# Daybearing - Time Blocking — A clock face for your work.

> A clock face for your work. (iPhone/iPad app by Dustin Glendinning.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/daybearing-time-blocking/id6809098256 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Dustin Glendinning](https://appshunter.io/developer/6809098258)
- Category: Productivity
- Price: $4.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 5 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-09-24
- Data updated: 2026-11-06

## What is Daybearing?

New in 1.2: iCloud Sync, encrypted on your device. 
Your day, the same on iPhone, iPad and Mac — plus keyboard control, Undo, and Clear List for when the day changes.

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Daybearing is a clock face for your day.

Say what you're doing and how long you think it will take. Each task becomes an arc on the clock, in the hour where it will actually happen. Run over and the arc keeps growing, in orange. One glance tells you if you're on pace.

HOW IT WORKS

Type a task name and set its duration with the time ruler. Tap Start. When you finish, tap Complete and the next task begins in the same instant, so no time slips away between them.
You can also paste in a list of tasks to quickly add tasks from other apps. Daybearing recognizes numbers at the end of a task name as the duration for that task, so you can quickly edit a task list and paste it in.

The pace chip says how far ahead or behind your plan the day is.

You can save tasks for later in the Plan tab, and view and export your history in the Past tab. 

ON IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC

• iCloud Sync, off by default. Start a task on your iPhone, and your iPad and Mac show it running.
• Private by design. Everything is encrypted on your device before it leaves, with a key only your devices hold. No account to make, and Remove Data from iCloud deletes the copy whenever you like.
• On iPad, the dial sits beside your task list. On Mac, and on iPad with a keyboard, you can do it all from the keys.

WHAT IT DOES NOT DO

There is no pause. Daybearing shows your work against real time, and real time doesn't stop. A timer you can stop measures how long you had it running, not how long the work took. If you need to stop, Set Down ends the session, logs the part you did, and puts the rest back in the queue.

There are no subtasks, tags, categories or statistics screens.

There is no subscription, no in-app purchase and no advertising. One time purchase. 

MORE FEATURES:

• A Live Activity for the running task, on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with a Complete button so you can finish without opening the app.
• Home Screen widgets
• Lock Screen widgets
• Siri and Shortcuts: automate and connect your other work with Daybearing.
• Notifications – Act on your tasks when their time is up.
• Desk Mode: set the phone down and see the task and the dial from across the desk.
• Undo: ten seconds to take back a task you finished by mistake.
• Routines: save tasks to your Plan and copy them into today with one tap.
• Batch entry for repeated work: set a pace for large volumes of similar tasks.
• An optional chime when a task reaches its estimate.
• CSV export
• Six themes, light and dark.
• VoiceOver support and adjustable text sizing.

## Is Daybearing safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Daybearing.

## Is Daybearing legit?

Daybearing - Time Blocking has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Daybearing is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-11-04

New in 1.2: iCloud Sync, encrypted on your device. 
Your day, the same on iPhone, iPad and Mac — plus keyboard control, Undo, and Clear List for when the day changes.

### 1.1 — 2026-09-29

Daybearing 1.1

NEW
• iPad! Daybearing now runs on iPad in every orientation and at any window size. In a
  wide window the dial sits beside your task list, and Desk Mode sets the task and the
  dial side by side when that gives the dial more room.
• Homscreen widget! See the task in hand, its countdown and your
  pace, and complete the task from the widget. It's instant, and the next task
  starts on its own. Between sessions it shows your pace, the time you've logged today,
  or what's waiting on your Plan. Available in small and medium; medium also shows
  what's next. Works with tinted and clear Home Screens.
• Complete or Set Down from the notification. When a task's time is up, press and hold
  the alert to finish the task or set the session down, without opening the app.
• Quick actions. Add or complete tasks without opening the app. Touch and hold the app icon to add a task, or to complete the one
  you're on.

IMPROVED
• Desk Mode gives the task name more room: long names wrap to up to four lines and sit
  above the clock.
• On iPad, a two-finger trackpad swipe moves the time ruler. (also helps Mac compatibility)
• The Past and Plan screens keep to a comfortable reading width on large screens.

FIXED
• Completing a task from the Live Activity while it's shown on a Mac could finish two
  tasks. One press now finishes one task.
• The Live Activity countdown was hard to read on the light Signal and Brass themes.
• In Past, a task finished exactly on time now lines up with the rest and shows a
  green 0.
  It's now clear on every theme, on a solid background.
• A floating iPad keyboard no longer shrinks the page.

Thanks for all the feedback since launch. Keep it coming at support@daybearing.com.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-25

No release notes.

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