Marginal

A calendar for the margins of your day.

Say what you want to fit in, and it finds the room and makes sure you show up.

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Listings open with the first release.

Today, Wednesday 21 October. Four tasks, one carried from Tuesday, and three events. Morning shift is on now.

Describe

Describe it.

Type, say, or photograph it — a roster, a screenshot, a PDF. It proposes events, and nothing is added until you agree.

Describe, with the words “nights tue to thu 7pm to 7am from next week,” a microphone, a photo button, and Propose.

Room

It finds the room.

Flexible tasks move around fixed commitments, with undo.

Wednesday, October 21, as a timeline. Morning shift runs from 7:00 to 3:00, with Take meds, Gym, and dinner in the hours after.

Alarms

It makes sure you show up.

Real full-screen alarms per event, custom sounds, snooze, hold to dismiss.

The alarm screen for Morning shift. Starts at 7:00 AM, with Snooze for 10 minutes and hold anywhere to dismiss.

Focus

Focus.

Events can block distracting apps while they run.

Focus, with nothing blocked yet. Focus now, and the two Android permissions: Usage access and Appear on top.

Shifts

For shift workers.

Rotations, night shifts that roll past midnight, and times that don’t drift across clock changes.

RotationsA cycle of days, worked days chosen, anchored on the start.
Night shiftsOne that runs past midnight stays on the day it started.
Clock changesA 7:00 start stays 7:00 when the clocks change.
The week of October 18 to 24, days down the page. Saturday has a night shift starting at 10:00 PM.

Privacy

Yours stays yours.

No account, no ads, no tracking.
Your calendar stays on your phone.
The assistant sees only what you hand it.

Privacy policy

Also

WidgetsToday, and the day’s tasks, on the home screen.
SiriWhat’s next, and a handoff into Describe.
Calendar filesImport and export .ics.
BackupsOne file, with the calendar and the settings.

Pricing

The calendar is free.

Pro is a larger daily allowance for the assistant, with a 7-day trial.

Free

$0

The calendar, alarms, Focus, import, and backup.

A one-time purchase is also listed, at $49. That price can change. See the pricing page.