KeepCue vs PaceRing

KeepCue: Visual Timeline & Routine Planner For those of us who need structure, routines, and flexibility in planning. Certain activities are best started with a cue, try beginning on cue instead of fixed clock time. Time block for overall structure, then act on cue to get things done. CUE-ANCHORED ROUTINES You figured out a few things about yourself: the ten minutes of journaling to start your day right, the two-minute shutdown ritual that helps you transition out of work mode, the night routine that gets you to bed on time and prepared for the next day. Let your cues guide you back on track. Instead of fixed times, anchor activities and routines to approximate time blocks plus something that already happens in your daily life, e.g., when you wake up, when you walk through the front door, when you close your laptop. These are all possibilities for anchors that provide structure without having to adhere to fixed clock times. Why do routines matter? Your routine is a solution to a problem you've already solved. Now if you could just get it done on automatic, that'd make life easier. The morning routine that starts your day right, the afterwork routine that transitions you to home mode or a different role, the evening routine that gets you prepared for the next day. The distance between planning and done is a cue: something that tells your brain the routine starts now, and gets you on your way to completing it. KeepCue provides 60+ cue ideas to get you started. VISUAL TIMELINE TO VIEW YOUR DAY See your work and personal life at a glance. Your schedule and free time in one view: find the time you didn't know you had, fix an overlap, or swap an activity just for this week. VIEW YOUR CALENDAR EVENTS View your existing calendar events on the timeline. KeepCue can show any calendar your Apple Calendar app can access, including iCloud, Google, Outlook, Holidays, Birthdays, and subscribed calendars. KeepCue only reads your calendar, and it stays on your device. READY-MADE ROUTINES KeepCue comes with real, helpful routines for morning, afterwork, evening, and weekends. Morning: Core, Full morning routine Afterwork: WFH Transition, Post-shift Recovery Night: Minimalist, Wind-down, Work & School Weekends: Sunday reset, Weekend Recovery Easily add ready-made routines to your planner. UNLIMITED ROUTINES & ACTIVITIES • Add unlimited activities and routines, anchored to time and real moments. Repeat daily, on chosen weekdays, or every few days or weeks. • Break anything overwhelming into a checklist of smaller steps and check them off one by one. • Choose how completed activities look: a color tint, dimmed, or a strikethrough line. HOME & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS See where you are in your day right from the Home Screen, and check off an activity, or a routine's steps, without opening the app. • Small widget: the activity you're on, or the next one. Also works in StandBy mode. • Medium widget: short list of activities coming up today. • Checklist widgets: choose a routine and check off its steps right on the widget. You can add more than one checklist widget. • Lock Screen widget: see what's next on the Lock Screen. DARK MODE KeepCue goes by your iPhone's settings, whether Light or Dark mode. Customize by updating your iPhone's appearance settings. There is also a dark and a tinted app icon, for when you customize your Home Screen icons to Dark or Tinted. REMINDERS Get a reminder when an activity is about to start, or 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes before. Reminders cover your KeepCue activities only, not your calendar events. There are no activity reminders until you turn notifications on. Tapping a reminder opens activity details. Completing an activity clears its reminder. KEEPCUE Built for iOS. One-time purchase, lifetime access. No sign-up. No subscription. SUPPORT Questions or feedback? Reach out at support@keepcue.app https://keepcue.app

Keep your talk on time without losing your flow. PaceRing shows the time with large digits and a clear colour ring. As time runs short, the screen changes from yellow to red, so you can check your pace at a glance—even from the front of the room. It’s a handy companion for conference talks, lectures, speeches, pitches and rehearsals. It also works well for mock exams, practice questions, reading and 25-minute focus sessions. WHAT YOU’LL SEE • Large countdown digits that are easy to read from the podium • A circular progress ring—drag its tip to adjust the remaining time • Yellow and red warning stages that show your pace without words • Bell, vibration and full-screen flashing in any combination you choose • Optional overtime counting when you go beyond your planned time MADE FOR REAL TALKS • Set hours, minutes and seconds, including timers longer than one hour • Keeps the display awake while the timer is running • Sends local alerts even when the screen is locked or the app is in the background • Available in Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean PAY ONCE, KEEP IT The Standard Upgrade removes ads and adds more colour themes, digit fonts and alarm sounds, along with overtime tracking, warning bells, presets and planned-versus-actual comparisons. The Advanced Pack adds every appearance option, multi-stage presentation timers, saved plans, alerts for each stage and rehearsal history. There are no monthly or annual subscriptions. Alarm sounds follow your iPhone’s silent switch and volume settings. PaceRing does not use Critical Alerts.