FLIP — Focus Timer
2-minute rule timer for focus
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
The hardest part of any task is starting. The 2-minute rule says: just commit to two minutes — then decide whether to keep going. Most of the time, once you've started, you'll keep working far longer.
FLIP is a single-screen timer built around that idea.
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HOW IT WORKS
• Tap once to start a 2-minute kickoff timer.
• When 2 minutes are up, flip your phone face-down to commit to a 20-minute deep-work block.
• When deep work ends, turn your phone sideways to take a 5-minute break.
• Hold anywhere to cancel — a segmented bar fills with synchronized haptics so the gesture is unmistakable.
That's it. No accounts, no settings, no menus.
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DESIGNED FOR FOCUS
• Single-screen interface with a retro-digital typeface and edge-to-edge color fill that grows with the timer
• Haptic feedback on every state change so you don't have to look at the screen
• Lock-screen and Dynamic Island Live Activity — keep the countdown visible without unlocking your phone
• A short chime when each phase ends so you can put the phone down and focus
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PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• 100% on-device. No accounts, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, no servers.
• No data collection. The privacy policy fits on one page.
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WHO IT'S FOR
• People who reach for their phone instead of starting a task
• Knowledge workers running Pomodoro-like sessions
• Students looking for a low-friction focus timer
• Anyone who wants the smallest possible app between them and beginning a task
Beat procrastination by promising yourself two minutes. Then flip the phone.
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Every way you hold the phone is now a timer you set yourself.
CUSTOM TIMERS
• Four timers instead of three — turned left and turned right are now
separate slots, so all four orientations have their own timer.
• Any length from 5 seconds to 3 hours.
• Name each one whatever you like, up to 10 characters.
• Red or green, per timer.
• Set a slot to ASK and it asks how long every time you start it —
and opens on the last length you picked.
• Everything lives behind EDIT TIMERS on the start screen, with RESET
TO DEFAULTS to put it all back.
PICKING WHAT'S NEXT
• When a timer ends, all four are now laid out around the edges of the
screen instead of a single suggested next step.
• Each one sits on the side you turn toward to reach it. Turn the
phone that way and hold — it fills as you hold, so you can see it
coming and change your mind.
• Or tap any of the four, including the one that just finished, to run
it again.
• Your name and colour now show on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic
Island while a timer runs.
FIXED
• Turning from one timer to another no longer starts the timer you
passed through on the way.
• Hold to cancel no longer gives up silently when the phone shifts in
your grip — most likely when the running timer wasn't the way you
were holding it.
• The countdown digits no longer fade between seconds.
• The status bar no longer sits on top of a turned or upside-down
screen.
BEGIN 2:00, WORK 20:00 and BREAK 5:00 are still exactly where they
were until you change them.
The developer, Izhan Ansari, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Size
- 1.6 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Provider
Izhan Ansari
- Izhan Ansari has not identified itself as a trader for this app. If you are a consumer in the European Economic Area, consumer rights do not apply to agreements between you and the provider.
- Copyright
- © 2026 Izhan Ansari
