A visible HUD helps when the failure mode is simple: the timer worked, but you never looked where it was hidden.
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If this sounds like your week
Tray icons and hidden tabs depend on you remembering to check them. A HUD reverses that relationship: the countdown stays where peripheral vision can keep doing some of the work.
Where tooling usually breaks
A countdown does not need to be huge, but it does need enough presence to survive real work: full windows, calls, code, documents, and long stretches of concentration.
Where TimeFence lands
The product starts from a simple premise: put time back on screen. Use the HUD when a phone timer, tray icon, or browser tab is too easy to miss.
One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store
Purchased and updated securely through the Microsoft Store. No account needed on our site, no subscription, and a Microsoft receipt for easy corporate expensing.
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What you get
Always-visible countdown on a zero-latency overlay—peripheral time you can't ignore, without modal chrome blocking your work.
No Electron tax, no sign-in, and no telemetry. Your focus sessions never leave your machine.
A real enforcement switch. Start a block and the soft “I’ll just pause it” path disappears—on purpose. Use it when you mean it.
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Our Core Moat
Compiled Rust core wrapped inside an optimized Tauri shell. No heavy background node loops or duplicate Chromium engines cooking your memory footprint (<5MB idle RAM).
Executes entirely on-device with full offline isolation. Absolute zero background telemetry policies, no metrics aggregation, and zero mandatory cloud-sync accounts.
Pay a single, clear one-time purchase price. Own your specific native software utility execution tier permanently without artificial subscription paywalls or ongoing usage tax.
FAQ
TimeFence puts the countdown in a persistent desktop HUD instead of hiding it in a tab, tray icon, or phone notification. The goal is simple: keep time visible while your real work stays in front.
No. The HUD is meant to remain glanceable without becoming the active typing target, so your editor, browser, design tool, or document keeps keyboard focus.
Use Strict Mode only for blocks you genuinely intend to finish. It is a commitment device for serious sessions, not a default setting for every casual timer.
No. TimeFence is sold as a one-time Windows purchase through the Microsoft Store.
Use the Microsoft Store link on this page for the current listing, price, and release details.
TimeFence is a one-time Windows purchase. No subscriptions, no telemetry. Just a local Rust/Tauri HUD with optional Strict Mode for serious blocks.
One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store
Purchased and updated securely through the Microsoft Store. No account needed on our site, no subscription, and a Microsoft receipt for easy corporate expensing.
Technical specifications
| Spec | Implementation |
|---|---|
| Data Sovereignty | Focus sessions and HUD state remain on-device; no cloud session store |
| Telemetry Status | None; no analytics or sign-in for core timer behavior |
| Core Runtime | Rust / Tauri with native Windows overlay APIs |
| Network Requirements | Fully functional offline |
| Deployment Compatibility | Windows 10 and 11 via Microsoft Store and direct purchase |
| Overlay behavior | Always-on-top HUD designed not to steal keyboard focus |
| Strict Mode | Optional session lock with pause/quit paths disabled until block ends |
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