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Why Clarity: Caffeine and Focus resonates so well

We're the most caffeinated generation in history, and also the most health conscious.

We already track macros, steps, reps, heart rate and sleep. But there's a hidden variable that effects every single one of these metrics that nobody has even considered.

Clarity: Caffeine and Focus - The Worlds First

While I pride myself in Clarity being the first of it's kind, I'm also extremely excited that we are currently building the worlds first data set of verified caffeine products and spotlighting brands for actually knowing the caffeine content of their drinks.

There are some other 'caffeine trackers' in the wild, but they all pull their data from the same available data set which is unfortunately not accurate. Clarity will only feature brands and products that know their caffeine content, this allows you to make truly strategic decisions about your dosing and timing.

Clarity: Caffeine and Focus - The 7 Day Caffeine Reset

This isn't a detox.
It's not about quitting.
It's a 7-day challenge to understand your actual caffeine habits and how they're affecting your performance.
Here's how it works:
Days 1-3: Awareness Log every coffee, tea, and energy drink in Clarity.
See how much is still active at bedtime. No changes yet, just observe.
Days 4-5: Pattern Recognition Clarity shows you the invisible patterns. Late doses. Accumulated interference. Sleep debt loops.
Days 6-7: Control Make one timing shift. See the difference. The goal isn't less caffeine. It's understanding what's actually happening and using it with intention, so you can take control.
7 days. Zero pressure. Full clarity.
Ready?

Clarity: Caffeine and Focus - Knowledge Work

Many of us have transitioned to knowledge work and most of us, if not all, rely on caffeine to boost our mental performance.
If it weren t so effective we wouldn t drink it.
We know caffeine is particularly effective for combating fatigue and improving focus. But what if it could be even more so?
The first step is raising awareness about the daily habit we consume without fully understanding its effects and timing.
This is where clarity shines this is Clarity s purpose.

Joe Griffin

27d ago

Clarity: Caffeine and Focus

The UK's productivity culture is built on caffeine. But almost nobody understands how it actually works. We know caffeine blocks adenosine. We know it has a half-life. But we don't track when we drink it. We don't see how much is still active at bedtime. We don't connect poor sleep to yesterday's 4pm coffee. The result? A culture of perpetual fatigue, masked by more caffeine, creating worse sleep, requiring even more caffeine. It's a loop. And it's invisible. Clarity exists to break that loop not by drinking less, but by drinking deliberately. We're building a tool to change the UK's relationship with caffeine. Because timing matters more than quantity. And awareness is the first step to control.

Launch - Round 3

Clarity is re-launching.

What started out as a small idea rattling around in my head has became a fully fledged intelligence system centred around tracking caffeine.

Standby for the best version of Clarity yet

All,

I've been quiet, and I won't apologise for this, It's because I've been making Clarity better than ever.

NEW VERSION

Evening all,

I'm extremely excited to announce that Clarity's next major update has been submitted to Apple.

The New Year

Hi all,

How quickly the first full week of January has nearly came and gone.

Clarity - 2026

To everyone following Clarity's journey,

I'm heading back into dev mode, which means I'll be un-contactable and off social media platforms.

The Caffeine Reset

Happy new year all.

I'm sure everyone is locked in ready to hit their goals in 2026.
The official launch of The Caffeine Reset is this Sunday - 4th January 2026.

Knowledge Workers - The Lovers of Depth!

Guys,
I'm looking for some knowledge workers to get involved in helping to shape Clarity!
If anyone is interested, let me know in the comments!

Athletes!

Guys,
I'm looking for some athletes to get involved in helping to shape Clarity!
If anyone is interested, let me know in the comments!

The Pioneers

To all Clarity's new followers, I've been truly humbled by your support.
I've been developing Clarity alone for well over 13 months now. To have it be presented and receive such positive feedback has been unreal.
Clarity is a long term project, designed to truly change our relationship with caffeine. I can't stress enough, it is not about quitting caffeine.
I want to keep an open forum here so that I'm able to engage with people that are interested in the app and more importantly, the vision.
If people have suggestions, comments or any questions about the app, I'm all ears.
I look forward to hearing from you all - Joe

Joe Griffin

3mo ago

Clarity - Caffeine tracking to optimize your intake

Clarity began as a simple caffeine tracking app, it is now grown into a performance application that helps users use caffeine more strategically based on their specific optimisation. Clarity Intelligence uses the on-device AI to give tailored insights. The app get's better the more you use it!

Clarity Intelligence is here!

Introducing Clarity Intelligence

Most people track steps, sleep, and calories.

Explore!

This week saw the launch of the new 'Explore' tab on Clarity.
Explore moves Trends into 1 of 4 pages allowing users to build a better relationship with caffeine.

Trends is as is, but with clean preview of the data.

Trends!

The Clarity trends feature has been helping me catch up on sleep after a particularly busy period.
I'm sleeping more, drinking less caffeine and cutting it off later in the day.
I'm using this as a small respite before I begin the big pre-Christmas push to get the reset of the roadmap features out for Clarity.

Exciting times over the next month, stay tuned.

Clarity - Take Control

Hi everyone,

I m Joe, the founder and developer of Clarity: Caffeine & Focus.

Joe Griffin

5mo ago

Clarity - Caffeine tracking app to optimise performance and sleep

Clarity is a caffeine tracking app that helps users understand caffeines effect on their body, visualise the peak and taper of it's effects to allow for strategic timing based on mental and physical tasks.