Doply vs Darb

After looking at a book, document, or screen for a long time, your eyes and head can feel tired before your focus is ready to continue. Doply is a short transition app for that moment. After a focus timer ends, or before you start again, you can follow a moving dot for 30 seconds to 1 minute and give your eyes a brief pause. This short transition is inspired by papers and research on visual comfort and attention design. - Color and emotion research on how hue, brightness, and saturation may influence emotional tone and arousal - Curvature preference research on how rounded forms can feel more comfortable than sharp shapes - Smooth pursuit research on how following a moving target requires attention, and why speed and movement range matter - Accessibility research and practice around motion comfort You do not need to choose a meditation course or start a long session. Doply focuses on one timer and one visual point to help you settle scattered focus after using your eyes for a while. Use Doply when: - You finish a 25-minute focus timer and want a short pause before the next task - Your eyes feel tired after studying, reading, working, or looking at a screen - You want to pause briefly without opening a full meditation app - You want a quiet transition routine without scores or records - You want to adjust speed, motion style, and reset length yourself Key features: - 25-minute focus timer - Short break and long break timers - 30 sec, 1 min, and 90 sec visual resets - Sweep, Orbit, Eight, Pulse, Still, and Stereo reset modes - Adjustable motion speed and reset length - Optional local stereo cue Doply is a wellness tool for everyday focus and short transitions. It is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or medical condition. Individual experiences may vary. References: - Palmer & Schloss (2010), An ecological valence theory of human color preference, PNAS - Valdez & Mehrabian (1994), Effects of color on emotions, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General - Wilms & Oberfeld (2018), Color and emotion: effects of hue, saturation, and brightness, Psychological Research - Gomez-Puerto et al. (2015), Preference for Curvature: A Historical and Conceptual Framework, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - Munar et al. (2015), Common Visual Preference for Curved Contours in Humans and Great Apes, PLOS ONE - Drewes et al. (2022), User Perception of Smooth Pursuit Target Speed, ETRA

Darb is a calm daily companion for your worship: prayer, Quran and adhkar in one place, with no ads. The Companion — tell it what's on your mind • Describe what you're going through: worry, a family argument, feeling distant in worship… • It listens, then reminds you of an ayah, a hadith or a saying of the scholars that helps, with one practical step you can add to your day • Every quote is matched word for word against its source in classical books, with book, volume and page • You see it work: understanding your question, searching the books, writing, checking each quote • It doesn't give fatwas: rulings are referred to scholars. Your chats stay on your phone and are deleted after 7 days Prayer & adhan • Accurate prayer times for your location and calculation method • Choose the Makkah, Madinah or Al-Aqsa adhan, takbir only, or a silent alert, for each prayer • Pre-adhan reminder, iqama times and a Qibla compass The Quran • The complete Mushaf in Uthmani script (Hafs), page by page like the Madinah Mushaf • Search, bookmarks, and pick up your daily portion where you left off • Listen to every surah from renowned reciters • An ayah of the day on your Home screen Adhkar • Morning, evening and sleep adhkar with a counter for each • A tasbih counter that remembers your count Your day • Today's journey: a few simple daily practices (Quran portion, adhkar, evening reflection) with reminders at the right time • A Hijri calendar with occasions, and a Ramadan mode with suhoor, iftar and the last ten nights Circles • Private circles with family and friends: a shared khatma where each person takes a part, and du'a requests • No chat, no followers, no points: just what helps you do good Your privacy No ads, no tracking, no selling of your data. You can delete your account and all its data from inside the app.