@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.

@matthijs_soest Thanks for posting, Matthijs! We've built this app to help people to achieve maximum productivity. The artificial intelligence makes suggestions on how you can improve your daily workflow and the intuitive design makes our app super easy to use. Definitely make sure to check out our website, that lists all the cool features of Time: bluecocoa.com/time I hope Time all helps you with your New Years resolutions! 😊 Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or feedback!

@rrrraulsc That's on the roadmap ;)

@duygu_keskek Unfortunately, we are currently focusing only on Apple devices.

@shaandsingh @duygu_keskek Is Android on your roadmap? I see a lot of places you say that a Mac desktop app is. I completely understand that you have to focus on one of the mobile platforms for a launch, but I do hope you plan on including Android at some point. Some people cannot or prefer not to switch, and everyone deserves time tracking. Keep up the good work!

@xtoq Hi there! We have heard a lot of requests for Android via email (support@bluecocoa.com). So, we have begun considering Android for a future update. Thanks for the feedback, I think you'll be excited with our roadmap!

@xtoq No problem! Thanks for your interest. We will be reopening a subscription list on our website soon where we will send out updates.

@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?).

@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!

@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

@cleavatron Haha, that pun is funny! 😄 I hope you'll enjoy using Time and I hope it'll actually help you to beat procrastination!

@erikvdplas This app is brilliant! I gave it a whirl a moment ago. My acid test was "reply to lawyer email", a task I believe no one in their right minds would enjoy doing. Set it up for 5 minutes because these legal people charge by the hour. Tapped on the task to get the timer started and nothing happened (except for the countdown). Then suddenly I realised I'm running out of water. So I started to actually write the email. To my horror, the water changes color as it depletes. What was green is now orange. My reaction to that was to frantically wrap up the mail before the water turns red. Something bad is bound to happen when it turns red, right? This simple app actually made me complete a task that I have been putting off since last year (well, since Saturday to be honest). The best $0.99 I spent so far in 2017. Totally worth it.

@cleavatron I'm glad you like it! 😊

@cleavatron @erikvdplas That's great to hear! Erik and I live for stories like this!

@arthurundiphiri Thanks! Glad you enjoy it!

@nicksmithr Thanks! We will look into it!

@justan0therdave Thanks! Mac app is on our roadmap.

@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!

@danielj1122 Yes! Very soon!

@danielj1122 Hi Leo! Glad you like the app. Yikes, that shouldn't be happening. Time relies on a few clever tricks to keep timers updated without eating up battery by using Background App Refresh. We will be releasing a new update this week with bug fixes (including some more of those clever battery tricks). Could you send us some more information at support@bluecocoa.com? We'd like to get this fixed for you. Thanks!

@alexheikel Supporting other platforms is definitely on our roadmap!

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

@kadiskad Haha, I'm glad you enjoy it. The AI will kick in once you have completed a specific task a few times. The algorithms study each task individually and use linguistic recognition to figure out when two task names are referring to the same thing.

@brennenlb Yup, AI and machine learning are both huge! Major part of our focus at Blue Cocoa. Time will be seeing a big AI update eventually.