We've made signing in easier, added a way to unlock premium-style features for free, and connected your account to our new Support Center. Here's what's new:

🔑 Faster, Easier Sign-In

• Sign in with Apple, right alongside Google — one tap, nothing to remember.
• Sign-up is quicker — no need to pick a username, it's generated from your email so you're in and using Clockface sooner.
• No more retyping your password to confirm it — a simple show/hide toggle replaces it on sign-up and password reset.
• See your password strength as you type, so you know it's strong enough before you submit.
• Log in with your username or your email — whichever you actually remember.

🔗 Connected Accounts

• Link or unlink Google and Apple from your account anytime, so you're never stuck just because you signed up one way and want to log in another.

🎬 Unlock Features by Watching a Short Ad

• Want custom fonts, live backgrounds, no brand logo, or a custom message without subscribing? Watch a short ad and unlock it instantly, free.

🎫 One Login, Support Included

• Signing in to Clockface now signs you into our new Help & Support Center too — no second login when you need help.

🌙 Dark Mode Polish

• Fixed several panels that weren't displaying correctly in dark mode, including Connected Accounts and Subscription & Billing.

✨ Smoother First-Time Experience

• The first-time help tip now disappears on its own after a few seconds instead of sitting there until you close it.

Thank you for being part of the Clockface community! Let us know what you think in the Community Hub or feedback board.

We're excited to introduce Clockface v102.0! This release brings a completely redesigned Soundscapes Studio, a Multi-Location Weather Manager with automatic city detection, upgraded Music Player controls, and a cleaner, more customizable dock.

🌿 Brand-New Soundscapes Studio

Transform your workspace with our next-generation ambient sound machine:

• 8 Immersive Soundscapes: Rain, Fireplace, Forest, Cafe, plus procedural Brown Noise (deep rumble), Pink Noise (soothing rainfall frequency), White Noise (noise masking), and 8Hz Alpha Waves (binaural beats for flow state).
• 1-Click Curated Presets: Instantly jump into Rainy Cafe, Night Camp, Focus Cafe, Calm Zen, or Deep Waves, or hit Surprise Me for a random balanced blend.
• Master Volume & 1-Tap Toggles: Easily scale your entire mix with a master slider or tap any sound icon to quickly mute/unmute.
• Sleep Timer with Smooth Fade: Set a timer for 15, 30, 45, or 60 minutes with a gentle 10-second audio fade-out when finished.
• Live Audio Visualizer: Pulsing harmonic sound waves animate whenever background audio is active.

🌤️ Multi-Location Weather & Real City Detection

Check the forecast across multiple cities with zero friction:

• Multiple Saved Places: Pin multiple locations worldwide (e.g. Chester, London, New York, Tokyo) and switch between them with 1 tap.
• Accurate GPS City Names: Clicking Detect Location now resolves your actual city name (e.g. Chester) rather than a generic "My Location" label.
• Detailed Weather Metrics: View "Feels like" temperatures, wind speed, humidity, and 3-day forecasts with precipitation probabilities.
• Quick °C / °F Switching: Instant temperature unit toggling.

🎵 Upgraded Music Player (YouTube & Spotify)

• Full-Height Interface: Maximized player viewport for album art and video streams.
• Working Curated Streams: Fresh live streams including Lofi Jazz, Piano Study, Deep Focus, Coffee Jazz, and Synthwave.
• Dedicated Audio vs. Video Toggle: Switch seamlessly between the spinning vinyl audio deck and video screen right from the bottom bar.
• Contextual Custom Media: Clean drawer for saving your custom Spotify playlists or YouTube videos.

🏪 Streamlined Dock & App Store

• Clean Default Dock: The bottom app dock has been decluttered to keep your primary tools front and center.
• App Store Catalog: Mini-apps like Countdowns can now be discovered and pinned to your dock with 1 click from the built-in App Store.

⚡ UX & Desktop Power Features

• Universal Esc Key: Pressing Esc now cleanly closes the topmost active window or drawer.
• Unified Preferences Sync: 100% of your settings, sound volumes, weather locations, and habits automatically save and sync across all your devices.

