Can I start a focus timer from the Home Screen without opening the app?

Yes. Add the Just 5min widget to your Home Screen and one tap starts a five-minute session directly, no app launch. The countdown then shows on the widget and, if you add it there, on the Lock Screen.

How do I add the widget?

Long-press the Home Screen, tap Edit then Add Widget, search for Just 5min, and place it. For the Lock Screen, long-press the Lock Screen, tap Customise, and add it there too.

Start a Focus Session From the Home Screen, One Tap

One tap, no app launch

The widget starts a session directly from the Home Screen. No opening the app, no confirmation screen, no choosing a length — five minutes is already set. The gap between "I should start" and "I started" is a single tap wide.

The reflex lands on the work

Phone procrastination is a reflex, not a decision — your hand reaches for the phone before you have thought anything. Put the widget where that reflex lands and it starts you working instead of dropping you into a feed. More on that in how to stop procrastinating on your phone.

You are not resisting the urge to pick up the phone. You are making the pickup useful.

On the Lock Screen too

Add the widget to the Lock Screen and the countdown stays visible while a session runs, so a glance at the phone shows you the timer rather than a notification you will follow somewhere else.

How to add it

Long-press the Home Screen → Edit → Add Widget → search Just 5min. For the Lock Screen, long-press it → Customise → add the widget.

Start a focus session from the Home Screen, one tap

One tap, no app launch

The reflex lands on the work

On the Lock Screen too

How to add it

One tap from where your thumb already goes.