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Flowtime Press Kit
Flowtime is a flexible focus timer and time tracker for anyone who wants to track focused time with less friction. Gentle reminders help you stay aware of passing time, including during deep focus or hyperfocus.
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About Flowtime
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Flowtime is a minimal focus timer built around a simple idea: starting a focus session should require almost no effort.
Instead of adding complicated workflows, accounts, or productivity systems, Flowtime removes friction between deciding to work and actually starting.
The app combines flexible focus timers with awareness reminders, optional app shielding, focus history, and personal time tracking for different ways of focusing.
Why Flowtime Exists
The founder story behind the app.
Flowtime started as a personal tool.
Its creator, Swiss indie developer Ava Thalheim, wanted a focus timer that helped with both sides of focused work: starting when it feels difficult, and stopping when hyperfocus makes hours disappear.
The result became Flowtime — a deliberately simple focus timer built around awareness rather than punishment.
What Makes Flowtime Different
Key design philosophy and feature principles.
One-tap focus sessions
Start tracking focused time instantly without setup wizards, onboarding surveys, or mandatory tag configurations.
No account required
Launch the app and start focusing immediately. Your session data remains strictly stored on your device.
Privacy-first design
No ad tracking, no monetization algorithms, and no personal time data stored on external servers.
Flexible timer modes
Choose open count-up timers, classic Pomodoro, or open-ended Flow Sessions tailored to your current energy level.
Awareness reminders for time blindness and hyperfocus
Gentle audio and visual check-in cues make time visible while working so hours don't slip away unnoticed.
Optional app shielding
Interrupt attention-hijacking apps with conscious pause screens rather than aggressive, punitive lockout mechanics.
Story Angles
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Why productivity apps often create more friction than they remove
Exploring how complex task managers and habit tracker overhead can fuel procrastination instead of focus.
Designing productivity tools for time awareness and hyperfocus
How low-friction design can make it easier to start work, stay aware of time, and stop intentionally.
Why awareness can work better than aggressive app blocking
Replacing punitive site blockers with mindful awareness cues that build long-term digital intentionality.
Building a privacy-first productivity app without accounts
The technical and philosophy decisions behind building local-first software in an era of mandatory cloud logins.
What happens when a developer builds the productivity tool she personally needed
The story of Ava Thalheim learning to notice passing time and building Flowtime into a polished indie app.
The problem with complicated onboarding in productivity apps
How fewer setup decisions make it easier to start a focus session.
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Flowtime is a flexible, privacy-first focus timer and time tracker for iPhone and Android designed to reduce friction, track focus sessions, and make time visible without requiring an account.
Flowtime is a flexible focus timer and time tracker for anyone, available for iPhone and Android. With a focus on easy starting and time awareness, Flowtime combines flexible session tracking, Pomodoro, gentle focus reminders, and optional app shielding into a simple experience that requires no account or cloud setup.
Flowtime is a flexible, privacy-first focus timer and time tracker for anyone who wants to keep focused time visible. Unlike traditional productivity tools that add heavy workflows, accounts, and setup friction, Flowtime focuses on making focus sessions effortless to start and easy to maintain. Users can choose between standard timers, Pomodoro, and open-ended Flow Sessions with custom target durations. To help you stay aware of passing time, Flowtime provides gentle check-in reminders that keep time visible while working. For digital distractions, optional app shielding places a conscious barrier in front of attention-hijacking apps. Flowtime is built local-first: timer and project data stay on your device, no account is required, and privacy is respected by design. Available on the App Store for iPhone and Google Play for Android.
Ava Thalheim is an indie software developer based in Switzerland. Experiencing the daily challenges of time blindness and hyperfocus, she built Flowtime to create a simple, respectful focus timer that makes focused time easier to notice and manage. Learn more at avathalheim.dev.
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