Let Me Read vs Kickoff

Let Me Read is a quiet timer built around a single daily reading goal. Set how many minutes you want to read each day. The app draws that goal as an ensō, a Japanese brushed circle, and the circle closes as you read toward it. There is no list to check, no streak to protect, just one shape telling you how much of today is left. How it works Open the app and it shows you today: the ensō as far round as you've already read, and the minutes still needed to close it. Start a session, read, and when time is up a bell sounds to let you know, even with the ringer off. The timer only runs while the app is open: leave it and the session pauses, come back and it picks up where you left off. You can also set an ideal reading time, and the app will send a gentle reminder half an hour before, so you don't have to remember to open it. Every session you finish or end early is added to your day's total. Look back on it through a calendar (year, month, week and day), with a mark on any day that met your goal. What it doesn't do There's no account, no sign-in, and no syncing. Nothing you do in the app is shared with anyone, because the app never connects to the internet at all: your goal, your history and your sessions live only on your phone.

Kickoff is for the hardest part: Starting. One tap and you're in a focus session. No projects, no setup, no backlog. If naming the thing helps, name it. If not, just start. A timer you can feel Twist the glowing ring like a real kitchen timer to set your minutes. Time stays visible as a shrinking shape everywhere: on your phone, the lock screen, the Dynamic Island, your home screen widget, StandBy, and your wrist. The last seconds can tick out loud, in a voice you pick. Just 2 minutes The smallest possible start, and you can make it 1, 3, 5, or 10. When the tiny timer ends, Kickoff asks if you want to keep going. Stopping counts too. Interruptions are normal "I got pulled away" holds your place with a note to future you. When you come back, the note is waiting: pick up where you left off, call it done, or let it go. No judgment either way. The end is kind When time is up, nothing resets and nothing scolds. Add a little more, or call it done. Take a five minute rest and go again with one tap. Starts, not streaks Your history counts the times you showed up: a day report, your best hours, and a grid you can share. Nothing resets. Nothing guilts you. What's free and what's paid Everything you need to focus is free, forever: unlimited sessions of any length, the tiny start, pause, notes when you step away, rest, widgets, the Live Activity, the full Apple Watch app, and your current week of history. A single one time purchase unlocks the rest: shielding your chosen apps while the timer runs, your complete history with the showed up grid, every dial face, theme, sound pack and tick voice, and private iCloud sync. Pay once and keep it forever. No subscription, no recurring charges, nothing expires. Privacy, plainly Your data stays on your device and in your private iCloud. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. Built for ADHD brains. Kind to every brain. Contact: contact@chelodo.com Privacy policy: https://chelodo.com/apps/kickoff/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://chelodo.com/apps/kickoff/terms