The Hour Box

Drop what matters inside it.

Make Every Second Count.

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Quick Capture

Every thought has a place.

Capture an idea instantly. Get back to what matters.

Tap Space (or the + on your phone), type it the way you'd say it. A time puts it on the calendar; otherwise it waits in To Do.

Voice

Just say it.

Hold Space, say your task, and let go. Say a time and it goes straight onto your calendar.

On a phone, rest a finger on an empty part of the planner for 1.5 seconds. No time said? It waits in To Do. Listens in 15 languages, including Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali (switch them on in Settings).

Your day, on one page

See your day before it happens.

Turn a scattered task list into a clear, realistic plan.

Drag a task into a slot. A one-hour task fills the hour; tasks can share a time.

Urgent and Important

Know what can’t wait.

Mark a task Urgent, Important, or both, and it stands out on your day.

One flag tints the task light pink; both, a deeper pink. Don’t need it? Turn it off in Settings.

Time boxes

Give every task a boundary.

Decide how much time it deserves before you begin.

Drag either end of a task to change its length, in 15-minute steps.

Focus Timer

Protect your attention.

Give one task your full attention, one focused session at a time.

25 minutes by default; tap the time to set your own length. A calm sound if you like; never on by itself.

Notes

Room for the details.

Every task has its own notes: a few lines, a checklist, or numbered steps.

Start a line with * or 1. and it becomes a checklist. Ticked items sink to the bottom, and the task shows how many are done.

Recurring

Some things come back.

Repeat a task the way it really happens: whenever it’s due, or at a fixed time.

Dynamic: it comes back in To Do every day, week, month, 3 months or year; missed, it waits until it’s due again. Fixed: real tasks at the same time on your calendar, made ahead of time.

To Do and Someday

Not everything needs to happen today.

Keep today’s commitments separate from ideas for another time.

Drag a task from To Do into Someday, and back when its day comes.

Days open

See what has been waiting.

Small details reveal how long unfinished tasks have stayed on your list.

The small number counts the days a task has been open.

The now line

Stay connected to the moment.

See where you are in the day, without losing sight of what comes next.

This one is live: it shows your own time right now.

Day progress

Progress you can actually see.

Bring clarity to what you planned and what you finished.

Tick a task off and the day’s bar fills up.

Close my Day

End the day with a clean slate.

See what you finished, and let what’s left wait in To Do for another day.

It shows what it will do before it does it. Unfinished tasks leave the calendar for To Do; recurring ones come back unchecked. Changed your mind? Undo.

Never lose a task

Nothing falls through the cracks.

Once a task is added, it’s either ticked off or waiting for you in To Do or Someday.

A calendar task you didn’t finish goes back to To Do when the day ends, or when you close it. Ticked-off tasks stay struck through, so you can see what you did.

Phone and computer

Your time goes where you go.

Keep your daily plan close, wherever you work.

On the web and in the Android app. Everything stays in step.

Google Calendar

Bring your calendar into focus.

See your commitments alongside the time you choose for your work.

Works with Google Calendar today. Other calendars are not supported yet.

Give your day a shape.

Choose what matters. Give it time. Focus on finishing.

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