Orbis: a focus timer that turns sessions into planets
An iOS focus timer that turns completed sessions into planets for people who hate empty countdowns.
Problem it solvesFocus timers end with a number disappearing and nothing to keep.
Wooden_Ad_6672 built Orbis for people who bounce off focus timers. It turns completed sessions into planets in a private galaxy and reports 10k downloads after 3 months.
How they grewkept marketing it every single day
Wooden_Ad_6672
u/Wooden_Ad_6672
every focus session in my app spawns a random planet. this is my galaxy after 3 months. i've always bounced off focus timers. a number counting down to zero gives you nothing to keep. you finish a 50 minute session and the reward is... the number is gone now. so i built Orbis. when you start a session, a celestial body begins forming. when you actually finish it, that time is born as a planet and drops into your private galaxy. quit early and it never forms. the part i didn't expect to matter: the planet you get is randomly graded. longer sessions roll higher odds for rare bodies. i added it almost as a joke, and it turned out to be the thing that keeps people (me included) starting one more session. gacha apparently beats willpower. 3 months since launch, 10k downloads. the most useful thing i learned is boring: build something actually good first, then keep marketing it every single day. i kept looking for a growth trick, but the only thing that compounded was shipping a better app and showing up consistently. it's iOS only right now. i know that's going to be the first comment, so getting ahead of it: no android plans yet. sorry. link: [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/orbis-space-focus-timer/id6766221926](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/orbis-space-focus-timer/id6766221926) one thing i'm actually stuck on: right now every completed session gives you one celestial body. i'm considering making them harder to earn, so a single body takes multiple sessions or a lot more accumulated focus. my worry is it cuts both ways. rarer might make each one feel earned instead of disposable. or it might just break the loop that makes people start the next session. if you used this, which way would you want it?
Downloads
10K
3 months
