# NowBat — Your turn, on time

> Your turn, on time (iPhone/iPad app by Hessam Zahedi.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nowbat/id6808291109 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Hessam Zahedi](https://appshunter.io/developer/6785146214)
- Category: Productivity, Developer Tools
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-11
- Data updated: 2026-09-17
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nowbat/id6808291109/reviews.md

## What is NowBat?

It's your turn.

Claude gives you a 5-hour window that starts with your first message, and a weekly cap above it. NowBat is the little bat that keeps watch: it sleeps while your window burns, stirs when the reset is close, and wakes you the moment your limits refresh — so you never lose a turn you paid for.

THE BAT KNOWS
• Live countdowns for the 5-hour window and the weekly limit
• A heads-up 15 minutes before reset, and a nudge the second it lands
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Live Activity in the Dynamic Island, StandBy at your desk, and an Apple Watch app with complications
• Tell it your limits two honest ways: paste Claude's own /usage panel (NowBat reads the exact numbers), or just tap Start with your first message

THE KICKOFF QUEUE
Ideas arrive while your window is burning. Jot them into the queue — with project, repo path and branch — and when your turn comes, one tap composes everything into a paste-ready kickoff for a fresh session. Thinking happens on your schedule; typing happens on Claude's.

A POMODORO THAT KNOWS YOUR WINDOW (PRO)
"Four focuses fit before the reset." One tap starts the chain: auto-breaks, task linking, focus noise, streaks and stats — with a focus Live Activity of its own. The bat sleeps while you work. Don't wake it.

MEET THE BATS
Six hand-tuned faces — Classic, Cub, Plush, moonlit Luna, vampire Count and golden Zar. Every one is animated, reacts when you poke it, and swings with real physics when you tilt your phone.

WITH A MAC BY ITS SIDE (PRO)
Add NowBat on your Mac and the pasting disappears: the menu-bar companion reads Claude Code's local transcripts, detects your window automatically, estimates burn, and syncs it here through your iCloud.

NOWBAT PRO — ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION
The core app is free and complete. Pro ($14.99, once, family-shareable, valid on iPhone, iPad and Mac together) adds the pomodoro suite, Mac auto-sync, multiple accounts, self-calibrating burn prediction, per-model cost analytics, iCloud sync, calendar-fitted focus sessions and the four extra bat faces.

PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE
No accounts. No analytics. No servers. Your data lives on your devices and — only if you enable sync — in your own iCloud. NowBat never sees your conversations.

Why "NowBat"? In Persian, nobat means "your turn" — the word villages used when a sinking bowl-clock divided the irrigation water. Claude works the same way. The bat just makes sure you're awake for it.

NowBat is an independent companion app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| NowBat Pro | $14.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-09-11

No release notes.

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All apps by Hessam Zahedi: https://appshunter.io/developer/6785146214

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