Ember vs Beginary

Ember is the privacy-first focus timer built for deep work. Complete your most important goals with beautiful ambient soundscapes and zero tracking — ever. WHY EMBER? Privacy Native. Your data never leaves your device. No analytics SDKs. No data brokers. No "free app" business model. Just offline-first focus that respects your time and your data. Made in the EU with GDPR by default. Beautiful Design. A minimalist timer that fades away so you can focus. Warm gold ring on dark background with immersive full-screen sessions. Dark mode by default. Hand-crafted animations that feel like a premium physical object. Ambient Soundscapes. 8+ professionally recorded sounds (Rain, Forest, Café, White Noise, plus premium options). Multi-track mixing on Pro. Works completely offline — no internet required. Professional Analytics. Track focus streaks, daily focus scores, weekly patterns, and your most productive hours. Gamified achievements unlock as you build habits. Session Types. Choose preset durations or create custom sessions. 25-minute Pomodoro, 90-minute deep work blocks, or whatever matches your natural rhythm. WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT · Zero Tracking — We genuinely never see your data. Not "anonymized tracking," not "aggregated insights." Nothing. · Offline First — Records sessions locally. Sync optional. Zero vendor lock-in. · Fair Pricing — €3.99/month Pro (or €29.99/year), €59.99 lifetime. · European Values — GDPR compliant by design, hosted in the EU, built by humans who believe privacy is non-negotiable. THE EXPERIENCE Select your duration → Tap Start → Choose your sound → Focus completely. The app auto-hides after 5 seconds so it never distracts. Session complete? Celebrate with instant feedback on your focus score. Perfect for: - Remote workers protecting deep work time - Students building sustainable study habits - Creatives seeking uninterrupted creative flow - Anyone who refuses to trade their privacy for productivity FREE FOREVER: 7-day history, current streak, basic insights PRO (€3.99/month): All soundscapes, mixing, unlimited history, full analytics, custom durations, data export LIFETIME (€59.99): Everything in Pro, forever Questions? Privacy Policy: https://ember.eliasvandenberg.be/privacy/. Support: ember@eliasvandenberg.be. Made with care in Belgium. Terms of Use (EULA): https://apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Beginary helps adults with ADHD do the hardest part of any task: starting. You already know what you need to do. The gap is in beginning, and that gap isn't about discipline. It's how the ADHD brain handles initiation, working memory, time blindness, and the small spike of resistance that builds every time you look at the thing you've been meaning to start. Beginary is built for that exact moment. HOW IT WORKS Just Start. The core screen drops the cost of beginning to almost nothing. No picker, no setup. You tap, and you go. Mood check. Before you start, Beginary asks how thinking about the task feels: Fine, Wired, Heavy, or Stuck. There's no right answer. Your mood shapes what happens next: a Heavy afternoon and a Wired one don't get the same screen. Warm-Up. When starting cold feels like too much, a short warm-up gives you an on-ramp instead of a cliff. AI Breakdown. When a task is too big to see the start of, Beginary breaks it into small, doable pieces. Gentle nudges, firm when it matters. Reminders are soft by default: a quiet heads-up, never a guilt trip. For the tasks that truly need to break through, you can opt specific ones into a firm alarm. You decide which tasks earn that. Today's Wins. Beginary frames what you started and showed up for, not what you didn't get to. No streaks to break. No red overdue. No "you missed it." BUILT FOR HOW ADHD ACTUALLY WORKS - No streaks, no badges, no leaderboards. Beginary never punishes you for an off day. - No shame language. The app stays calm, even when you don't. - Motion-sensitive by design. Reduced-motion settings are fully respected. YOUR DATA, YOUR CALL Privacy is built into the structure, not bolted on. Your task names and mood check-ins are yours. Beginary uses AI to help break tasks down, which sends the task title to Anthropic for that purpose only. Nothing else, and you can turn it off. Analytics are anonymous. We don't sell your data or use it for advertising. ON APPLE WATCH Today's list, the mood check, and a one-tap start on your wrist. The Watch app works alongside your iPhone. TRY IT FREE Beginary is free for 14 days, full access, no card required. After that, Pro is $8.99/month or $79/year for unlimited tasks, unlimited AI breakdowns, and your pattern history. Questions or feedback: hello@beginary.com Privacy: https://www.beginary.com/privacy Terms: https://www.beginary.com/terms