Standing, treadmill walking, under-desk cycling - the low-intensity movement a workout app ignores, but your body does all day. DeskMode times it, estimates the calories honestly, and adds it to Apple Health as one more datapoint in your bigger picture.
Not a habit tracker. Not a workout app. A desk timer that's honest, glanceable, and yours.
Tap a tile to start, tap another to flip sit ↔ stand. Switching never loses the time you just tracked.
Validated MET values (Ainsworth 2011), cited in-app, with an honest ±20-30% disclaimer - estimates, not fake precision.
Writes each session as a workout and can read your weight for the math - so desk movement counts toward your bigger health picture.
Start, flip, pause and stop from your wrist - in sync with your iPhone as one shared timer.
The running timer and live kcal on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen, plus a Home Screen widget for today's totals.
On-device levels, streaks and 15 collectible badges - from First Steps to Marathon. Positive only, never shame.
Calories-per-day, on-feet trend, an activity-split donut, and weekly & monthly totals.
Long-press to remove, reorder or add tiles, and give any tile its own colour - bold or subtle.
A nudge to move while you sit, and a celebration when you pass your on-feet goal. Never nagging.
Everything stays on your device. No tracking, no analytics, no servers. Export JSON anytime.
DeskMode never claims lab precision. It uses validated MET values from the Compendium of Physical Activities (Ainsworth et al. 2011) and is upfront that real burn varies ±20-30% with your body and setup - a ballpark, not a measurement.
Set your weight (or sync it from Apple Health) and tune each mode's MET in Settings - sitting 1.3, standing 1.8, plus your walking speed and cycling resistance - so the numbers track your desk, not an average.
Your activity, history and health data stay on your device - no analytics, no trackers. Subscriptions are handled by Apple and RevenueCat, which only see anonymous purchase data, never your activity or health. Health data is shared with Apple Health only when you allow it.
DeskMode works with whatever you already have. If you're kitting out a moving desk, here's the sort of equipment we like - grouped by where you are in the journey.
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