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The app allows you to define time budgets, which are not much more than a few mutually exclusive countdown timers. The UX is essentially that of a chess clock for an arbitrary number of players with configurable time.
The whole point of the app is to kick you out of the running role/priority when its time is up. One feature that was essential for me was AlarmKit alarms, which only became possible last year (>= iOS 26.1). Another was watchOS support, as a natural surface for time-related matters.
The current version is strictly focussed. The timers track time allocation during one day. All timers are reset at midnight. I didn't build any statistics - you can export the raw internal SQLite store and make any evaluation or dashboard you want from there.
I don't plan to extend the app nor to convert it into a service. All data stays local on your devices (synced between phone and watch locally) and fully open to you. No need for an account or subscription. Thus, I ask for a small one-time fee of $1.99.
The website has a short video and rendered preview: https://owntime.app
If you want to go straight to the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6770125662
I look forward to your comments and feedback.
Normal_gaussian
renierbotha
fmosOP
daitangio
Can you add a feature like that or point me to a similar app?
deanputney
Counting up would be preferred for me on some tasks. Sometimes the timesheet approach is needed, it'd be great if you could support both.
drcongo
perilunar
Was initially confused as to what the total of the ring was — took me a moment to realise it's 100% of the time allocated, not the whole day or the workday. I'd probably want to always allocate 24 hours of tasks (including sleep and downtime) just to get a 24 hour ring.
pimlottc
I also don’t understand what the different colored parts of the ring represent.
FlipAvraham
petreradu
This looks really nice. Definitely giving it a try now. I will come back with feedback and suggestions
michael_luog
skylurk
ktimespi
smy20011
BOOSTERHIDROGEN
koinedad
gregbandak
cyrilng
torranx
Preset color themes would be nice to have :)
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balsampershen
soohyunbae
RamblingCTO
Relatedly - I've struggled a lot in the last year with time tracking for fixed price projects (not so important, but useful) and billable hours (very important) largely due to the amount of parallelism I now do; and I think this notion of a "chess clock" may unblock me on building my own tracker for this!