Candle — Focus Timer

Light a candle. Start the clock. Let it burn.

Candle is a focus and relaxation timer built around a single, calming idea: a virtual candle that flickers, glows, and melts in real time as your session counts down. No distracting dashboards. No cluttered interfaces. Just you, your intention, and a flame.

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🕯 A Timer You Can Feel

Most productivity timers show you a number. Candle shows you something alive. A realistic wax candle sits at the heart of the screen — softly shaded, gently flickering, its warm light casting across the screen. As your session progresses, the wax melts slowly downward, giving you an immediate, visceral sense of how much time remains without ever needing to check a countdown.

Strike the balance between urgency and calm that makes deep work actually happen.

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🔥 Realistic Candle Flame

The flame is never the same twice. Powered by organic motion algorithms (not a looping GIF), it sways, surges, and settles — like a real candle responding to invisible air currents. The hot white core fades through amber to deep orange at the edges, with a warm glow that illuminates the wax beneath it.

In dark mode, the glow intensifies, turning your screen into a pocket campfire.

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⏳ Presets for Every Rhythm

Choose from built-in presets or create your own:

- Morning Focus — 25 minutes of deep, undivided attention

- Power Nap — 20 minutes of restorative rest

- Deep Work — a full hour of uninterrupted flow

Every preset is a ritual. Set the name and duration, select it, and start the flame.

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🌙 Thoughtful Dark Mode

Candle is designed for both light and dark environments. Light mode uses warm parchment tones — cream, amber, and soft browns — that feel like candlelight on paper. Dark mode deepens the scene: the background goes nearly black, and the flame's glow becomes the room's only light source.

Toggle instantly from the sun icon on the home screen. Your preference is remembered between sessions.

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🎯 Built for Focus, Rest, and Presence

Whether you practise the Pomodoro technique, time-box your creative sessions, set a mindfulness window, or simply want a candle burning while you read — Candle fits naturally into any intentional practice.

- No subscriptions, no accounts required — ever

- An optional short rewarded ad can be watched in the Presets screen to top up in-app points; the App is fully usable without ever watching one

- Runs fully offline for its core timer experience

- Minimal permissions — Candle only needs to stay awake while you work, plus what's required to show the optional rewarded ad

- Lightweight and battery-conscious: the flame animation is engineered to run smoothly on all devices

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✨ Designed with Care

Every detail of Candle has been considered: the serif wordmark in Cormorant Garamond, the monospace countdown in DM Mono, the subtle sheen on the wax surface, the uneven drips that appear as the candle burns. This is a tool that respects your time and your screen.