# Clock In: With Bo

> Clock In: With Bo is a personal focus timer for iPhone. You choose a task, set a timer, and "clock in" while Bo, a fluffy companion character, keeps you company. Sessions are private by default; you can choose to share one with a small Crew of people you trust. It is a personal focus app, not employee time tracking. The iPhone app has not been released yet; this site runs a release waitlist.

Short name: Clock In. Last updated: 2026-10-29.

## Status

- Not yet released. No release date has been announced.
- Platform at launch: iPhone (iOS). Launch language: English.
- The website offers a waitlist that sends one email when the app is on the App Store. No newsletter.
- App pricing has not been announced; it will appear on the App Store listing at release.

## What it does

- Name the start: write one small, specific thing to begin. The optional "Make this smaller" prompt asks you to write a concrete first action yourself, such as opening a document and writing a heading. It runs on the device and does not generate an AI suggestion.
- Focus styles: Gentle (choose a target from 3 to 90 minutes; the new-session default is three minutes and is optional), Pomodoro (a 25-minute target), Deep (a 60-minute target) and Open (no target). The timer counts down to the target, then counts any extra time; Open counts up. A target is a checkpoint, not a demand.
- During a session: pause and resume, take a five-minute break, and "park a distraction" privately without leaving the session.
- Clock out whenever you are ready; the task does not need to be finished. Optionally add a private reflection. Sessions are saved to a private Log of session receipts.
- Routines: reusable starts saved to Home. They never start automatically.
- Private insights: patterns calculated on the device from your own history. No rankings or comparisons with other people.
- Bo: a companion whose expression follows the session (asleep, ready, focusing, resting while paused, delighted when you clock out). Bo has no disappointed or punishing state.
- Bo's coats: Sandy, Ash, Opal and Guava, all included.
- Bo's wardrobe: wearables earned by showing up, such as a starter beanie, a scarf after one hour of focus, a cap after five completed starts, headphones after three hours, glasses after ten returns from a pause, and a bandana after your first Together session. Progress never expires. Any optional cosmetic collections are one-time purchases that never change timers, insights or what Crew can see.

## Crew (optional)

- Crew is a small circle of people you invite yourself. There is no public feed, discovery, profile search or leaderboard.
- Invitations are made for one person, expire after seven days, and share nothing until accepted.
- Before each session you choose who can see it: Only me, Selected people, or My crew. For each connection you choose whether they can see task titles.
- Crew members can send one of three quiet signals during a shared session: With you, Steady, or Proud. Signals never vibrate or cover the timer.
- Encouragement notes arrive after the session and pass through content moderation. You can mute, remove, block or report anyone.
- No camera, video or microphone is used. Crew is a camera-free take on what is often called body doubling. Clock In makes no claim that body doubling is proven to work.
- Start Together: plan a start with someone in your Crew for in 15 minutes, in an hour or tomorrow, with a shared starting target of 15 to 60 minutes. The invited person can answer "I'll be there" or "Not this time", sees only that you invited them (never who else was asked), and can report the plan or block you. Each person controls their own session and privacy, and nobody needs to finish at the same time.
- Crew and Start Together require an account. Solo use does not.

## Privacy design

- Private by default. Pauses, private notes, reflections, parked distractions and unshared sessions are never shown to Crew.
- No advertising, no advertising identifiers and no cross-app tracking.
- Not collected: location, contacts, camera, photos, microphone, calendar contents. Calendar access is write-only and only requested when you ask to add a plan.
- Anonymous usage sharing is off by default.
- You can export your data and delete your account from inside the app.

## What Clock In is not

- Not employee time tracking, attendance or payroll software, despite the name.
- Not an app blocker; it does not request Screen Time access.
- Not a social network, leaderboard or public feed.
- Not a medical device, therapy or treatment, and it makes no clinical claims.

## Not advertised yet

These are still in development or awaiting verification on real devices, so the site does not promise them: iPhone notifications, the Home Screen widget, and Live Activities.

## Pages

- [Home page](https://clockinwithbo.com/): overview, how it works, real app screens, Bo, Crew, privacy and FAQ.
- [FAQ](https://clockinwithbo.com/#faq): answers about cost, accounts, body doubling, session length, blocking, Crew visibility and data.

## Ways to use Clock In and related guides

- [Ways to use Clock In](https://clockinwithbo.com/use-cases): product examples for independent work, study with trusted friends and everyday tasks. Each example explains a task, relevant features and how to begin. Optional guides follow the examples; parent guides have a smaller supporting section.
- For work: independent-work focus, an accountability partner for remote or independent work, and parking distracting thoughts privately. This is personal focus support, not employee monitoring.
- For students: friends holding each other accountable, choosing a study Crew, and body doubling.
- For parents: simpler homework routines, playful home-learning beginnings, and support for ADHD and homework. The app does not monitor attention, verify completion or supply lessons; shared sessions remain the user's choice.
- For everyday starts: executive function, breaking down a large task, and returning after a break.
- Existing /resources article URLs remain live. The old /resources index redirects to /use-cases.

Guides are freely readable and include page-local printable exercises. They are general education written by Clock In: With Bo. Background sources are linked; no clinical review or clinical benefit is claimed. Exercise answers are not submitted or persisted. Use-case illustrations combine existing Bo character assets with paper-style graphics.