This is a great (and tight) execution of a neat concept. I'm not in the garden of Apple so unfortunately I can't play with it, but the preview is thorough. I particularly like the voice integration. I sympathise with some of the time allocation issues you mention, particularly when it comes to important but not urgent things.
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!
Very nice, I will buy it.
I am also searching a special feature which add recurring alarms like every 45 minutes (for remembering to get up from my desk).
Can you add a feature like that or point me to a similar app?
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 understand what the timers labeled “still yours” mean in the sample images. Is that just a user label or some sort of special category for eg uncategorized time?
I also don’t understand what the different colored parts of the ring represent.
There are two types of notification:
1) When budget runs out (available time goes to zero), there is always an alarm, like for the typical system timer.
2) Optionally, you can enable a notification to nudge you slightly ealier, e.g. 10 minutes. This allows you to prepare to wrap up what you are doing so you can actually stop (e.g. in a "close the lid" sense) when time is up.
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.
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.
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!
Yes, I'd feel honored if the concept gained traction.
Can you add a feature like that or point me to a similar app?
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.
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.
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.
I also don’t understand what the different colored parts of the ring represent.
"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.
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.
Preset color themes would be nice to have :)
You can add as many priorities as you want.
You can do and track "over work" as well. It is displayed as negative budget, but not indicated in the chart.