What it does
Set a study timer, choose how many sessions and breaks you want, then focus while Cereal guides you through each study session and break. Check your calendar to see your past study time. Built for Cereal is mainly for people who find it hard to start tasks or stay focused during long study sessions..
What a real user taught us
One of the Guides, Izzy, tried my app, and he said that my app was great, especially highlighting how nice the design for the spinning timer knob was, but said that maybe I could add a feature where you can't increase the break duration more than 1/5th of the session, and that the amount of breaks x (times) the break duration can't add up to half of the study session duration x the amount of study sessions. I thought this was a great idea so that people can't cheat themselves out and make the break duration more than the time that they study, so I added it!
A safety issue we fixed
I noticed someone else might see a person’s study calendar. I put the app behind Google sign-in and keep each calendar tied to its owner’s account.
What we would build next
I’d add a simple weekly summary to the calendar so people can see their study patterns over time.