Pips is a focus timer drawn in lit dots. A ring of pips sits round the time left and goes out one pip at a time as the block runs down. Press Start and get on with your work: Pips keeps time on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, in StandBy, in widgets and in the Mac menu bar.

PLANS
• Pomodoro (25/5/15), 52/17 and Ultradian (90/20), ready to use
• Flow, which counts up instead: the pips light up round the ring, once round each hour, until you stop. Your break is then a fifth of the time, or whatever share you set
• Plans of your own: set the lengths, how many blocks come before a long break, and whether the next phase starts by itself

AWAY FROM THE APP
• A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with pause and skip
• StandBy shows the timer big enough to read from across the desk
• Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen
• Control Centre, Siri, Shortcuts and the Action button
• Link a Focus, such as Work, to a plan, and turning it on starts the timer
• On the Mac, the time sits in the menu bar, with a full window and keyboard shortcuts that work in any app
• Alerts arrive on time even when Pips is closed, with buttons to start the next phase or add 5 minutes

THE LOG
• Pips logs each block as it finishes, with a label and a note if you want them
• Totals for today, this week and this month, and a chart of the last four weeks
• Add or correct sessions by hand, export and import CSV, and save a full backup

GOALS
• Daily and weekly goals, in time or in blocks, counting only the days you choose
• Goals for each label
• A streak that doesn't break on your days off

COLOURS AND SHAPES
• Light, dark or match the system
• Ready-made colour themes, or pick your own: Pips checks each colour so the timer stays readable
• Arrange the pips in a circle, rounded square, square, pentagon, hexagon or octagon, or line them up in a bar under the time

PRIVACY
• No account, no adverts, no analytics, no tracking
• Your log stays on your devices and syncs through your own iCloud, which you can switch off
• Works offline

One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. There's no subscription and nothing to unlock later.

Why Pips? Partly the dots, and partly the pips that have marked the hour on British radio since 1924.