Independent app studio

Apps that give you your time back.

Appflares builds small, sharp apps that positively change people's lives. We start where most of the day goes: the hours you spend in front of a screen.

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Diego

For Mac · Ships September 15, 2026

Lock yourself into one app.

Pick the app you need to focus in, pick a duration, and Diego keeps you there. Then it counts your real working hours, so you can push the number up week after week. Think Strava, but for work.

Two clicks from the menu bar.

01 · Lock

One app, no escape hatch

Lock Notion, Xcode or your thesis editor for 5 minutes or until you unlock. Leaving early means writing down why.

02 · Count

Hours that count

Diego tracks active time in your work apps automatically. No timers to start, no sessions to log.

03 · Private

App names only

No screenshots, no keystrokes, no content. Nothing is shared, sold or used for ads.

Diego's menu-bar panel: hours worked per day this week, today's timeline, to-dos and top work apps

To lock an app2 clicks

Battery impact<0.5%

Pre-order, once$29

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WidgetLock

For iPhone. Custom lock screen widgets: countdowns, live webpages, or describe one and let AI build it.

Privacy

How we build

Fewer features. Better days.

Measure what matters

An app should show you one honest number, not a dashboard. What gets measured gets improved.

Private by default

We collect the minimum an app needs to work. No accounts where none are needed, and never your data for ads.

Built with our users

Every app ships to beta testers first. We change what they tell us to change, and cut what they don't use.

About Appflares

Appflares is a small, independent studio. We design, build and support every app ourselves, from the first sketch to the reply to your support email. Our apps run on iPhone and Mac, and each one does one job well.

Contact

Questions, feedback, press?

We read every email and usually answer within a day.

eliot@appflares.com