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The hardest part of any task is starting. The 2-minute rule says: just commit to two minutes — then decide whether to keep going. Most of the time, once you've started, you'll keep working far longer. FLIP is a single-screen timer built around that idea. —————————————— HOW IT WORKS • Tap once to start a 2-minute kickoff timer. • When 2 minutes are up, flip your phone face-down to commit to a 20-minute deep-work block. • When deep work ends, turn your phone sideways to take a 5-minute break. • Hold anywhere to cancel — a segmented bar fills with synchronized haptics so the gesture is unmistakable. That's it. No accounts, no settings, no menus. —————————————— DESIGNED FOR FOCUS • Single-screen interface with a retro-digital typeface and edge-to-edge color fill that grows with the timer • Haptic feedback on every state change so you don't have to look at the screen • Lock-screen and Dynamic Island Live Activity — keep the countdown visible without unlocking your phone • A short chime when each phase ends so you can put the phone down and focus —————————————— PRIVATE BY DESIGN • 100% on-device. No accounts, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, no servers. • No data collection. The privacy policy fits on one page. —————————————— WHO IT'S FOR • People who reach for their phone instead of starting a task • Knowledge workers running Pomodoro-like sessions • Students looking for a low-friction focus timer • Anyone who wants the smallest possible app between them and beginning a task Beat procrastination by promising yourself two minutes. Then flip the phone.
What's New
Version 1.1 2026-08-11
Every way you hold the phone is now a timer you set yourself. CUSTOM TIMERS • Four timers instead of three — turned left and turned right are now separate sl...Every way you hold the phone is now a timer you set yourself. CUSTOM TIMERS • Four timers instead of three — turned left and turned right are now separate slots, so all four orientations have their own timer. • Any length from 5 seconds to 3 hours. • Name each one whatever you like, up to 10 characters. • Red or green, per timer. • Set a slot to ASK and it asks how long every time you start it — and opens on the last length you picked. • Everything lives behind EDIT TIMERS on the start screen, with RESET TO DEFAULTS to put it all back. PICKING WHAT'S NEXT • When a timer ends, all four are now laid out around the edges of the screen instead of a single suggested next step. • Each one sits on the side you turn toward to reach it. Turn the phone that way and hold — it fills as you hold, so you can see it coming and change your mind. • Or tap any of the four, including the one that just finished, to run it again. • Your name and colour now show on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while a timer runs. FIXED • Turning from one timer to another no longer starts the timer you passed through on the way. • Hold to cancel no longer gives up silently when the phone shifts in your grip — most likely when the running timer wasn't the way you were holding it. • The countdown digits no longer fade between seconds. • The status bar no longer sits on top of a turned or upside-down screen. BEGIN 2:00, WORK 20:00 and BREAK 5:00 are still exactly where they were until you change them. Technical Analysis
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com.betternorms.TwoMinRuleTimer Current Version 1.1
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