Thank you for being part of the Clockface community! Let us know what you think of v102 in the Community Hub or feedback board.

We’re thrilled to introduce Clockface Online v101.0 — our biggest upgrade yet! This release transforms your desktop clock into a modular productivity station with custom dock apps, brain-teasing daily games, mindfulness tools, and global time coordination.

✨ Highlights of v101.0

1. 🛍️ The Clockface App Store & Custom Dock

• Build Your Perfect Desktop: Discover, add, or remove mini-apps right from your floating bottom dock.
• Community Social Proof: See real-time adoption and member profile avatars on every app card.
• Smooth Dock Customisation: Rearrange dock apps with drag-and-drop or drop them into the trash zone to remove.

2. 🎮 Word Guess (Daily Puzzle & Practice Mode)

• Daily 5-Letter Puzzle: Guess the secret word in 6 attempts or fewer!
• Global Monthly Leaderboard: Compete with other Clockface members and climb the global ranks.
• Unlimited Practice Mode: Play as many casual rounds as you like to sharpen your vocabulary.
• Challenge Your Friends: Share one-click direct invite links into your group chats.

3. 🌍 World Clocks & Timezone Matrix

• Live World Clocks: Track live times across 18+ major world cities with Day/Night indicators.
• 24-Hour Timezone Matrix: An interactive time-slider to easily coordinate meetings across different timezones.
• Pinned Cities: Keep your favourite global cities saved directly on your screen.

4. 🧘 Daily Habits, Zen Breathe & Daily Wisdom

• Daily Habits: Track your daily goals and build lasting streaks.
• Zen Breathe: Guided 4-7-8, Box, and Coherence breathing exercises with calming audio cues.
• Daily Wisdom: Fresh motivational quote cards that you can favourite, copy, or pin to your desktop.

5. 💬 Instant Feedback Hub & Navbar Polish

• Navbar Feedback Button: Submit feature requests, vote on ideas, and report bugs with a single click.
• Seamless UI: Refined navbar spacing and smart notification badge alignment.

👉 Experience the update now: clockfaceonline.com

Welcome to Clockface v100.0: our biggest milestone release to date! We’ve completely overhauled core productivity features, introduced deep workspace customisation, and elevated the entire interface.

Here’s everything new:

⏱️ 1. Reimagined Focus Centre: Standard Timers & Custom Pomodoro

• Dual Timer Modes: Seamlessly toggle between a classic Standard Countdown Timer and a full 4-Cycle Pomodoro Timer.
• Fully Custom Pomodoro Intervals: Tailor your session lengths with custom Focus, Short Break, and Long Break durations (e.g. 25/5/15m, 50/10/20m, or any duration you choose).
• Live Dynamic Tree Growth: Earn virtual trees as you focus! Full Pomodoro sessions earn scaled tree rewards (e.g. 20+ trees across 4 cycles) to plant in your personal garden.

• Minimalist Zen Active Mode: As soon as you hit Start, presets, task inputs, and buttons automatically tuck away, leaving you with an evolving tree centrepiece and a distraction-free countdown ring.
• Auto-Save: Your selected timer mode, durations, and custom Pomodoro profiles are remembered automatically for your next session.

⚙️ 2. All-New Preferences & App Dock Centre

Take total control over your workspace layout:

• App Dock Customiser: Reorder or toggle individual apps (Timer, Music, Notes, Sound Mixer, Weather, etc.) on and off your bottom dock.
• One-Click Reset: Easily restore default dock layouts at any time.
• Hide Entire Dock: Toggle the dock off completely for an ultra-clean, edge-to-edge clock experience.
• Inactivity Auto-Fade Controls: Customise how quickly navigation bars smoothly fade away when your mouse is idle.
• 3-Way Theme Switcher: Set your interface to Light, Dark, or Auto (syncs dynamically with your device's system appearance).
• Hide Brand Logo (Plus Feature): Toggle off the top-left brand logo for a minimal studio display.

🎵 3. Music Player & Media Controls

• Spotify & YouTube Integration: Switch between Spotify playlists and custom YouTube links directly inside the music player.
• Audio-Only Mode: Toggle between watching the video or using compact audio playback controls.

