Session helps you focus and be more mindful by blocking distractions and tracking your progress
LMNT Recharge: Fiesta PackWill this sync sessions to google calaendar?
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@joelrunyon this is a good idea. I've talked to few users and can see that there are segments of people using calendar as a main tool to plan their day.
Would you say it's more beneficial to see your Calendar event on Session—or see your sessions in your calendar event?
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LMNT Recharge: Fiesta Pack@philipyoungg I want it written after-the-fact to gcal and then I can rate it using a tagging function that exists in something like Woven
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@joelrunyon OK, so you want to see your Sessions on other calendar app right?
Session only works as logging mechanism for you to work.
Interesting. I'll think about it.
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LMNT Recharge: Fiesta Pack@philipyoungg No I mean - just log what the session was and create an event on gcal about it. The other apps will do the rest.
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@joelrunyon That's exactly what I'm saying 😂
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Would be way better without a subscription
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@alexegiyan I agree. Just like you, I dislike subscription. But it's proven that one time purchase is not sustainable. I want to keep Session to be maintained. Not launch it and leave it. Without maintenance, app could break and crash on OS update. It's a bad experience to both developer and user.
I've addressed it on https://www.stayinsession.com/ FAQ if you want to read more.
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@alexegiyan I fully agree. First, yeah, it's yet another subscription. Secondly, insanely expensive: a pomodoro timer for 30$/year or 48$/year if paying month-to-month.
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@philipyoungg Philip, how about simply releasing a new major version every year and charging only for that.
The issue is simply that for 30$/year I would expect A LOT of development, regular new features, regular updates, bug fixes, implementation of user-requested features, etc. — which I'm pretty sure will not happen in this case. So I'm not sure why would anyone pay so much for such a limited functionality.
Again, no offence or anything. This is my view as a third-party/user.
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Hey Anonymous—thanks for the feedback! I understand and will probably adjust the pricing depending situation. So far, about 25% of registered user happily paid monthly and yearly. So Session definitely deliver a value for those user. I'm not sure reducing price is the right strategy based on data. But again, price drop (or increase) are still possible in the future.
1. First of all, you don't need to pay anything to use the Pomodoro timer. It's free for everyone. While looks simple, I spent a lot of time making it with the best UX I could possibly made. And it's constantly improving as I listened to user feedback.
2. The paid version has Pro feature. And not everyone needs the pro feature. That's an important distinction.
3. As for development—there's a lot. I have not yet released public roadmap. But if timed, probably I will spend the next 2 years working on it full time and it's still not yet be "finished". Things like Calendar integration, tagging / project support, etc is in development.
$30/y is relative. Some perceive it expensive, other fair, and the other feels it's cheap. It depends whether it's useful or not for you.
One user use Session religiously and subscribe for a full year (after 14 days trial in the past) because it helps him to track how long he's working, document what he's working on, and review back those notes when he was in a meeting to remember what he has done. It also serve as a proof to his manager that he deserve a raise / promotion.
Session, for him, is valuable. It helps him avoid overworking, reflect back days when he got many distraction (and the "why" from notes), and giving him enough context on problem he worked on few days ago so he doesn't need to think about it from scratch.
If you're OK, I would love to chat with you and learn about your workflow more! Hit me up on t.me/stayinsession or philip@stayinsession.com
The fact that you "care" enough to send a message here makes me happy! It means you feel that it could potentially provide value for you but still not sure if it's worth it :)
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Hi Philip, I subscribed to the pro version, how do you activate dark mode on the iphone?
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@lancescadden1 Thanks Lance! It's currently based on your phone system (dark mode / light mode). I'll put it on settings on next update (in few days!)
Let me know if you have any other questions.
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Legal Nodescool! does it provide analytics for the time spent on different activities?
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@vlad_nekrutenko I've considered adding tagging & project, but afraid that I'll become a chore for user because it needs upkeep ("ah, I forgot to add tagging", "what was the tag for project X again?", etc).
I do want to add it in the future. Still researching a good UX that have minimal annoyances.
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Cool app. Do you have any tips for using apps to manage your time?
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How exactly Pro and free version differ?
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@asnim_p_ansari1 it's available on here https://www.stayinsession.com/pr...
Basically full analytics access, sync between devices, backup on cloud, dark mode, etc.
Otherwise, the Pomodoro timer part is free :)
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Momentum for iOSInteresting UI.
Will definitely try it out.
Thank you for creating this!
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@kaushik_murali1 thank you Kaushik!
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