HOURGLASS
A focus timer for people who can't stick to a timetable, inside a little company that works exactly as long as you do.
Every timer is a branch of the business.
Start a timer and a little world opens under the day's sky. The staff get to work, and they keep going for exactly as long as you do.
Stop, and they down tools. Come back, and they pick up where they left off.
Ten staff. They clock in when you do.
Bring your friends along.
They run branches of their own. You'll find them in the break room, working right alongside you. No accounts, no sign-ups.
Your music, until Management cuts in.
Tune in to the company radio and your music plays as usual, until Sandra, Linda or Gail cut in with news of your day, and of your friends. Management keeps a close eye on the competition.
“A timer has been running for 40 minutes. Management approves of whatever you're doing in there.”
“Word from Sam's branch: they've had the harbour open for an hour. Management would like to know why ours hasn't.”
A new contract every day.
From pushing a boulder up a mountain to building a sandcastle. Everything the staff make piles up in the Storehouse, and the Daybook remembers your day.
HOURGLASS started with a conversation with a friend. We both struggle with conventional timetables and restrictive planners: the moment a day slips behind a fixed schedule, the whole plan falls apart.
So I set out to build something that combines the methods that actually help, for people with ADHD and anyone who finds a regular planner hard to follow.
Instead of slots on a calendar, each task gets a budget of time that you spend whenever suits you, and your day's plan bends as you go rather than breaking.
There's always something to watch while you work, music to keep you moving, friends working alongside you for company, and gentle check-ins through the day to keep you on track without nagging.
Raahat Shah
Clock in tonight.
Free for Android. No accounts, and what you're working on stays yours unless you share it.