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Ian's Awesome Counter is a utility designed to help you be more focused and aware of yourself.
My son, Ian, can sometimes have difficulty with regulation and management of his attention. We’ve tried several different strategies for helping him with this. One of the strategies that we found most successful was giving him regular prompts throughout the day and ask whether he thought he was on task and staying focused.
Initially this took the form of a repeating countdown timer and a hand clicker, but after a while this became rather onerous to keep up with, so instead he and I worked together to design an Apple Watch app that would make this easier to do.
The result is this app. You configure how often you want to be prompted, when the prompts should begin and end each day, and what your goal for successful periods is. Then Ian’s Awesome Counter does the rest.
If you turn on notifications you’ll get an alert at the end of every period asking how you did and the values are recorded in the app. You can see your last week’s performance in the History view.
This app is provided completely free of charge. I’ve found it really helpful for my family and my hope is that by sharing it, other families will find similar help from it. It can be worn either by the person working on their focus or by a parent/carer who can then relay the prompts.
Ian's Awesome Counter App Comments & Reviews
Ian's Awesome Counter Positive Reviews
Simple and effective, helping me get back on trackI have ADHD and am in grad school and let's just say I can count on one hand the number of days I've felt I put in a good effort and did not waste the whole day anxious and avoiding my work within the past *year*. It's easy to feel like you failed that day if you look in terms of large still-unfinished goals but for me just seeing all those good time blocks add up is very motivating and is helping me feel less overwhelmed by my course work. I appreciate the fact that it's only on Apple Watch and the perfect simplicity of the app, because it reminds you that what really matters is accomplishing your goals and not just having some more data that you can obsess over. I also LOVE the story behind this app and just want to say thank you SO much to Ian and David for making this available to anyone. I just got a notification from the app and probably should get back to work! This was very long, but get this app!!.Version: 1.0.1
Fantastic appI lose track of time embarrassingly easily and this does a great job of keeping me present and on track. Would’ve happily paid for something like this and I am very grateful the developer keeps it functional. Only improvement would be to have a persistent notification that doesn’t clear the screen until you have selected yes or no. If you miss the ping right at your selected interval, you have to go into the app to open it and record whether or not you were on track. Otherwise amazing, fantastic, super useful app..Version: 1.0.1
Absolutely perfect.It’s a reminder that brings you “up to the surface” just long enough to make sure you’re still on course. After that it gets out of your way - no logging, nothing that wrecks your flow state. Just “hey hi - are you doing what you want to be doing?” and then it goes away. You don’t even have to go through the pan of setting up your day and saying “ this is what I shall work on today!” …. because we just don’t work like that. The ONLY ask I’d have is to lengthen or shorten the 45 minute interval. Some days in on a successful zone and I’d like to bump it longer; some days I’m struggling and I’d need to tighten it up to shorter intervals. Overall - absolute godsend. Thank you Ian for bugging your dad to make this 😉, and thank you, Ian’s dad, for deciding to make this and release it..Version: 1.0.1
Perfect for ADDHaving ADD has been a challenge when trying to complete a task or staying focused. This app helps me become more focused and consciously aware of staying on task. The first few times just brought focus to the fact I should have been focused. However, it eventually starts drawing you in because you have be accountable to the alerts..Version: 1.0
I have needed this my entire life.I have been looking for an app that does exactly this for literally years. And it comes from a developer I already know and trust, has an adorable background story, AND it’s entirely free? I This has retroactively made my Apple Watch worth it. Not even kidding. Thank you..Version: 1.0.1
Confused NewbieI don't understand how to use this on my watch. When I opened the app it only have me a list of times. 1) I wanted to select the current timer, 11:00pm, to start a timer to see if stay focused. 2) But there wasn't an 11:00pm in the list. Why? 3) There wasn't anything more to do in the app? How does choosing a time from the list help keep focused? No timer? No way to choose when to be notified asking question if I've stayed focused not how often to be notified? 4) I don't understand how this app helps. Also, how would that graph be made to show how you have been doing? 5). This app hasn't been updated for I think over a year. All the reviews except for one was from over a year ago..Version: 1.0.1
Surprisingly usefulI actually found this very useful. It keeps me on track and I recently noticed you can customize the timeframes on the 3rd page. Very convenient..Version: 1.0.1
Thank youI never knew I needed this app, but started using it. This has brought such an improvement to my life for such a simple app. Thank you a thousand times over..Version: 1.0.1
Simple. Efficient. Built for a kid. Works for an adult.I have a hard time focusing, multitasking and keeping myself task oriented is hard. Browsing through Reddit (Apollo for Reddit, props Christian!) I found a post by the Dev. Thought I'd give it a try. I'm hooked. Thank you!.Version: 1.0
Thank youThank you from everyone with ADHD. Developing this app was a public service you probably won’t ever receive enough thanks for..Version: 1.0.1
Exactly what I neededIncredibly helpful I only wish I could set the time frame after midnight because I work nights..Version: 1.0.1
Simple and EffectiveI recommend for anyone who wants a little help staying on track during a given timeframe. Way to go Ian! Inspire more apps. And thanks to his Dad!.Version: 1.0
Thank you!Thank you for making this. From, a pathologist with ADD.Version: 1.0.1
Great for ADHDThis app really helps me with my adhd and time blindness!! I love everything about it and would highly recommend :).Version: 1.0.1
Very helpful—iOS less so.I find this app really helpful with my adhd. However, sometimes I miss a prompt or two. Then the OS decides to suppress the notifications. This somehow makes sense “you ignored this so I’ll shut it down!” but it is the opposite of what I need! Missed a prompt? Give me three next time!.Version: 1.0.1
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