CogniTime | Devpost

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Inspiration

The Everyday struggle of my fellow classmates with maintaining focus in an increasingly distraction-filled world inspired me to innovate a solution. Traditional web-based productivity apps often fail to adapt to personal and are a one-size fits all solution. CogniTime stemmed from the idea that a productivity timer should not only track time but delve into various psychological insights in order to boost user's productivity by a significant margin. By blending psychological insights with adaptive design, it aims to help users regain control, optimize focus, and build healthier, more sustainable habits.

What it does

CogniTime is a web-based productivity tool that uses psychological insights to boost your focus. In contrast to conventional pomodoro timers, it adjusts work and break times according to your actual performance boosting your productivity by a significant margin (60%). Its Focus score provides immediate feedback and motivation by tracking your concentration using time-on-task, task completion, and break efficiency. CogniTime also supports single-task productivity, which reduces decision fatigue and micromanagement. It enhances deep focus by removing distractions and streamlining your workspace. Supported by behavioral science and psychological insights, it's a system for meaningful, long-lasting productive habits rather than just a timer

How we built it

CogniTime was built using a combination of front-end web technologies :-

HTML : - For structuring the content and layout of the app
CSS :- For styling, theming, and responsive design
Javascript :- For interactivity and real-time features like the Focus Score
Lucide icons (via CDN) : - For clean, modern ui icons

Challenges we ran into

CogniTime ran into several challenges during its creation such as : -

Making the ui user friendly and minimal while keeping it aesthetic and good-looking
Integrating Lucide icons with custom styling required precision to avoid rendering quirks
Ensuring performance tracking without compromising load speed
Merging the landing page, web app, and scoring logic in one seamless flow
Tracking user progress, scores, and tasks without data loss or clunkiness
Ensuring cross-browser consistency for identical experience experience across browsers

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Successful implemetation of special techniques and psychological principles to maximise focus and productive work by about 60%
Addition of a focus score as a unique, trackable metric to provide users am idea about their current productivity
Minimal lag and swift loading time and efficient rendering
Cross-browser consistency providing for identical, seamless experience across all platforms
Lucide icon integration for a modern, sleek and aesthetic interface
Winner of Most Impactful Project in HawkHacks 2025
Top 20 in CodePi 2025.1

What we learned

I've gained knowledge and several insights in various topics such as :-

Applying scientifically-proven research and methods in real world scenarios
Creating a ui focused on clarity, minimalism and habit reinforcement
Managing tasks, sessions, breaks and scores with javascript along with local storage to maintain scores across sessions
Learned to render modern and aesthetic and scalable lucide icons for more polished ui and a btter experience for users
The impact of user context on interface and user experience
Increase in patience and resilience

What's next for CogniTime

In the future several updates are planned for CogniTime : -

Expansion of CogniTime from a Pomodoro timer to a planner as well as daily task manager
AI based suggestion provided on factors such as mood, fatigue, engagement etc
Seamlessly integrated audio based on the user's choice
Multi device syncing through a sign-up page
Detection in increase in rates of switching tabs
Addition of a dark mode