Countdowns

The things with a date on them, showing how far you have come as well as how long is left.

  • Its own screen
  • Switch in the library
Each one has
A date, a note, a colour
Shows
Days left and percent done
Sorted by
Whatever is closest
Five countdowns on tinted cards: the dentist in three days, a birthday in twelve, the quarter ending in forty five, a trip to Lisbon in forty six and a marathon in a hundred and eighteen, each with a progress bar and a percentage.
The dentist is three days out and eighty two percent of the way there.

How it works

  1. Distance covered, distance left

    Forty five days until the quarter ends sounds like ages. Sixty seven percent through it does not. The bar is what makes the date feel real.

  2. A line of context each

    Lisbon says flights booked, hotel to sort. The marathon says the training block starts in two weeks. Enough to remember what the date means when it surfaces.

  3. A colour apiece

    Each countdown takes its own tint, so you pick the one you were looking for out of five without reading any of them.

Asked about Countdowns

What is the Countdowns module in Cadence?

The things with a date on them, showing how far you have come as well as how long is left. Forty five days until the quarter ends sounds like ages. Sixty seven percent through it does not. The bar is what makes the date feel real.

Can I switch Countdowns off?

Yes. The library in Settings has a switch beside Countdowns, and turning it off takes it out of the sidebar, the search and the Today screen. The other 26 switchable modules work the same way.

Does Countdowns sync between the Mac and the iPhone?

Yes, once iCloud sync is unlocked for $14.99, paid once and covering the Mac and the iPhone together. Until then Countdowns keeps its data on the device you typed it into, and it goes nowhere else.

Keep Countdowns. Ignore the other twenty five.