Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to 144blocks
Colorful way to track your time! Inspired by Wait But Why
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 144blocks launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Visualize your day as 144 rectangles, where each rectangle represents 10 minutes.
2022 · rectangles.app · its alternatives →
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Chunk▲298Hi HN Dudley here, tech lead on Chunk. Chunk is a macOS menu bar app for time-blocking. It opens with Cmd + / and slides down over whatever you're doing - including fullscreen apps. There's also a live countdown in the tray for the current block. Click-and-drag to create blocks, day/week views, Google/Outlook/Apple Calendar sync, Apple Reminders integration, and a Todo mode where tasks can be dragged onto the timeline. Templates and Routines let you build an ideal day once and auto-apply it on chosen weekdays. There's a local MCP server, so you can ask Claude Desktop to…
2025 · chunkapp.net · its alternatives →
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Hours 2.0▲299The time tracker you will actually use. Now on the web.
2016 · hourstimelord.com · its alternatives →
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Timeblocks▲171Stay on top of your meetings with this agenda timer
2018 · timeblocks.co · its alternatives →
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One Dot▲151Visualize your life in dots with a daily-updating wallpaper
Jan 2026 · onedot.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Time Bloc▲94Free, opensource and simple, time-blocking tool
2022 · time-bloc.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Daily highlights & adaptive time blocking template
2021 · jessej.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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A living gallery of unusual, creative, and beautiful ways to display the current time.
3d ago · tkgally.github.io · its alternatives →
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My Progress▲116Track your tasks while watching the day go by
2018 · myprogress.co · its alternatives →
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Visualize the progression of time across different intervals
2025 · progress-tracker-chi-five.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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See how many minutes you have left today, right in menubar ⏰
2019 · 1440app.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I made this because I needed to track how much I work and on what. Timeretain allows you to track time using a fast, private feed of time cards. It displays your stats next to it, and you can filter to zoom in on a description or tag. You can always export what's in view. It's different from other time trackers because it's powerful and minimalist. Here's how I use it. I need to hold myself accountable. I want to know how much I've worked in a week, and Timeretain immediately shows that — no need to create extensive 'reports'. Next, a log of what I did is useful for standup. I can get…
2023 · timeretain.com · its alternatives →
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Understand where your time actually goes, every 30 minutes
Aug 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Timecap 2▲101An app to track your habits and reach your goals
2021 · timecap.app · its alternatives →
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Track your day in 15-minute blocks. See where your time goes
Dec 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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TimeBars▲107Adds multiple timeframe progress bars to your macOS menu.
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Howdy, gang; After almost two weeks of sitting in Apple's approval queue, my new app Timebar is finally available. I think it has a pretty innovative UI feature, so I wanted to float it by Hacker News. It's a timer app that turns your Mac's menu bar into a sort of virtual hourglass. Your menu bar starts out tinted blue (or whatever colour you pick) and it slowly drains from right-to-left until your time is up. It works very well for situations where you want to keep track of time, but don't need to be super precise. The menu bar is easy to glance up at, and it doesn't take long to happen…
2013 · whimsicalifornia.com · its alternatives →
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Track the time you spend on websites in your Mac Menubar 🕑🌏💻
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Day Chunks▲13I built this app to manage my day because making schedules manually each week was tedious. The app automatically generates a new schedule every week and helps me stick to it. I first posted an early prototype a while back—this is the polished version. If you try it, I’d love to hear your feedback. (* with the subdomain it's day-chunks.web.app)
2024 · day-chunks.web.app · its alternatives →
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