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You may have somewhere in the region of
hours left.
Map your time today, so tomorrow reflects what matters.
Every hour goes somewhere.
Choose where yours go.
A full human life may contain around 800,000 hours.
But we do not start using those hours with full awareness.
Childhood passes. School passes. Work begins. Responsibilities grow.
And somewhere along the way, we realise that time is not unlimited.
500,000 Hours helps you see where your time is going — and decide what deserves more of it.
How to use this
The whole app takes about 10 minutes to explore.
- 01
Enter your details
Complete a short onboarding flow with your date of birth, expected lifespan, and what matters most to you. Takes about a minute and works without an account.
- 02
See your dashboard
See your estimated hours remaining and how your current weekly time budget compounds across your lifetime.
- 03
Edit your time budget
Adjust your weekly time categories to match what your life actually looks like and see the lifetime projection shift in real time.
- 04
Set your goals
Choose where you want more of your time to go, so your weekly budget can be compared against the life you are trying to build.
- 05
Test changes in the simulator
Explore time trade-offs before changing your real Budget or Goals. See what moving a few hours each week could create over a year, 10 years, and your estimated time horizon.
- 06
Reflect and track progress
Use Reflection and Progress to see what changed, whether your time is better aligned with your priorities, and where Passive Time is increasing or decreasing.
Free for early adopters
Everything in 500,000 Hours is free right now. No trial. No credit card. No ads — ever. Some features may move to a paid plan in the future, but anyone who starts using the app during this period will keep access for free.
Free — now and always
- Life dashboard
- Weekly time budget
- Onboarding
May become paid — free now
- Time trade-off simulator
- Weekly reflection
- AI weekly reflections
- Goals and progress tracking
- Weekly reminder emails
Free for everyone using the app today.
No ads. No tracking. No upsells. Just the app.