The question it answers
At the end of most days, "where did the time actually go" has no honest answer — memory rounds everything to the nearest story. The tools built to answer it tend to fail in one of two ways: they demand so much bookkeeping that the tracking becomes a job, or they turn the answer into a verdict, all streaks and scores and red numbers. Either way people stop.
Daily Momentum starts from the other end: make recording cost one tap, and make the reading a record rather than a judgement. It shows you the day you actually had — the gaps included — and leaves the conclusions to you.
Record, don't judge
The product rule underneath everything: it does not create restlessness. No streaks to protect, no badges, no notifications demanding attention, no countdown anywhere. Numbers you see can be traced back to the day they came from, and the day is described in observations, never rebukes. A tool you consult about your own time should feel like a notebook, not a supervisor.
Why there is no account
The shape of a person's day is intimate. Daily Momentum has no account, no sign-in and no server holding your record — it cannot leak, sell or lose what it never receives. The record lives in your browser's storage; export is the backup, and the application works offline because everything it needs lives with you. The privacy page spells the whole of this out, including the one thing that is counted (page visits, by name only) and what happens if you subscribe.
What the money is for
The first month is free, and after it Daily Momentum asks for CHF 25 a year. Asking is all it does — nothing is locked either way. The subscription is the only thing paying for this: no advertising, and nothing about you to sell.
Who makes it
Daily Momentum is made and sold by Janaka Premathilaka in Zug, Switzerland. Questions, corrections and plain opinions are welcome: [email protected].
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