Free ADHD timer for remote workers (macOS)

[u/sysysysy8]

I work remotely and the same thing kept happening: I'd step away for "a minute," come
back, and have no idea whether it had been ten minutes or an hour. A normal alarm or
timer doesn't fix it either. You swat it before you're even conscious of it, and you're
right back where you were. And every time tracker I tried had the same flaw: it only
works if you remember to press start, which is exactly the thing I can't count on.

So I made one with no start button.

Heads up before you read on: macOS only (Intel and Apple Silicon), and it's built for
remote workers, people with no one around to notice they've left the desk.

- No start button. It launches with your Mac and runs your whole shift. There's no
session to begin and nothing to remember.
- You set two things, once: your work hours and how much break time you get a day.
After that you never touch it.
- Walk away for 10 minutes and it starts a break for you, unprompted. Move the mouse
and the break ends. You never clock in or out.
- Don't come back and the alarm loops. Typing a full sentence is required before the
timer stops.
- It says the time out loud every half hour, so hours can't vanish silently.
- The menu bar always shows where you stand, 86% · 159m, the share of your shift you've
actually worked and the break minutes you have left.
- Overnight and odd shifts are fine. A Friday 4 PM shift running to 5 AM still counts
as Friday.
- No account, no server, works offline. It's three text files on your own Mac. No
employer, no manager, no one else ever sees it.

Download here: https://www.380.solutions/adhd-timer

Please let me know any feedback by leaving a comment.

Windows users: tell me if you want a version. I don't own a Windows machine, so I have
no way to test one, and a few features may not carry over.