Ready Time
You know what you need to do. Ready Time helps you know when to start.
You knew pickup was at 3:15. You checked the clock at 2:00 and thought you had plenty of time. Then it was 3:05 and you hadn't left. The drive is 20 minutes. You're going to be late again. A backward plan sends a notification when it's time to start wrapping up, rather than when you should already be there.
Afternoons are unstructured, and unstructured time is where time blindness hits hardest. You're working, or cleaning, or scrolling, and the hours between lunch and pickup feel stretchy. The transition from whatever you're doing to being in the car takes longer than you think: wrap up, find keys, shoes, drive. That's 30 to 40 minutes of lead time, not 10.
Ready Time's first notification fires 45 minutes before pickup. That's when you stop what you're doing. Then: wrap up, bathroom, grab keys, shoes, drive. Each step has a time. You arrive in the pickup line with the other parents, rather than after everyone else has gone.
The drive above is a starting number. In the app, pick the real place, choose drive, walk, or bike, and Apple Maps fills in how long it takes.
Change where you're leaving from or how you're getting there, and every step before the drive shifts with it.
Work back from the pickup time: drive, plus the minutes to wrap what you're doing, grab keys, and get in the car. For many parents that's 30 to 45 minutes before the stated pickup, rather than the drive time alone. The transition out of the afternoon is what makes people late.
Aim to be in the line a few minutes before dismissal starts moving, rather than after the first wave has left. Schools differ, but arriving with a small buffer beats the stress of being the last car. Set the alert for when to stop working, rather than for when the bell rings.
Get a nudge at the right moment, while there's still time to act.
Each step gets its own alert, so you know what's next and how long you have.
“It has helped me tremendously to manage my timeblindness, and I tell people about it all the time.”Ready Time user, 2021
Ready Time
You know what you need to do. Ready Time helps you know when to start.