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Kairoscope: a day planner that draws your time as a clock, not a list

A normal calendar hands you rows to decode. Kairoscope draws the same day as coloured arcs around a clock face, so a single glance tells you what's happening now, what's next, and where you're genuinely free — and an overloaded morning is obvious before you live it.

The clock, not the list

You colour-code events into categories and watch where your hours go, then drag on the ring to create or move something instead of filling in a form. Repeats, preparation buffers and free-slot suggestions keep the plan realistic, and you can add events by typing or by voice, parking loose ideas in a backlog until they're ready to land.

Planning by energy, not just hours

The layer that sets it apart is energy. You can give each event a cost in "spoons", set a daily budget you can afford, and note how you feel in two taps. Over weeks, a patterns view surfaces what lifts you and what drains you, so you can schedule heavy work when you actually have the capacity for it. It's a self-tracking planning aid, not medical advice — and the app keeps that restraint, with an in-app "Evidence" section that shows the research each feature rests on and says plainly where it stops.

Honest limits and privacy

Two things to know: it's iPhone-only today, and calendar import from Google or Microsoft is read-only — one-way, no sync back. On the other side, the privacy signals are unusually clear for a young app: the mood journal stays on your device, and you can export or delete everything whenever you want.

The honest take

The essentials are free, with Premium unlocking the AI tools and advanced collaboration; the listing names no price, so check the current terms in the app. Kairoscope launched only recently, so treat it as a promising early app with a clear point of view rather than a settled default — one of the distinctive independent tools the Census directory exists to surface. For visual, energy-led planning on iPhone, it's an easy one to try.