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Re: Show HN: OwnTime – a chess clock for your day's priorities

#51
Really nice looking app. I like the ambiguity of the name.

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.

Re: Show HN: OwnTime – a chess clock for your day's priorities

#52

Really nice looking app. I like the ambiguity of the name. 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.

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. :-)

Re: Show HN: OwnTime – a chess clock for your day's priorities

#53
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Color scheme and typography also scream Claude. But nice idea.

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 mor…

I’d just use the system color palette. I would be surprised if users confuse your design with Activity.

The “Live” label looks like a Claudism. For the rest, you should be fine when you use the semantic fonts + size presets provided by Apple. They also set decent values for tracking depending on size and will react to global a11y size settings.

Re: Show HN: OwnTime – a chess clock for your day's priorities

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post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 mor…

I’d just use the system color palette. I would be surprised if users confuse your design with Activity. The “Live” label looks like a Claudism. For the rest, you should be fine when you use the semantic fonts + size presets provided by Apple. They also set decent values for tracking depending on size and will react to global a11y size settings.

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!

Re: Show HN: OwnTime – a chess clock for your day's priorities

#59
post #58

good product. Also for Android?

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.

Claude can do it within hours? give your iOS code, and ask "hey, make an Android app for this iOS app". in 2026, you don't need an Android engineer, but $100 for Claude Code.

Re: Show HN: OwnTime – a chess clock for your day's priorities

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post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Claude can do it within hours? give your iOS code, and ask "hey, make an Android app for this iOS app". in 2026, you don't need an Android engineer, but $100 for Claude Code.

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.

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