A quiet heat for restless minds.
A focus timer that catches the sparks so you can stay in the work. Designed for minds that wander, built to reduce the cost of coming back.
Coming Soon to iPhone & Apple Watch. Join the TestFlight beta below.
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The thought arrives.
When a thought pulls at you, catch it as a spark in under five seconds. Speak it in, no typing, no switching apps. Your work stays where you left it.
Always visible.
Your session lives on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Check progress at a glance, no need to unlock your phone or open the app.
Stay in the flow.
The dial warms as your session deepens: gold to amber to coral. Ambient time, never a countdown pressing on you. No alarm, no forced stop.
Return gracefully.
Every session is its own fire. Your sparks are stored quietly: searchable, grouped by date, never gamified. There's no chain to break because there's no chain.
The dial is an ember.
One warm object in a dark room. Tend it while you work.
A glowing arc in a quiet void. As your session deepens, the dial warms (gold, amber, coral) so you feel time pass without a countdown pressing on you. No alarm at the end. When it settles, it just settles.
- Count-up timing: progress, not countdown pressure
- Overtime flows in quietly, no forced stop
- Pause banks the coals, resume stirs them
- Biophilic soundscapes warm with the dial
- Completion is a long soft haptic and one line: "That's tended."
Sparks, not a to-do list.
When a thought pulls at you, catch it as a spark in under five seconds. Speak it in, no typing, no switching apps. Your work stays where you left it.
Voice capture turns a passing thought into a safely parked spark. The session doesn't pause. You don't lose the thread. Sorting happens later, when the fire has cooled.
A warming dial
The dial warms as your session deepens: gold to amber to coral. Ambient time, never a number pressing on you.
Tend a little longer
Hit your target and keep going. The session flows into overtime quietly, no alarm, no forced stop.
One quiet start
Open the app, tap once. The dial remembers how you like to sit with the work.
Bank the coals
Pausing doesn't lose the heat. Handle the interruption, come back, stir the coals, keep going.
What's included free:
- The warming dial, count-up with quiet overtime
- Spark catch: voice-first capture
- Auto-categorization that learns on device
- Gentle return after interruptions
- Dispatch to Reminders & Notes
- Share Sheet: save text from any app
- Biophilic soundscapes
- Smart session naming
- Session view, share & export
- Live Activity & Dynamic Island
- Dark by design
Tended, not tracked.
No streaks. No scores. No shame if yesterday got away from you. Ember counts hours by the fire, not broken chains. Showing up is the whole thing.
Every session is its own fire. Your sparks are stored quietly: searchable, grouped by date, never gamified. There's no chain to break because there's no chain.
A warming dial
The dial warms as your session deepens: gold to amber to coral. Ambient time, never a number pressing on you.
Tend a little longer
Hit your target and keep going. The session flows into overtime quietly, no alarm, no forced stop.
One quiet start
Open the app, tap once. The dial remembers how you like to sit with the work.
Bank the coals
Pausing doesn't lose the heat. Handle the interruption, come back, stir the coals, keep going.
Catch the spark
When a thought pulls at you, speak it in. It's caught as a spark, sorted later. Your work stays where you left it.
Built to reduce the cost of coming back.
01. A warm place to sit
Ember isn't forcing, it's settling in. The dial gives you somewhere warm to land, so starting stops being the hardest part.
02. Nothing is lost
When a thought pulls at you, it gets caught as a spark. No chase, no spiral. The work stays where you left it.
03. Tended, not tracked
No streaks. No shame. Missing a day doesn't erase anything. Presence is the whole metric.
04. Voice before typing
Typing is friction when a thought is already leaving. Speak it in, and it's caught before it's gone.
05. A soft return
Pause banks the coals. Resume stirs them. Interruptions don't cost the whole session.
06. Private by design
Your captures stay on your device. No servers, no tracking, no analytics.
Dark by design.
Dusk in a cabin. The dial is the only light. Dark mode isn't a setting, it's the whole point. Nothing else competing for your attention.
One warm object
The dial is the only thing lit. Everything else recedes. A coal held in the palm, warm, sturdy, alive.
Liquid Glass
Built on iOS 26's Liquid Glass. Surfaces respond to light and touch, so the dial feels held rather than drawn.
A single quiet start
Open. Tap once. Settle in. No setup, no choices pressing on you, no decision cost before the work begins.
Silence as feedback
A soft haptic when you settle in. A longer one when it settles. No badges, no fanfare; the warmth lives in the quiet.
Beyond the dial.
Ember reaches across your devices and works quietly in the background, so the session stays within a glance and the thinking is always caught.
Quietly intelligent
On-device, private, and never in your way.
Captures sort themselves
On-device categorization reads each spark and files it for you, learning from your corrections so it gets the gist right over time. Nothing to label, nothing to declare.
Private by design
All processing happens on your device. No servers, no tracking, nothing leaves your phone.
Learns your rhythm
On supported iPhones, Ember names the session and suggests a length that fits how you actually focus. Quiet help, never a demand.
On your wrist, on your lock screen
The dial follows you, so you never go looking for where you left off.
Liquid Glass Design
Built on iOS 26's Liquid Glass. Surfaces respond to light and touch, so the dial feels held, not drawn.
Live Activity
Your session on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. A glance keeps you anchored, no need to open the app.
Apple Watch
The Digital Crown becomes the dial. Tap to start. Dictate a spark from your wrist.
Siri & App Intents
"Start a focus session." "Quick capture." Just say it.
Share Sheet
Save text from any app (article, tweet, email) straight to your captures.
Swift 6 Concurrency
Strict concurrency, zero third-party dependencies. Built for performance and longevity.
Built to the highest standards.
Settle in with Ember.
Tap once to install the beta through TestFlight. Real builds, tended by real hands.
Opens in TestFlight. Requires iOS 26 or later.