

Turn your team's work into quests — today.

Free for you. Teams start with a 14-day pilot — $0 today, then $6 per person.

Free for you · Team pilot: 14 days, $0 today · Cancel in 2 clicks · macOS & Windows