Overview
What HowLong does
HowLong is a task timer for time-blind brains — the people who say “real quick” and somehow lose an hour. Estimate a task, start the countdown, and if you go past your guess, the timer keeps counting up so you can see exactly how many minutes over you went. When you finish, HowLong shows the gap between what you thought would happen and what actually happened.
Features
Key features
Estimate, then time it
Guess how long a task will take, start the countdown, and watch the timer count down toward zero.
See exactly how far over you went
If a task runs long, the timer keeps counting up past zero so you can see exactly how many minutes over your estimate you went.
Estimated vs. actual, every time
When you finish, HowLong shows the gap between what you guessed and what actually happened so your sense of time gets sharper.
Tags that teach you
Add lightweight tags like Writing, Coding, Admin, or Study to see which kinds of tasks you consistently underestimate.
Audience
Who HowLong is for
Anyone who says “real quick” and loses an hour: work projects that quietly expand, studying, writing, admin, chores, errands, and deep work, plus anyone who overplans the day and wonders where the time went.
Support & legal
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