@staringispolite Hey Jonathan! Thanks for this question. I think it's extremely important. I recently gave a response to a similar one. Here's what I said: "We decided against a freemium model for two reasons: 1. Our customers get the most benefit by paying for a good app once and reaping the reward through consistent updates. We don't care about making the highest money possible or getting the highest download number possible. To us, customers who pay upfront and fall in love with the app are customers who are long-term and loyal. Does that model make us quirky? Sure, but then again, the name of our company is Blue Cocoa ;) 2. Our future roadmap involves pushing Time to new devices. We don't want to just port. We want to craft an experience that suits that device perfectly. The nature of this plan is such that we will be releasing major updates to make Time more of a platform and less of a single-device app. To us, it makes more sense to charge a customer once per major update instead of a fragmented freemium model, where customers can go from v1 pro to v2 free (which is essentially a downgrade). Of course, if we later shift our roadmap, we may also consider freemium." Thanks again for this question, and I hope you enjoy Time! Shaan

Also, incorporating a pomodoro break component would be great. It’s not obvious how to pause the timer. Lastly, totally time spent would bea good thing to keep track of. Sorry. I really like it but it’s nkt quite there yet.

@shaandsingh that's awesome! I remember when I started making apps back when I was 18, such a fun learning experience. (Tho they were nowhere near this level of polished) Good luck with it, the design looks brilliant

@shashwatpradhan Thanks!

@shaandsingh Awesome work! When I was 15, I built my first iOS app on the same concept -- but without the AI and much worse looking :) Keep up the good work!

@joshim5 Thanks! :)

@shaandsingh this is awesome! You guys should really put the App Store badge prominently on your site. I almost didn't buy it because I didn't think it was available yet, the link is hidden as a link at the bottom of the page.

@sdrzn Hi! Glad you like it! The AI works by tracking each task individually. Now, in general, AI thrives off two things: lots of data and lots of time to crunch it. In a personal mobile app, you have neither. So, we rely on some pretty intricate techniques to come up with useful suggestions. One interesting issue is: the AI relies on a user doing one task multiple times, so how does it know that "Work on app" is the same as "Code app?" To solve this issue, we used some interesting linguistic methods to form links across task names and types. Unfortunately, I can't go into further detail. We keep the info about our core tech under wraps. Hope I shed some light on your question though!

@alexheikel Supporting other platforms is definitely on our roadmap!

@braunshizzle Thanks! Yeah, Apple is still indexing the app. It should show up soon. Here's the direct link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/....

@braunshizzle Update: Time has been indexed! It should appear under "Time AI," "Time procrastination," or "Blue Cocoa." Thanks for being patient!

@johnchourajr Yes! There is artificial intelligence in this release! You have to complete a specific task a few times before a suggestion will come up. Some of our customers have reported already receiving suggestions. We estimate most people will see them in the coming days, as they repeat tasks. The reason for this is that the artificial intelligence learns from your patterns. One day of terrible procrastination shouldn't greatly affect your suggestions. It requires more consistency. We will also be shipping an update in a few days that fixes quite a few bugs, including one in the AI algorithms.

@rrrraulsc That's on the roadmap ;)

@edricsub Thanks! Glad you like it! We have added recurring tasks to our feature request list. Hope you consider downloading Time!

@brsma Thanks for the tips! Log view and stats are coming within a week, and we are looking into easier ways to import tasks.

@codymclain Thank you!

@suruwat Thanks! 😊

@sham_jaff Unfortunately, the Apple App Store does not allow us to give out trials. However, we kept the download price as low as we could for launch: $0.99!

@shaandsingh @sham_jaff Why you didn't go freemium?

@alex_circei @sham_jaff Good question! We decided against a freemium model for two reasons: 1. Our customers get the most benefit by paying for a good app once and reaping the reward through consistent updates. We don't care about making the highest money possible or getting the highest download number possible. To us, customers who pay upfront and fall in love with the app are customers who are long-term and loyal. Does that model make us quirky? Sure, but then again, the name of our company is Blue Cocoa ;) 2. Our future roadmap involves pushing Time to new devices. We don't want to just port. We want to craft an experience that suits that device perfectly. The nature of this plan is such that we will be releasing major updates to make Time more of a platform and less of a single-device app. To us, it makes more sense to charge a customer once per major update instead of a fragmented freemium model, where customers can go from v1 pro to v2 free (which is essentially a downgrade). Of course, if we later shift our roadmap, we may also consider freemium. Thanks for the question Alex! Shaan

@shaandsingh @alex_circei @sham_jaff I'm very impressed with how mature you guys are for "a pair of teens" (to use your own description on your website). I don't even know if I'm going to be using the app all that much, but I just bought it, and it was partially because I support this "quirky" business model of making something that's worth some amount of money and then actually charging that amount of money for it. Ugh, these quirky people, am I right? Go, Blue Cocoa!

@fabiobracht @alex_circei @sham_jaff Haha! Thanks so much, we hope the app turns out to be useful for you!

@sridhar_kondoji This is a different app yes. I came up with the idea in the shower 2 years ago!

@sridhar_kondoji I believe you're thinking of Timeful, and the features that app included have been incorporated into the Goals feature of Google Calendar (Android and iOS because why would we update the web app?).

@justan0therdave Thanks! Mac app is on our roadmap.

@peterjdonoghue Not yet, but since it's a much requested feature, it's now definitely on our roadmap.

@francescod_ales Thanks!

@kadiskad That's fantastic! I'm glad you like the colors! We worked hard on that.