If you track time for a living, your timer is probably open for 8 hours a day. It's one of the most-viewed screens on your computer. Yet most time trackers look like they were designed as an afterthought — white cards, green buttons, generic everything.
We thought: what if your timer actually looked good? What if it matched your mood, your aesthetic, or the impression you want to give when a client glances at your screen?
That's why Tympo has 5 visual themes. Not just color swaps — each theme completely transforms the timer card, your time entries, input fields, and buttons. Here's what they look like.
A deep purple sky with a glowing horizon. Grid lines converge toward a rising sun that climbs as you hit your daily target. Stars visible in the early hours, fading as your progress grows. The timer card floats in a frosted glass panel with warm orange accents.
Everything uses monospace fonts. The progress bar glows. The tracking indicator pulses. It's the theme you pick when you want your workday to feel like driving through a neon-lit highway at sunset.
In light mode: The sky becomes a warm cream gradient with terracotta grid lines. The sun turns into a soft amber glow. Same layout, completely different mood — warm and inviting instead of electric.
Three metric cards at the top: Tracked time, Completion percentage, Entry count. Below that, a client allocation section with colored dots and proportional bars showing where your hours went.
This is the theme for client calls. Nothing playful, nothing distracting. Just data, clearly presented. It looks like a widget from a project management dashboard — the kind of screen you wouldn't mind sharing.
System font (SF Pro / Segoe UI), blue accent, subtle borders. The "Live" indicator pulses when the timer is running. Everything adapts to dark and light mode with proper contrast.
Inspired by modern macOS — translucent panels that float on a purple gradient background. Traffic light dots (red, yellow, green) in the title bar. Ultra-thin font weights. A purple gradient progress bar.
Client breakdown appears as small frosted cards, each with a colored dot and hours. Everything feels light and airy, like a macOS widget.
The timer card, inputs, and entries all use SF Pro with weight 200 — the thinnest available. Buttons are rounded with subtle borders. The stop button is a translucent red circle, not a solid block.
A pixel-perfect recreation of the classic Macintosh window. Title bar with close box and resize handle. The "Tympo" title centered on striped lines. Chicago font everywhere.
The progress bar fills with a diagonal hatched pattern — just like the original Mac loading bars. Below it, a stacked color bar shows today's projects with a legend. The status bar at the bottom shows entry count and today's date.
Timer inputs get square corners, 2px black borders, and monospace fonts. The start button is solid black. Everything commits fully to the aesthetic — no half measures.
A blue title bar with the Tympo icon, minimize/maximize/close buttons. Below, a grid layout with a large tracked-time card alongside smaller completion and entries tiles — just like a Windows 11 Settings page.
Project allocation appears as a stacked color bar with square legend dots. The tracking indicator is a small blue badge. Segoe UI font throughout, 4px border radius (not too round, not too sharp), and mica-style surface backgrounds.
In dark mode: the title bar stays blue, surfaces shift to dark gray, and the accent color switches to Windows's light blue (#60cdff).
Each theme isn't just a visual skin on the timer card. It styles three layers:
Switch themes in Settings and everything adapts instantly. Your entire timer view transforms.
Time tracking is a chore. It's something you have to do, not something you want to do. We can't change the fact that you need to track hours, but we can change how it feels.
When your timer looks like something you chose — something that matches your personality or mood — tracking time stops feeling like an obligation. It becomes a small moment of enjoyment in your workday.
That's the whole idea. Pick the theme that makes you smile, and the hours take care of themselves.