Release notes & product stories

What we shipped, and why.

Every product on the shelf gets its releases written down here — what changed, what it is for, and the thinking that got it there.

ShowMe 1.0: show the card, not the phone
ShowMe Release v1.0

ShowMe 1.0: show the card, not the phone

ShowMe 1.0 is now available for iPhone and iPad. Keep the information people ask for as private cards, then show one value full screen without handing over the rest of your phone.

4 min read
I don't have one life. I have five — and each gets exactly one line
One Product story

I don't have one life. I have five — and each gets exactly one line

Single-priority purity feels like a monastery; to-do lists are ten backlogs in a trench coat. One gives up to five areas of your life a single slot each. To place something new, what is there must leave. Here is what a month of that did.

7 min read
HourLife Release v1.1

HourLife 1.1: put today’s tasks in your order

HourLife 1.1 puts the order of today’s work back in your hands. Reorder tasks by hand, keep the arrangement for each day, or let time stay in charge.

1 min read
Four decisions on a Sunday night
Time Freedom Review Product story

Four decisions on a Sunday night

Weekly reviews die of thoroughness. Time Freedom Review asks five questions and ends with four decisions on one page — keep, release, protect, try. Next Sunday it asks the only follow-up: did it hold?

3 min read
I remember being right a lot more often than I was
Second Look Product story

I remember being right a lot more often than I was

Second Look seals what you expect from a decision, then brings it back on a date you chose — and makes you write what actually happened before it shows you your prediction. Humbling. Recommended.

3 min read
How many Sunday dinners are left?
Seasons Product story

How many Sunday dinners are left?

Not days lived, not a fraction of a life — a count of the thing itself. Seasons counts what's actually running out, and then asks the only follow-up that matters: did we spend it?

3 min read
I had fourteen number-one priorities
One Thing Product story

I had fourteen number-one priorities

One Thing holds exactly one intention, and switching costs you a written reason. A month in, the reasons turned out to be worth more than the productivity. Here's the embarrassing pattern it found.

3 min read
Zero days left is the one number you can't act on
Kept Product story

Zero days left is the one number you can't act on

Last year I bought my mum's birthday flowers at a petrol station. A countdown told me the day had arrived; it never told me when the work had to begin. Kept fixes exactly that.

3 min read
Idea Release v1.0

Idea 1.0: one idea at a time

Idea 1.0 is available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Keep every idea in the reservoir, but give only one your attention at a time.

1 min read
My bucket list was a guilt list until it got a way out
Reach Product story

My bucket list was a guilt list until it got a way out

A life list that only grows is just an invoice from your younger self. Reach lets one wish be live at a time — and makes 'let it go' a real, recorded ending instead of quiet shame.

3 min read
I had 212 ideas and had finished none of them
Idea Product story

I had 212 ideas and had finished none of them

My ideas note was a graveyard with a search bar. Idea let me keep hoarding — and then made me pull exactly one idea down and live with it. Here's what a month of that did.

3 min read
HourLife 1.0: forty-two modules, one day at a time
HourLife Release v1.0

HourLife 1.0: forty-two modules, one day at a time

The main app is finished. Forty-two modules, four tabs, and a storage layer we rebuilt so your health records never touch iCloud. Here is what 1.0 does, what we cut, and why the Today screen asks how you are arriving before it shows you a list.

10 min read
TinyPact 1.0: the floor you hold every week
TinyPact Release v1.0

TinyPact 1.0: the floor you hold every week

Our first mini app is out. It counts no streaks, sends no 9am nudge, and refuses to call a hard week a failure. Here is what we built, and what we took out.

6 min read

The shelf

Three products, one direction.

HourLife runs the whole shape of a life. TinyPact protects the smallest commitment you refuse to lose. Time Freedom Review decides what next week is for.