Scaffold: Focus City Builder

Study Timer, ADHD & Routines

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

Build your city by focusing. Scaffold is a focus timer, app blocker, routine planner, and city-building productivity app. Choose what you want to accomplish, protect your time from distracting apps, and turn your real-life progress into a city that grows with you. Whether you’re studying for an exam, working on a project, building better routines, or managing ADHD distractions, Scaffold gives your effort a visible payoff. Every completed session helps construct something permanent. FOCUS THAT BUILDS SOMETHING • Set a flexible focus timer for studying, work, reading, creative projects, or anything else that matters. • Choose a building before you begin, then place it or advance its construction when you finish. • Earn coins for your focused time and use them to unlock new buildings and neighborhoods. • Organize sessions with custom topics and save your favorite setups for later. • Select distracting apps and categories to block during sessions using Apple’s Screen Time controls. BUILD ROUTINES THAT REWARD YOU • Create reusable, step-by-step routines for mornings, evenings, studying, exercise, cleaning, or your own daily rituals. • Give each step its own timer, move through your routine one task at a time, and pause whenever you need to. • Follow active routines from your Lock Screen with Live Activities and reminders. • Complete eligible routines to earn Upgrades that advance your buildings faster. DESIGN A CITY THAT IS YOURS • Start with a lively starter neighborhood and expand it as your progress grows. • Collect over 50 building designs and visual variants. • Build roads, arrange neighborhoods, customize buildings, and shape your own skyline. • Watch buildings progress through construction stages as you invest more time. • Unlock larger neighborhoods as your city expands. SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Review focused time, completed sessions, routines, active days, favorite topics, and city growth. • See how your productivity changes across days, weeks, months, and years. • Create shareable progress cards featuring the city your effort has built. BUILD WITH FRIENDS • Add friends and visit the neighborhoods they choose to share. • Bring shared neighborhoods into your world and show off your favorite parts of your own city. • Earn free neighborhood unlocks through your first friendships. SCAFFOLD PREMIUM Scaffold’s complete focus, routine, and city-building loop is free. Premium members can unlock dozens of additional building variants, access longer-term monthly and yearly insights, and share up to three neighborhoods with friends. Your membership also supports continued development and regular releases of new buildings. No account is required to begin focusing and building your city. Your time is already building your future. Now you can watch it build a city. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://scaffoldfocusapp.com/privacy

Ratings & Reviews

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    2 Ratings

Better friends support!

Version 1.2

The developer, Hoelscher Ventures, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Linked to You

    The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

    • Purchases
    • Contact Info
    • Contacts
    • User Content
    • Identifiers

  • Data Not Linked to You

    The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

    • Location
    • User Content
    • Usage Data
    • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Accessibility

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Information

Seller
Hoelscher Ventures, LLC
Size
60 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Languages
English and 2 more
  • English, French, Spanish
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
© 2026 Hoelscher Ventures, LLC
  • Developer Website
  • Privacy Policy

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