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StudiesTimer for iOS

Study with friends. Track your hours. Preorder on iOS.

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StudiesTimer brings Pomodoro, countdown, and stopwatch timers to iPhone and iPad, with live study groups, shared leaderboards, subject stats, and streaks that sync with the web. Keep your timer on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Free to download with optional Premium. Preorders are open; expected release November 3, 2026.

PH · launched Sep 24, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 0 views

Niche: focus and countdown timer apps · 195 launches, 20 in the last 7 days ▼ -5% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Education
  • Workflow automation
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product
  • iOS
  • Productivity
  • Education

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Could you build this?

Partial While standard timer apps are straightforward, native iOS features like Dynamic Island/Live Activities, cross-device state syncing, and live social leaderboards introduce nontrivial platform complexities.

What it would actually take: The app requires Swift/SwiftUI using ActivityKit for Dynamic Island/Lock Screen live activities and WidgetKit. Backend architecture requires WebSockets or Firebase for synchronized live study rooms and leaderboard aggregation, along with proper state reconciliation between web and iOS clients. Expertise in modern native iOS background execution and real-time multiplayer state management is required.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 789 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #672 of 790 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 324 days after the earliest competitor.

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