# Halftime: ADHD Sand Timer — Visual hourglass for focus

> Visual hourglass for focus (iPhone/iPad app by Hieu Vo.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/halftime-adhd-sand-timer/id6824406430 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Hieu Vo](https://appshunter.io/developer/6785929972)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: French (France), American English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Danish, European Spanish, Finnish, Japanese, Norwegian Bokmål and 1 more
- Released: 2026-10-31
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is Halftime?

Halftime is a visual timer: time is an hourglass that drains as the minutes pass, so you can see how much is left without reading a number.

Built for people with ADHD and time blindness, and for anyone who loses track of time while cooking, studying, or deep in work.

SET IT LIKE A KITCHEN TIMER
Twist the glass. Feel a click for every minute. Let go and it is running. Name the session if you want ("Deep work", "Pasta") and the name follows it everywhere.

SEE IT EVERYWHERE
• Live Activity on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, still counting calmly if you run over
• Start timers from Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets without opening the app
• Desk mode: turn your phone sideways and it becomes a full-screen clock you can read from across the room

A TIMER THAT IS ON YOUR SIDE
• A gentle heads-up 5 minutes before time is up, so the ending never ambushes you
• Going over time is not failure. The glass stays calm, no red alarms
• Sunk into hyperfocus? Halftime nudges you back kindly, and a little more firmly each time
• When a timer ends, the hourglass flips into a short break, then tells you when the break is over

STAY IN THE SESSION
• Brain dump: a stray thought ("pay the electricity bill") gets parked in three seconds and waits for you in the Parked tab. Works from any app through the share sheet
• Focus sounds: a soft wooden tick and four kinds of brown noise
• Every finished session pours its sand into a little pile, so a good day is something you can see

ROUTINES
The every-few-days things that slip: watering plants, changing a toothbrush head, backing up. Halftime tracks the cycle and shows what is due, without dates or guilt.

EASY TO LEARN
A short guide in Settings (How it works) shows every gesture and feature in one page.

YOURS, ONCE
Pay once and all of it is yours. Every feature included. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no account, no ads.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No tracking, no analytics, no data collection. Your timers never leave your device.

Available in English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Danish, Finnish, French, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Time is easier when you can see it.

## Is Halftime safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Halftime.

## Is Halftime legit?

Halftime: ADHD Sand Timer appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Halftime is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0.19 — 2026-10-31

No release notes.

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