FocusHour
Digital SAT prep

Your personal tutor for the Digital SAT.

One well-made hour a day, planned like a great teacher would. Math and Reading and Writing for the digital SAT, at your level, on the days you choose.

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Free to start: one full focus hour. No card needed.

Inside FocusHour

Classes, questions, a coach and films. Screen by screen.

The hour runs in the order a good lesson does, at your level: practice aims for about six in ten right, and eases off when you're stuck. Alongside school and any tutoring you already have, not instead of it.

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    The focus hour

    Every hour opens with its plan: a quick recall, today's idea, a set on your own, fix what slipped, then mixed practice and a look back. Stop after any part and it keeps your place.

    On a tablet: the same agenda, five parts with their minutes.
    On a phone: a Math class's agenda, five parts with their minutes and a Start button.
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    A quick recall

    An easy start on what you did last time. Tap the one you think; there's no clock.

    On a tablet: part 1 of 5, a quick recall question with four answers.
    On a phone: part 1 of 5, a quick recall: a short question with four answers to tap.
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    Today's idea

    One idea a day, and what you'll be able to do by the end. See one solved first, or try the questions; help is there either way.

    On a tablet: today's idea, its three goals and the two ways to start.
    On a phone: part 2 of 5, today's idea, with three things you'll be able to do and two ways to start: Start the questions, or See one solved.
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    Questions as the test sets them

    One at a time, in the test's own words. Cross out what you've ruled out, then lock in.

    On a tablet: the same question with its pad beside it.
    On a phone: the lid question, A circular lid has a diameter of 11 cm. What is its circumference?, with B chosen and the tools above Lock in.
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    Write it out

    A pad on every math question, for a finger or a pen. Here the radius went wrong: 11 is the diameter.

    On a tablet: the pad beside the question: C = 2πr, r = 11, C = 22π, and 22π chosen.
    On a phone: the pad open: C = 2πr, r = 11, C = 22π written by hand, and 22π chosen.
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    The coach reads your working

    Ask, and it looks at what you wrote and asks about the next step, here: the question gives the diameter, not the radius. It's built not to give the answer.

    On a tablet: the same note from the coach beside the working.
    On a phone: the coach's note: You set r = 11. The question gives diameter 11. What must you do to the diameter before using 2πr?
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    Key idea

    The idea behind the question in a few lines, with a worked example, checked so it doesn't give the answer away.

    On a tablet: the same Key idea, open beside the question.
    On a phone: Key idea for the lid question: circumference is π times the diameter, or 2πr, with an example for radius 7 cm and a watch-out about the area.
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    Films

    194 short films: a real test question solved step by step, or a tool taught from scratch, with captions.

    On a tablet: the same film, Radius first, on a tablet.
    On a phone: a film playing: Radius first, at r = 7, A = π × 49, with its caption under the picture, then the idea and the trap.
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    The question bank

    4,200+ questions across 21 topics. Each topic has its films, a 5-minute warm-up, 20 minutes of practice and a class.

    On a tablet: the same topic page on a tablet.
    On a phone: the Circles topic page: the play, a concept film, and a unit with Warm-up 5 min, practice 20 min and Class 60 min, then its films.
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    A full practice test

    Four timed modules and a break, 2 h 14 min, with no help. The second module of each section is set by how the first went.

    On a tablet: the same practice test, a Reading and Writing question with its clock.
    On a phone: a practice test question: Reading and Writing, module 1, with its clock, choice B chosen and Question 1 of 27.
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    A graphing calculator

    Beside math practice and in the practice test, as on the real one.

    On a tablet: the Calculator open beside a math question.
    On a phone: the Calculator: (60^2-25^2)/4 = 2975/4, above a graph and its keypad.
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    Progress

    The days you planned and kept, your course, and the practice test when you're ready.

    On a tablet: the same Progress page.
    On a phone: Progress: this week's planned days, the course of 65 units, and Your tests with a Timed set and the Practice test.
For parents

A weekly report for parents.

The days planned and kept, the answers and the working, the ideas behind the lost points, and one or two things you can do. Set it up yourself: make your own account, choose your teen's focus days, and invite them.

Set it up for your teen

A sample report for a made-up student. Every number is invented.

A sample weekly report for a made-up student, Ethan, on a phone: he is building a routine (4 hours 35 minutes, 186 answers, 62% right); the idea behind his lost points (percent of what, 7 of 12 wrong across three skills); what to do next, with one ask for the parent; and his own pen work, where he caught a mistake.

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    The week, in numbers

    How the week went: the time he put in, the answers, and how many were right.

    Page 1 of the sample report: Ethan's week in four numbers.
    Page 1 of the sample report: Ethan's week in four numbers.
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    Where the points went

    The idea behind the lost points, across skills, so you know what's really wrong.

    Page 2: the idea behind his lost points, across three skills.
    Page 2: the idea behind his lost points, across three skills.
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    What to do next

    What he'll work on next, and one thing you can do this week.

    Page 3: what to do next.
    Page 3: what to do next.
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    His own working

    Wrong answers with his own pen work, so you see how he thinks.

    Page 4: his own working, where he caught a mistake.
    Page 4: his own working, where he caught a mistake.
Where it works

In the browser, on a phone, tablet or laptop.

  • Any phone, tablet or laptop: open getfocushour.com. Nothing to install.
  • Best on a tablet with a pen, where there's room to write the working.
  • One account for the student, and one for a parent, linked by an invitation.
FocusHour in a laptop browser: the lid question beside a pad with handwritten working that first uses 11 as the radius, crosses it out, then uses 5.5 and gets 11π, with 11π chosen.
Start free

Start free with one full class.

Free

A free account

For a student or a parent. No card needed.

  • One full focus hour
  • A few films and topics to try
Try for free
Full access

$500 a year or $100 a month

7 days free first, by card. Cancel before day 7 and you won't be charged; after that it renews until you cancel.

  • A focus hour on the days you choose, with Key idea and the coach
  • Every SAT film, topic and the practice test
  • A weekly report for parents
Start with the free hour

Questions

Is the coach a person?

No. It's an AI coach. It reads the working on the screen and asks about the next step; it's built to nudge, not to give the answer. Key idea shows the idea behind a question, checked so that it doesn't give the answer away.

What does a parent see?

A weekly report on the real work: the days planned and kept, the answers and working, where the points went, and one or two things you can do.

What does it cover?

The digital SAT's math and its reading and writing, built on College Board's published skills. The practice test follows the digital SAT's shape: two modules a section, the second set by how the first went.

Do we need a tablet?

No. FocusHour works in the browser on any phone, tablet or laptop. A tablet with a pen is best, because there's room to write the working.

Is it instead of a tutor or a class?

No. It goes alongside them: one focus hour on the days you choose.

How do we pay?

Start with the free account. When you're ready, start a 7-day free trial in the app with a card, then $500 a year or $100 a month. Cancel any time in Settings; cancel before day 7 and you won't be charged. Questions: support@getfocushour.com.