Gap

Make your free time count.

Gap is a native iOS app that turns short pockets of free time into realistic next steps. Instead of showing an overwhelming to-do list, it starts with the time available, filters tasks by context, and can recommend one task with priority-aware weighted selection.

Status: MVP complete and feature-frozen · Built with: Swift, SwiftUI, SwiftData

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The idea

Short gaps between classes, meetings, commutes, and appointments often feel too small to use well. The challenge is not only limited time; it is deciding what is realistic in the current situation.

Gap reduces that decision to a focused loop:

choose time → narrow by context → choose or receive a task → complete it → see reclaimed time

Main features

• Time-first task filtering for 5, 10, 15, 20, or 30-minute gaps
• Context-aware suggestions for Anywhere, Computer, Phone, and Outside
• Pick for me, using weighted random selection so higher-priority compatible tasks are more likely—not guaranteed—to appear
• Task creation and completion with duration, category, notes, context, and priority
• Time Reclaimed, which totals the duration of completed tasks
• Completed-task history and focused empty states
• Local persistence with SwiftData; no account or backend required

Product process

The project began with a time-filtering hypothesis. Five semi-structured discovery interviews highlighted decision friction, context, priority, and the motivational value of cumulative progress. Those findings shaped the MVP, which was then refined through manual end-to-end checks and an informal usability check.

Read the full story—including research, product decisions, implementation details, testing, and lessons learned—in CASE_STUDY.md.

Run locally

Requirements

• macOS with Xcode 26.6 or newer
• An iOS 26.5 simulator runtime or compatible device

Steps

1. Clone this repository.
2. Open Gap.xcodeproj in Xcode.
3. Select the Gap scheme and an iPhone simulator.
4. Press Run (⌘R).

The project has no third-party dependencies, API keys, account setup, or backend configuration.

Project status

The core MVP is complete and feature-frozen. Current automated unit and UI test targets contain Xcode’s starter templates; validation to date has been manual. Potential next steps are documented in the case study.