🎨 4. Harmonised Aesthetics & Dark Mode

• Frosted Glass Floating Dock: The bottom dock now shares the exact translucent frosted glass finish as the top navigation bar.
• Unified Deep Charcoal Dark Mode: All modals, popups, and preference drawers now feature a unified dark finish with crisp, high-contrast typography.
• Clean Action Cards: Support and Billing now open through clean, branded launch cards with direct links to the Helpdesk and Stripe Customer Portal.
• Avatar & Nav Glows: Streamlined profile picture highlighting with a clean circular glow.

We’ve completely rebuilt how you interact with your workspace. This update focuses on multitasking, mobile fluidity, and visual harmony. Your digital study space just got a major upgrade.

🪟 Advanced Window Management

• Bring to Front: No more digging through overlapping windows. Clicking or dragging any app now instantly brings it to the top of your stack.

• The Dock: Introducing the App Dock! You can now Minimize any tool (Spotify, Focus Timer, Notes, etc.) into a sleek, bouncy dock at the bottom of your screen. Keep your workspace clean without losing your place.

• Themed Icons: All icons in the Dock now automatically adapt to your chosen theme color. Whether you’re using Midnight or a Custom Hex, your apps stay in sync.

📱 A Native Mobile Experience

• Bottom Sheets: On mobile, we’ve ditched draggable windows for native "Bottom Sheets." Apps now slide up from the bottom and lock to a consistent 85% height for a much cleaner, more comfortable feel.

• Swipe-to-Close: Added intuitive gesture support. Grab the top of any app and swipe down to dismiss it. It’s smooth, fast, and feels like a premium mobile app.

✨ UI & Logic Refinements

• Symmetrical Transitions: Modals now "Pop" in and "Fade" out with matching physics, making every interaction feel deliberate and polished.

• Smart Dock Logic: The dock intelligently hides when empty and reappears the moment you minimize your first app.

• Performance Tweak: Optimized the window toggle engine to prevent "ghost" instances and ensure data-heavy apps (like the Community Hub) load instantly every time.

Hey Clock Club! 👋

Ready to take your study sanctuary to the next level? We’ve just integrated Unsplash directly into Clockface Online, giving you instant access to millions of gorgeous, high-res backgrounds!

Whether you focus best to "rainy windows", "cozy lofi cafes", or "pastel minimalist" vibes, you can now search for and apply the exact backdrop you need without ever leaving your timer.

🎉 Best of all? We've unlocked this feature for EVERYONE! It is completely free to use starting today.

Just click the Palette icon, open your Backgrounds, and start searching. We can't wait to see the beautiful themes you create and share with the community!

Happy focusing! 🌿🕰️

Welcome to Clockface Online v88.8! This update is all about bringing our users together and giving you deeper control over your clock's mechanics. We've launched a brand new live feed, introduced a powerful global timezone engine, and completely streamlined the customization drawer to make designing your perfect setup easier than ever.

🚀 What's New

• The Community Hub: Jump into the Toolbox to access the new live feed! See exactly how many people are focusing right now, view the top active countries, and send preset shouts and emojis to the room to cheer each other on.

• Global Timezone Engine: You are no longer locked to your device's local time. We’ve added a smart, searchable dropdown in the settings menu that tracks over 400 global timezones and automatically handles daylight saving time.

• Interactive Profiles: Avatars inside the Community Hub and Gallery are now fully clickable. Tap a user to instantly view their profile, check out their stats, and browse their published themes.

✨ Improvements & Polish

• Smarter Customisation Drawer: We’ve completely reorganized the settings menu so it flows naturally from Macro to Micro (Themes ➔ Backgrounds ➔ Time & Date ➔ Text & Style).

• Adaptive Settings UI: The menu is now "smart." If you hide the date or switch to an Analogue clock face, the irrelevant settings (like 12/24hr format) will gracefully dim out so your menu stays beautifully clean.

• Sleek Search Bars: We replaced clunky native dropdowns with smooth, searchable, auto-filtering menus for the new Timezone selector.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Timezone Math: Completely rebuilt the time-ago engine to bridge the gap between UTC and Local server time. Timestamps on shouts and user profiles are now perfectly synced, eliminating the pesky "Just now" and "1 hour ago" bugs.

