Press kit
Hourglean
Say what you did. See where your time went.
In one sentence
Hourglean is an iPhone app that turns a spoken sentence — “Yesterday I read from 7 to 7:30 pm” — into time records, then shows where your week went by category.
Short description (50 words)
Most time trackers only work if you remember to start a timer. Hourglean lets you log after the fact, in plain words: say one sentence and it splits out each activity with its time and category. Day, week, and month views show where your time actually goes. Records stay on your iPhone.
Facts
| Platform | iPhone, iOS 17 or later |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese (speech follows the iPhone's language settings) |
| Category | Productivity |
| Price | Full access for 7 days from download; then Hourglean Pro $4.99/month or $29.99/year. Existing records always stay viewable. |
| Availability (launch) | United States first; also Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia |
| Privacy | Records stored on device · no audio sent to our servers · recognized text sent to a third-party AI service to be understood, with consent · no ads |
| Built with | SwiftUI, Apple Speech framework, App Intents (Siri), StoreKit 2 |
| Maker | Independent developer Qingsong Zhou |
| Contact | surfing3w@gmail.com |
| App Store | Hourglean - Voice Time Tracker on the App Store |
Story angles
- Logging after the fact. How forgetting to start a timer can interrupt personal time tracking, and what changes when you can log later.
- One sentence, several records. How a solo developer designed a voice flow that shows its understanding before saving anything.
- A one-week time check. What a single week of light logging (three things a day) reveals about where time goes.
Icon & screenshots
App icon (1024×1024 available on request)
All screenshots show the real app with sample data. Full-resolution 1320×2868 PNGs and a 25-second demo video are available on request.
Please don't say
Check the current pricing, privacy, and product limits, or try the three-day time check.
- “Tracks your time automatically” — it logs what you tell it.
- “Works offline” / “nothing leaves your phone” — understanding a sentence needs a network call with the recognized text.
- “Free” — it's a subscription after 7 days of full access.