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0 pointsphilipyoungg5y ago0 comments

Hmmm. Interesting. I'll think about it. Pricing is hard—I'm still looking at the market right now and will adjust as needed. In fact I've dropped it from $5/m and $40/y to $4/m and $30/y before posting to HN.

The reason I made Session is for the analytics and syncing between devices. I want to start and review my progress on any devices I currently on.

If what you need is only changing the time chunk—I think Session is not for you. There's a lot of excellent product on the market that's cheaper or even free for that functionality.

My question: have you tried Session? If so, what do you like about it?

As context, I dislike subscription and prefer one time purchase as any of us. But that business model is proven to be not sustainable—lots of great products that I use died in matter of years because of lack of update. iOS update means breaking change to the API and could introduce new bug. Ideally I would love to sell the product as one time payment with free update for a year. But that's currently not possible on iOS...

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fergbrain5y ago

Yes, I've been trying out Session for the last couple of days. I love the "take a breath" at the start, and I'm intrigued by the analytics (but don't have enough history yet)

I think you're that I'm probably not your target user: I don't pomodoro everyday, mostly when I start stressing out, get anxious, or can't focus. Before using Session I was just setting a timer on my Apple Watch.

I'm in favor of paying (or donating in the case of FOSS) for software that I use, but I know and appreciate pricing can be tricky to figure out.

philipyounggOP5y ago

May I know what device are you using it on? I used to not using Pomodoro everyday too—just like you, I only used it when I was overwhelmed with my situation. Maybe I'm biased, but after using Session for the past 5 months, the analytics makes me more honest to myself. The days when I thought I was working hard, The data said I only spent 1 hours with many distractions in between. With that data, I can reflect back what went wrong and plan how to fix it.

When you said using a timer of Apple watch, it gave me an idea. Maybe Siri integration like "Start a Session 'working on X project'" (if it's possible) would make it easier for people to start a task.

Maybe you can try making an account and see if Session might be the right fit for you? It gave you 7 days of pro feature for free—no question asked.

Anyway, if you're still overwhelmed in some point of your life, feel free to still use Session. It'll always be free for the basic timer. :)

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