• Full Emoji Support: Upgraded the database connection architecture to strictly support full-color 4-byte emojis. No more ???? on your shouts!

• Profile Saving: Bulletproofed the "Edit Profile" logic so updating passwords and usernames is faster and completely error-free.

Hey Clock Club! 👋

When Clockface Online first launched, it started as a small project. Since then, we’ve watched this community grow into an incredible, global network of students, professionals, and aesthetic workspace enthusiasts.

To reflect our growing worldwide community, we are officially moving to a brand-new home: www.clockfaceonline.com!

What does this mean for you?

The transition is designed to be completely seamless, but here is exactly what you need to know:

• 🌲 Your Data is 100% Safe: Your account, saved themes, custom countdowns, and every single tree you’ve grown in your forest have been safely transferred. You won't lose a thing!

• 🔗 Update Your Bookmarks: If you have our old web address saved in your bookmarks or pinned to your browser, please take a moment to update it to clockfaceonline.com.

• 🔄 Automatic Redirects: Don't worry if you accidentally type in the old address or click an old community theme link! We’ve set up automatic redirects that will safely point you straight to the new .com site.

Will I need to log back in?

Because you are visiting a "new" website address, your browser might ask you to log into your account one more time. Just use your normal username and password, and everything will be exactly where you left it.

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported the app, shared it with friends, and helped us reach this massive milestone. We have some incredibly exciting features in the works for our new home.

Stay focused, and welcome to ClockfaceOnline.com! ☕✨

Hey Clock Club! 👋

We’ve just rolled out a brand-new update packed with some of your most highly requested features and quality-of-life improvements. Here is everything new in Clockface Online today:

🔥 High-Stakes Focus: 2x Trees in Strict Mode

Want to climb the leaderboard faster? Turning on Strict Mode in the Focus Center now rewards you with 2x the trees (grow 2 trees for every 5 minutes focused instead of 1!).

• The Catch: If you switch browser tabs or leave the page, your session will fail and your tree will wither. (Don't worry, we added a 30-second grace period just in case you accidentally click away!).
• Smarter Timers: The Focus Center now automatically remembers your last-used timer length so you don't have to keep resetting it every time you log in. (Note: Timers are now capped at 2 hours per session to keep the global forest fair!)

🎨 Infinite Colors for Countdowns

Your custom Countdowns just got a major glow-up.

• We’ve expanded the default color swatches to include a wider variety of beautiful, aesthetic presets.
• Want something completely unique? Click the new Palette Icon to open a custom color picker and perfectly match your countdown to your background!

✨ GIF Backgrounds are BACK!

You asked, we listened! We recently upgraded our image uploader to make the app run faster, which accidentally broke animated GIFs. We’ve built a special bypass specifically for GIFs so you can get back to studying with your favorite animated lofi windows and pixel-art scenes. (To keep the app running lightning-fast for everyone, GIF uploads are capped at 4MB).

🛡️ Behind-the-Scenes Polish

We’ve also squashed a few bugs, improved UI layouts on mobile, and added ultra-fast, invisible bot protection to our sign-up pages to keep the community safe and secure.

Thank you so much for your continued feedback and support. Happy focusing! ☕🌲

Hello Clock Club! We’ve been busy behind the scenes making Clockface Online more powerful and personalized. Here is what’s new in our latest update:

The Toolbox: To keep your view clean, we’ve moved Spotify, the Ambient Mixer, and Weather into a new, sleek "Toolbox" drawer. Just click the grid icon to access your mini-apps!

New Countdowns App: You can now track your most anticipated events. Set a date, pick a color theme, and watch the live progress bar as your big day approaches. It even "hypes up" when you're less than 24 hours away!

Sticky Notes Checklists: Your notes just got smarter. You can now insert interactive checklists—simply click a circle to turn it into a tick. Perfect for daily to-dos.

Premium Loading: Enjoy a smoother, more elegant entry to the site with our new branded loading screen (fully compatible with Dark Mode).

We’d love to hear your thoughts on these new tools! Head over to the Toolbox to try the Countdowns, and let us know what features you want to see next.