SmallButBig: Time Blocking

A big goal never arrives overnight. Getting one small day right — that's all this app does.

SmallButBig turns a list into a timeline — decide when, track how long it took, and see the gap.

■ One thing at a time · Tasks can't overlap. Drop one on a busy hour and it snaps to the nearest free slot. · Only one timer runs at a time. Start something else and the running one is settled first.

■ Planning in three stages · Someday → a date → a date and time. You never have to invent an hour you don't have. · Undated work waits in the inbox; day-only work waits in that day's drawer.

■ Tracking has to be light to last · No need to keep the app open — only a start and an end time are stored, and the Lock Screen counts. · Most things take about as long as planned — "Same as planned" is one tap. · If the timer already filled it in, finishing doesn't ask again.

■ An honest record · Even off plan, your best effort still leaves a number. · Actual time is asked when you finish a task, not when you create it. · Unfinished work rolls down to today, but the original plan stays frozen in its week. Last week's slip doesn't become this week's score. · A week reads as two numbers — the share of planned time you spent and the share of tasks you finished. Three 5-minute tasks done and one 3-hour task missed is 75% by count, not by time.

■ When the plan breaks · Finish early and the card shrinks, freeing the rest of the block; run over and the overflow shows below it. · Split a card and each checklist item becomes a real task. Finished ones keep their slot; unfinished ones drop their time to the inbox. · Scattered pieces merge back into one, with a preview of what you'd lose. · Repeating events edit as "this one" or "this and all following".

■ What a day is made of · Alerts — at the start, 5/10/30/60 minutes before, or a time you pick. · Transit blocks — a mode and duration attach travel time ahead of the event. Split into legs (walk → bus → subway), each with notes. · Subtasks — attach steps or things to bring, and tick them off on the card. · Deadlines — when you'll do it and when it's due are separate axes. Move the date; the deadline stays. · Habits — counted by date, so a day you never scheduled an hour still fills the grid. · Pooled tasks — stock "Workout ×10" and each drag onto the timeline spends one.

■ Several projects at once · The whole folder tree lies open — drag straight into any depth, never across two screens. · Big work nests as tasks under tasks — split as fine as you like, nothing leaves the project. · Projects with start and end dates line up as a Gantt chart, today marked and days left per bar. · You see "3 of 7" and hours spent without opening a folder. When a stretch is over, file the lot into a month folder.

■ Looking back · Five categories: Focus, Admin, Growth, People and Rest. One axis — what that time was to you — so the weekly report becomes next week's decision. · When a week ends, planned and actual hours stand side by side, by category and by project. · Improving? The last 6 weeks against the 6 before, and months of habits at a glance. · Where the time leaked: open a project parent to child and follow the hours down.

■ Out of your way · Year → month → week → day. Two fingers move between the overview and the hour. · iPhone and iPad share the same data over iCloud. · English, 한국어, 日本語, 简体中文, Deutsch and हिन्दी switch instantly inside the app. · The Mac app is sold separately on the Mac App Store.

■ Requires a purchase There is no free version. Every feature below unlocks with a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime unlock.

■ Purchases Using the app requires a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled before the period ends; manage them in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions.

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