Who it is for
Lazy Rhythm is made for freelancers and for people building a project on their own. Not for teams, not for employees who have to prove their hours. The whole category, the big time tracking tools, exists to justify your time to somebody else: billing a client, reporting to an employer. Hence the projects, the hourly rates, the exportable reports. Their complexity is not a flaw, it is their function.
This one is for something else. The number one failure of the category (you forget to start the timer, the data becomes wrong, you give up) is treated here as a normal gesture and not as a shameful repair buried in a menu.
What it does
- Starting a session. One tap to start, one tap to stop.
- Catching up, front and centre. 'I forgot to track', 'started late?': fixing a session is a visible button, not a hidden option.
- A time marker for the week. Set to keep you from overshooting rather than to hit a quota. The gap is shown, it is never commented on.
- Three ways to read your time back. By week, by month, and session by session.
- A monthly total that leaves out your days off. Time away does not eat into your figure.
- Areas. To separate what belongs to a project, to a client, or to yourself.
- Session notes. What you did during those two hours, written down at the time.
- Data export. Your hours come out in a format readable elsewhere.
What it does not do
- No invoicing. You export, you do not invoice. That boundary is set in advance and will not move: it is what stops this app becoming a Swiss army knife.
- No hourly rates, no client reports. It is not a tool for proving your time to somebody.
- No teamwork. It is a personal tool.
- No goal to hit. The weekly marker is there to show when you are working too much; it does not validate a day.
- No planning. You look at time afterwards, not before. Planning your day is a different need.
- No iPhone version. Android only.
- No advertising, ever.
What it looks like
Screenshots will come with the first published version.
What it costs
Lazy Rhythm is paid for, through a yearly, not monthly subscription. The price and the length of the free trial are on its Play Store listing, which is the only place kept up to date. The subscription is handled by Google Play: it renews from one year to the next, it can be cancelled at any time, and the app warns you before it renews so that nobody is charged by surprise.
When the trial ends, the app stops writing but it still reads and exports for life. Your history stays readable and recoverable, whether you subscribe or not. The subscription unlocks writing.
What it knows about you
Nothing. There is no account, no server, no tracker, no ad network. Your sessions are stored on the phone and only leave it if you export them yourself. The details are in the privacy policy, which is in French for now.
Frequently asked questions
Can I bill my hours with it?
No, and that is deliberate. The app exports your data so you can pick it up in your invoicing tool, but it does not invoice.
Can I set myself a weekly marker?
Yes. It is there to show when you are overshooting, not to hand you a quota. The app shows the gap, under as well as over, and stops there.
What if I forget to start the timer?
That is expected. Fixing or adding a session afterwards is a front and centre gesture, not a buried option.
Does it work for a team?
No. It is a personal tool, with no sharing and no account.
Does it plan my day?
No. Lazy Rhythm looks at time spent, not time ahead.
Is there an iPhone version?
No, Lazy Rhythm only exists on Android.
The studio's other apps
Lazy Rhythm is part of a small suite of apps that share the same way of doing things: one thing done well, no account, no tracking. See also Lazy Sober and Lazy Habit, or all the Lazy Mind apps.