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OP here. I just released version 1.2 which is based on the feedback in this thread. It brings better scaling of fonts and the chart, which leads to better support for smaller devices. Also included are fixes to the widget and live activity renderings (one of which is a workaround of a confirmed iOS bug). Finally, the redundant “live” pill is dropped. Enjoy the update!

That sounds interesting and worth a look. Although my experience with such cross platform bindings is that they tend to be leaky especially around system-dependent things like alarms and connectivity. But I’ll give it a try when I have a few hours to spend.

Fonts and scaling are fixed with 1.2 released now. Live badge is gone too. I didn’t touch the colours for now.

Thank you, glad you like it.

Great, yes, feel free.

I just noticed that one screen is missing on the website: the one for logging a past session (positive, when you forgot to start the timer, and negative when you forgot to stop it). I’ll add that tonight on the website.

Yes, it’s the first big image below the intro text on the website. You may need to wait a moment for it to auto-play. It is a self-served video file, no YT embed.

The app is made in Swift and relies heavily on Watch Connectivity and AlarmKit (among others when you take the widgets and Live Activity into account, which may be omitted). I assume, none of those maps obviously to Android SDKs.

And in my experience, Claude's first results are fine for a preview, but less so for a reliable product. You can get there, but only if you can follow or even guide the engineering and make the right decisions and tradeoffs along the way. I would definitely need to learn Android to work with Claude.

Don't get me wrong, but I can't allocate that time atm. And I don't think I'm the best person to do it.

Thank you!

Android: not yet, and not from me. But stay tuned; given the interest this saw today, I hope someone with Android skills (that I'm lacking) will jump in.

Thanks for asking! I do agree that would be useful, but haven't looked into how sync could possibly work while keeping my claims and principles of "fully local" up. I will definitely look into it.

I will definitely look into these improvements, especially the fonts and the "live" badge. For the colors, I'm unsure; I played around a lot with those already and quite used to them by now, but who knows. Thank you for your detailed feedback and the specific suggestions!

Yay, someone mentioned the name. As a non-native speaker, I wasn't sure whether the ambiguity really works - glad to hear it does, at least for one other person.

Actually, there is no limit on how much you allocate, even 25h works (yes, might be considered a bug). But that's not the idea. The app is meant to help balance things that pull you in and eat your time without you noticing against those that want you to come and get them actively and intentionally and would never call for you.

Edit: ... and those things usually sum up to much less than 24h, because sleep is in neither category (at least for me); I mean, it does pull you in, but it also lets you go when it's time. :-)

Makes sense, thank you for taking the time to describe it. I will consider adding something that covers this need.

Thank you!

There is no such feature currently. The way I use it is that I simply ignore it on weekends.

What behaviour would you expect from a weekend mode?

Thank you for giving it a try! I look forward to your impressions and ideas.

Thank you for sharing your experience.

I kept OwnTime strictly separate from todos. There are so many great apps for that. I would consider linking priorities into external todo apps, e.g. if it would be possible to deep link into a certain group of todos in the app of your choice. So you could go OwnTime -> priority -> switch to todos associated with that priority.

Thank you for taking the time and posting this. This is not an extremely improbable direction. I will consider it.

That's the attitude. :-) Thank you!

Btw, good luck with Fable working with Watch Connectivity and AlarmKit. I mean, it does try hard. ;-)

Thank you.

I know, and I didn't need a Pomodoro timer.

What Pomodoro doesn't show you and is at the heart of this app: the things you neglect, front and center, not in the shape of todos (and bad feelings) but it the shape of your personal priorities.

Thanks!

I hear you. Not in love with those particular colors either. I need (a) 5 light + 5 dark colors (b) that are pairwise discernible when next to each other and (c) don't get confused immediately with Apple's Activity rings. That last (c) unfortunately rules out many popular open/free color schemes from charting libraries I know.

I'm no expert on colors (nor typography), so will gladly take input from anyone more proficient than me.

Thank you! I appreciate it!

Yes, some type of regular notification similar to the one-time wrap-up notification is something I would definetely consider. This overlaps with the Pomodoro-type of apps, which is why it wasn't top priority for me so far.

I don't mind at all. The video already on the website shows the main screen with interactions over time. The only other screen (except for the basic info screen with links) is the "edit" dialog on the second static screenshot below. The "add" dialog is the same view with a different header. If you tell me what else you'd need, I will see what I can do.

Thank you for your feedback anyway - I hope, someone else picks it up!

Thanks for taking the time to point out the impression. I have rewritten it more casually.

Thank you! Yes, the alarm was the single most important requirement for me.

There is no web app I'm afraid.

Thank you, I appreciate your feedback.

Thank you for your questions!

"Still yours" shows the total time available over all priorities.

The different ring segments represent the time allocated (available=light and used=dark) of each priority in the color you assigned to that priorty.

Unfortunately, I have no such plans and no OwnTime for that ;)

I guess, if there is interest, it will be possible to use the website as a guidance for whoever or whatever may implement an Android version. I’d feel honored.

Thank you for your kind feedback!

Yes, I'd feel honored if the concept gained traction.

Could you explain your use case? When do you prefer counting up over counting down and why?

You could set up a priority with the minimum budget (15m) and log everything as "over work". Of course, that will lack visibility in the chart.