A Spell of Work
A quiet focus timer
$2.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Twenty-five minutes of work. Five minutes of rest. A ring that fills and a soft chime. Now visible on the Lock Screen — the ring, without unlocking.
A quiet Pomodoro-style focus timer. One spell is twenty-five minutes of work and five minutes of rest. Tap the ring to begin; tap again to cancel.
The ring fills as the time elapses. A soft chime marks the transition from work to rest, and another marks the end of rest. Today's spell count is the only history the home screen shows you — yesterday's number is gone, because tomorrow's number is what matters.
New in v1.1: Live Activities. Lock the device mid-spell and the remaining time stays visible on the Lock Screen, with a circular progress indicator. On iPhones with Dynamic Island, the spell appears in the compact and expanded states too.
What you get
- A 25-minute work / 5-minute rest cycle, tap to start, tap to cancel
- A circular ring that fills with the elapsed minutes
- Soft chimes at the work-to-rest and rest-to-end transitions
- Today's spell count on the home screen, resets at midnight
- Local notifications when work and rest finish, even if the app is suspended
- Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
- iCloud sync of spell history via your private container
The quiet posture
- No streaks, no notifications beyond the spell-completion chime
- No gamification, no badges, no XP
- No prompts, no AI suggestions, no productivity score
- No account, no login, no third-party SDKs, no ads
- All data on-device or in your private iCloud
- Paid once, kept forever.
Made quietly by sthreelabs.
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For v1.1:
Live on the Lock Screen.
The ring, without unlocking. The spell stays visible on the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island.
The developer, Christopher Doherty, 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
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Information
- Seller
- sthreelabs LLC
- Size
- 6.9 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 sthreelabs
