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Re: Show HN: A minimalist Mac app that helps track, allocate, and plan your time

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Post by kendallpark » Thu, Jul 04, 2019, 7:14 PM UTC

Many years back, a coworker and I were talking about how we wished pomodoro apps had a "snooze" button. One of the limitations of using the pomodoro technique with programming is that it can break you out of flow.

I wonder if there would be a way to pair this with an app like Cold Turkey...

Re: Show HN: A minimalist Mac app that helps track, allocate, and plan your time

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Post by Dextro » Thu, Jul 04, 2019, 7:27 PM UTC

It would be pretty cool if there was a way to add tasks straight from Alfred

Re: Show HN: A minimalist Mac app that helps track, allocate, and plan your time

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Post by sovande » Thu, Jul 04, 2019, 7:35 PM UTC

duiker101 wrote: post #48

YCuN4M00v33odS wrote: post #9

13.99 to show notifications from a list. Come on

It's worth what people are willing to pay. Seems like there's quite a few people here happy with the price.

The app had a ranking of 50 in the productivity category June 8 and was out of the MAS US list June 11. Thats all for the last 365 days. So I guess not many is willing to pay. I salute the attempt fight the race to the bottom which the App Store has become, but I agree with OP, this app is probably not the standard-bearer. 9.99 for a TODO list (and judging from the video not very good) is too much. I mean, iStat Menus is 9.99 although amputated on the MAS.

Re: Show HN: A minimalist Mac app that helps track, allocate, and plan your time

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Post by oiasdjfoiasd » Thu, Jul 04, 2019, 7:35 PM UTC

reaperducer wrote: post #3

I'm not in the market for this kind of app, but thank you for making it a straight $9.99 purchase, instead of a $4.99/month SaaS (rental) scheme. Or some bogus in-app purchase that gets negated somewhere along the way when the app auto-updates and the previous in-app purchase is no longer available. I can't tell if it syncs data with my other Apple devices, but if it does, it would be great if it had the option of do…

It depends. If it's a piece of software that never updates, a one time purchase makes sense.

But otherwise, why should you get access to all future updates and ongoing work?

I think Sketch has a good system - you pay once and you only have access to that version forever (bugs and all). In order to update/get new features, you need to pay again or have an ongoing subscription.

Re: Show HN: A minimalist Mac app that helps track, allocate, and plan your time

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Post by jason_slack » Thu, Jul 04, 2019, 7:51 PM UTC

jpulgarin wrote: post #28

matchbok wrote: post #6

iOS version planned? I'd love to chip in.

It's definitely something we're thinking about. There have been many times when I'm not at my computer that I'd wished I had access to my task list, or had something like Effortless on my phone to keep me focused on some manual task. Right now we're focused on improving the Mac version though as an iOS version would also require us to write a backend to handle accounts/syncing, etc...

I would use an iOS app. I like to keep my Mac as clutter free as possible/very minimal.

Happy Birthday.

Re: Show HN: A minimalist Mac app that helps track, allocate, and plan your time

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Post by kleer001 » Thu, Jul 04, 2019, 7:55 PM UTC

Hmm, I could probably setup emacs to do something like this.

I'm on Linux these days so can't use it anyways :/

Re: Show HN: A minimalist Mac app that helps track, allocate, and plan your time

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Post by edejong » Thu, Jul 04, 2019, 8:13 PM UTC

Good (free) alternative, works across OSes and on iOS and Android, has browser integration and a support team:

Toggl.io

Re: Show HN: A minimalist Mac app that helps track, allocate, and plan your time

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Post by adminu » Thu, Jul 04, 2019, 8:15 PM UTC

kleer001 wrote: post #66

Hmm, I could probably setup emacs to do something like this. I'm on Linux these days so can't use it anyways :/

Well, that would be org-mode. If you set an time estimate [1] it will give you a desktop notifiction when your time is over. Thanks to clocking in and out [2] you can record your time. And, well, it's org-mode, you can do basically everything if your are willing to learn it ;)

And at the end of the day you can generate a nice table that shows you, how much time you spend with what.

[1] https://orgmode.org/manual/Effort-estimates.html [2] https://orgmode.org/manual/Clocking-commands.html

Re: Show HN: A minimalist Mac app that helps track, allocate, and plan your time

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Post by adminu » Thu, Jul 04, 2019, 8:20 PM UTC

IBCNU wrote: post #58

Counterpoint: These apps never work, calendars are time prisons, we already have advanced technology for managing time: our brains.

Despite the downvotes, I somewhat agree with you: It is not about the app you use, but THAT YOU USE IT. It does take some commitment and I think, people tend to hop from app to app instead of building the nessecary mindset. In fact, a clock and a peace of paper can do the job just fine, if yout want it to.

Re: Show HN: A minimalist Mac app that helps track, allocate, and plan your time

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Post by tobr » Thu, Jul 04, 2019, 8:22 PM UTC

This looks brilliant in its simplicity. I’ve been using Tyke.app for a few weeks as a task list, and it’s perhaps the first that seems to work for me. Getting timers + fast task entry seems like a useful addition. Bought it, the price is perfect.

Some feedback. Starting the task automatically when it’s added feels stressful. Same when I restart the app - it starts ticking. Not sure how to reset it either.

Would like to be able to add tasks without specifying a time too, and switch to it without having a timer start - just as a reminder of what to focus on.

Can I turn off the active task somehow, and show the icon again? (i.e. have access to the list from the menu, without explicitly selecting which one I’m working on atm)