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Hourloft
World clocks, timers, alarms and shareable countdowns in one place
- Score
- 47
- confidence 58
- Evidence
- 4
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 3
- named in sources
- First version
- 25 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop and mobile
- PWA: on computers and phones alike
- Market since
- 2015
- Established market · AI estimate
ScreensConcept
Desktop and mobile: Remote teams set up shared clocks and countdowns on desktop but need quick access to timers and alarms on phones throughout their workday. Sample screens on a computer and a phone, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
Quick add
Alarm created09:30
About this appAI proposal
Hourloft puts world clocks, timers, alarms, stopwatches, countdowns and timestamp conversion in one always-open screen. Type what you need, such as 'standup 9:30 Berlin' or '25 min', and it is set. No separate converter tabs, no timer on one device and alarm on another.
Built for remote workers and distributed teams who coordinate across time zones. Enter a time in any zone and copy chat-ready timestamps, including the Discord format. Share a countdown link and every viewer sees the event in their own local time.
Free use covers the basics on one device. Pro adds live sync, so a timer started on your laptop rings on your phone, plus team clock boards and shared links with your own labels.
- Tagline
- Every clock, timer and countdown, in one place.
- Voice
- CalmClearPractical
- Why this name
- An hour is the unit teams negotiate across zones; a loft is a single open room where everything is within reach. Two plain words joined, easy to say.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
One quick-entry bar
Type a plain phrase like 'call 4pm Lisbon' or '10 min' and Hourloft creates the right clock, timer, alarm or countdown.
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World clocks with overlap view
See teammates' local hours side by side and spot the window where everyone is awake and working.
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Timestamp converter
Turn any date and time in any zone into chat-ready timestamps, including Discord's format, with one tap to copy.
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Shareable countdown links
Send a link to an event. Each viewer sees the countdown and start time in their own time zone.
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Brand identityAI proposal
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Palette
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Typography
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Every clock, timer and countdown, in one place.
PricingAI proposal
The material gives no competitor prices. These tiers are a starting point to test, based only on the idea that cross-device sync is the paid feature.
Free
Free
- World clocks, timers, alarms, stopwatches
- Timestamp converter
- Quick-entry bar
- One device
Pro
$4 a month
- Live cross-device sync
- Shareable countdown links with labels
- Overlap view for many cities
- Saved timestamp formats
Team
$3 a month
- Per seat, minimum 3 seats
- Shared team clock boards
- Shared event countdowns
- Everything in Pro
What it could be worthEstimate
What a software business making this much sells for today, from real deals. Pick a monthly revenue.
If it makes
Worth about
$194,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- Shared outputs. Users share countdown links in team chats and invites. Each link opens a page showing the event in the viewer's own time zone, with a prompt to make their own countdown.
- Do they become customers?
- Viewers see the product but may not need it. Test whether at least a few percent of link viewers create their own countdown, and whether any of them upgrade to Pro.
- First customers
- Community managers and moderators of Discord servers that run scheduled events across time zones, plus small remote teams of 5 to 20 people.
- Where to reach them
- Discord communities: Offer the countdown link free to server admins who post event times, and ask them to try it for one event.
- Hacker News and Show HN: Post a working demo to the same audience that showed interest, and collect feedback on the quick-entry bar.
- Remote work communities: Share the overlap view in remote-work forums and newsletters where scheduling across zones comes up.
- First milestone
- Fifty shared countdown links used for real events, and five people or teams paying for Pro within 60 days of launch.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedHacker News post received 26 points and 8 comments
- Public claimPeople manage timers, alarms, and timezone conversions across multiple scattered tools and devices, creating friction
- Public claimUsers want fast setup and management of time-related tasks in a single unified location
- Public claimA unified time management product can monetize through a freemium model with paid cross-device sync
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · Realtime syncSupabase Realtime channelsPushes timer and alarm state between a user's devices without a separate service.
- This app · Push notificationsWeb Push with a service workerAlarms need to ring on a phone when the app is closed.
RisksAI inference
- PlatformWeb Push and background alarms are less reliable on some phones, especially iOS. A missed alarm would hurt trust fast, so alarm reliability must be tested early.
- CommercialPhones and browsers already include free clocks and timers. People may not pay for sync alone, and the only demand evidence is one Hacker News post.
- TechnicalTime zone and daylight saving edge cases can show wrong times on shared countdowns. Each wrong time damages the product's core promise.
- PlatformDiscord's timestamp format may change, and free bots or web tools already convert it. The converter alone is not a reason to switch.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.