Balance app preview

Balance is a time tracking app with focus on work-life balance

More and more people are working from home these days, and work-life balance is becoming an increasingly important topic because of that. Without work-life balance, work and life start to blend together, which can lead to burnout, among other things.

Balance is an app that hopes to solve that.

Features

Current

Clocking system
Mindful time tracking
Break reminders
Clock-out reminder
Focus/pomodoro timer
Menu bar app
Session exports
(Pro) Session log with trends — evaluate your work-life balance over time
(Pro) Session notes — write down what you worked on, your thoughts, how it went, etc.
(Pro) Project management — log sessions in different workspaces and projects
… and more!

Planned

App/website blocking
Goals
iCloud syncing
Improved history
Mobile app

Who is this app for?

Balance is for anyone who spends a lot of time on their computer and wants to improve their work-life balance.

The story — why I built this

There are a lot of time-tracking apps out there, but none have good work-life balance as a core value.

I have been working from home and struggling with work-life balance for over 2 years. My colleagues work in different time zones and come online when I’m about to end the day. Because of that, it’s easy to stay on for an extra hour or two, but it’s difficult to realize the impact of this.

Once I started paying attention, I was surprised at how long I spent on the computer every day, and how few breaks I took. I often even forgot to take lunch breaks. I realized that I needed a change, and as I couldn’t find a good app for improving my work-life balance, I decided to make my own!

My biggest wish for the app is that it can help people who struggle with work-life balance find their way back to healthier habits.

Recognition

“This lovely-looking macOS app combines manual time tracking with regular break reminders and a built-in Pomodoro-style focus timer.”
— Dense Discovery — Issue 231

Balance is a Mac timekeeper app that requires you to manually clock in your hours — TechCrunch

Start 2023 with Balance, a macOS app that wants to improve your work-life equilibrium — BGR

Melhore seus hábitos de trabalho no Mac com o app Balance — MacMagazine