TimeAlign

@semanser Sure! I'm a total time blocking and time management geek, so I've seen and used a lot of other tools before I decided to build my own. First of all, most productivity and time management tools don't have ANY gamification mechanics, as they are focused on workplace productivity, meeting coordination, and billable hours. This can do wonders for your productivity, but it is not gamified and frankly, it can be kinda boring. The apps that are explicitly trying to gamify the time management experience are missing something that we think is VERY important: the closed feedback loop. This means combining goal-driven scheduling with time/behavior tracking--intention vs action. The primary gamification mechanism in TimeAlign works by closing the feedback loop on time management, comparing your tracked vs scheduled time. This unique approach to time management is the foundation of the TimeAlign system. From this core feedback loop, we calculate an "Alignment Score" which is a measure of how well your time is aligned to your schedule and goals. This is powerful because we are able to take a lot of data and simplify it into a single metric that accurately represents something important. The app also gives you a clear idea of what actions you need to take in order to increase the score, which is a classic use of gamification to induce positive behavior change. Beyond the alignment score, we have layered some additional gamification mechanisms that set TimeAlign apart from other productivity apps: - Alignment view: The alignment view shows your tracked time next to your scheduled time for the day. You can drag and drop scheduled time to the tracked column or begin tracking in real time. Aligning your tracked and scheduled time will increase your alignment score. - Goals: goals take habit tracking a step further by actually encouraging the user to schedule time to achieve them. There are lots of studies that show that you are much more likely to do something if you scheduled time to do it. - Data insights: the app gives you in-depth insights to see how much time you scheduled and tracked and compare it to previous weeks.

@pavel_bocharov Thank you Pavel! We absolutely agree with you there. It's wild how many people track and optimize their finances, fitness, and other aspects of their lives, but NOT their time. Thanks for the support!

@yernar_a Thanks Yernar... It's been a struggle, but I really hope I can take a personal tragedy and turn it in to something good for lots of people. I'm certainly not the only one who's lost a loved one like that, and while I'm not going to be the one to cure cancer, I can help people recognize the preciousness of their time before it's too late.

@drianrama Thank you! Glad we can help you! Any particular feature that you like the most?

@nikunj_vora Scheduled time blocks can overlap as many as you want, but you can choose only one activity to track at a time. We will be implementing a "tagging" feature in the near future so you can apply multiple activities to a single timeblock, but for now, your tracked timeblocks cannot overlap. We've actually had a bit of a philosophical debate about this design and we still don't have the perfect answer, so I'd love to hear your thoughts! Would you like to have overlapping tracked blocks?

@evan_paul Thank you for your kind words! What features or aspects of TimeAlign are you most curious about?

@hj_mindos Thank you!! Would love to hear your experience after you try it! Make sure to grab a discount promo code too :)