TimeBuddy

A productivity and focus management iOS application built to help students master their schedules.

🌟 Why We Built TimeBuddy

Students today face unprecedented challenges in managing their time effectively. Balancing multiple courses, assignments, exams, and projects simultaneously often leads to academic overload.

We gathered data and found critical pain points:

• Lack of Structure: Students struggle to allocate time efficiently without proper planning tools.
• Procrastination: No clear visibility of workloads leads to last-minute cramming and stress.
• Poor Time Awareness: Underestimating how long tasks take leads to missed deadlines.
• Ineffective Study Sessions: Difficulty maintaining focus and tracking productive study time.
• No Performance Insights: Lack of data-driven feedback on productivity patterns and habits.

We built TimeBuddy to solve these issues directly and give students the tools they need to stay focused, build better habits, and reduce anxiety.

References: UNESCO & APA

🎯 Who is it for?

• Primary Audience: Students
• Accessible to Everyone: While designed with students in mind, anyone looking to improve their focus and time management can benefit from using it!
• Age Group: 14-24 (and up)
• Education Level: High School, College, and beyond
• Target Income Group: Built with accessibility in mind (Nil income barrier)

🚀 About This Project

This app represents the culmination of 6-8 months of dedicated learning in Swift and iOS development. I built TimeBuddy as a way to apply my new skills to a real-world use case—solving a genuine problem that affects students and professionals alike, creating something practical, polished, and ready for everyday use.

✨ Features

• Tasks & Dashboards: Clear visibility into all pending academic work.
• Focus Sessions: Study timers to combat procrastination and maintain structure.
• Productivity Tracking: Gain insights into how you spend your time to avoid ineffective sessions.
• Authentication: Easy Email/Passwordless sign-in for quick access.

🛠️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository.
2. Add your GoogleService-Info.plist to the TimeBuddy/ directory (this file is securely gitignored).
3. Open TimeBuddy.xcodeproj in Xcode.
4. Build and Run on a Simulator or Device.