
baton. - the handoff timer
Start from the line you left
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About
The hardest part isn't focusing. It's starting again.
baton. asks you to leave exactly one line when a session ends:
"The first thing to do when I'm back."
Next time you open the app, that line fills the screen instead of a timer.
Past me · 14h ago. Tap the sentence, and you've already started.
■ For you if
· You lose ten minutes to "where was I?" every time you sit back down
· You've measured focus time, but starting again was always the hard part
· You're tired of to-do backlogs and streak pressure
■ How baton. works
· Baton — the one handoff line you always leave when a session ends
· Baton time — not total focus time, but how long it takes to get back to work
· Tracks — a separate baton for each lane: work, a side project, study (Full Track)
· Lock screen and home widgets — your last baton is always in view
· Live Activity — a running session on your lock screen and Dynamic Island
■ What's not here
No to-do lists, no streaks, no cheering notifications, no "come back" pushes.
No exclamation marks. No scolding. Time is shown honestly, and that's all.
■ Privacy
No account, no server. Every record stays on your device.
No data is collected.
■ Free and Full Track
Batons, the timer, widgets, and Live Activity are all free.
Full Track (a one-time purchase, not a subscription) opens multiple tracks,
your full history, themes and app icons, and every feature still to come.
Hemingway used to stop mid-sentence to end his day. We made an app out of that one idea.
— beside Co.
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What's New in baton.
1.0.9
September 3, 2026
Fixed a crash when retrying iCloud sync. Sync switching and iCloud account checks are now more reliable across iPhone and Mac.





