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Joshua

I built OneBlock because tracking my time wasn't making me focus — keeping a promise to myself did.

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Hey hunters 👋

I'm Joshua, the maker of OneBlock — a focus app that just hit v1.0 on the App Store and Google Play.

Quick story on why this exists:

I've used every Pomodoro timer, time tracker, and habit app you can name. They were great at measuring my day, but they didn't change how I actually showed up to deep work. The data piled up, the focus didn't.

So I stopped building "yet another tracker" and built a commitment device instead.

The loop is simple: Plan → Track → Evaluate.

  • Plan the block the night before (or that morning) — what you'll work on, when, for how long.

  • Track with a single focus session — no multitasking, no half-credit.

  • Evaluate with a Key Scene — the one moment from the block worth remembering. Not metrics. A scene.

That last step is the part nobody else does, and it's the part that made the biggest difference for me. You're not grading yourself on minutes. You're asking, "did I show up the way I promised?"

A few things I'm proud of:

  • 🎯 Focus Score — one number that reflects how well your actual day matched your planned day.

  • 📅 Calendar-first — plan and reality live on the same surface (ghost outline = plan, solid = actual).

  • 🪞 Weekly review with AI Haiku — a 3-line poetic reflection on your week, written by Claude. It's oddly motivating.

  • 🌍 Day 1 in 25+ languages, iOS + Android, fully native feel on both.

Free covers the daily loop (Day/Week view, 1 alert slot, rule-based insights). Pro unlocks Month+ views, multi-alert scheduling, and the AI Haiku review.

Try it:

Would love your feedback — especially from anyone who's tried (and bounced off) traditional time-trackers. What made them not stick for you?

Cheers,
Joshua 🌱

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