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Desk Clock / Focus Timer

A desk clock and sand timer for your iPhone

Two ways to put time where you can see it: a clock large enough to read across the room, and a sand timer that makes a work session something you watch rather than count. Both work offline, with no account and nothing to sign up for.

iPhone & iPad · iOS 17 and later
FlowHour running as a desk clock and as a sand timer

What it does

A clock you can read across the room

Large, legible time in designs made to sit in daylight on a desk or glow quietly on a nightstand at three in the morning.

A sand timer you can feel

Set a session and watch it fall. Time you can see the shape of is easier to stay inside than a number counting down.

Designs, bought once

Each mode includes a free design. The premium packs are a one-time purchase — no subscription, no renewal to forget about.

Nothing leaves the phone

No account, no tracking, no analytics. After the download it never needs a connection again.

Made for

On the nightstand

A dim, oversized clock you can read at 3am without a bright screen in your face — and without unlocking anything.

On the desk, all day

Propped beside the monitor, the time stops being something you interrupt yourself to check.

Focus and study sessions

Start the sand timer, put the device where you can see it, and work until it runs out. No notifications, no feed underneath.

The old iPhone in the drawer

A phone you stopped carrying is still a good screen. Plug it in and give it a second job it is genuinely good at.

Questions

Does it work without an internet connection?

Yes. Once downloaded it needs no connection at all — there is no account to sign into and no server it talks to.

Is it a subscription?

No. Each mode comes with a free design, and the premium design packs are a single one-time purchase.

Does it work on iPad?

Yes. A propped-up iPad makes a particularly good desk clock, and the app is built for both devices.

Can I use an old iPhone for this?

That is one of the things it is for. A phone you no longer carry still has a perfectly good screen — plug it in and it becomes a dedicated clock.

What data does it collect?

None. No account, no tracking, no analytics.

Time is worth looking at.