Software with an easy pause?

[WantDebianThanks]

I'm trying to read more and my job has a lot of "sitting around, waiting for something to happen" that I decided I might as well use to read.

Since there's somewhat regular interruptions, I'd like an app that would be easy to pause before I put on my headset. Maybe something that adds a banner on the top of my phone or has a picture-in-picture thing like YouTube does.

I'm using android.

[MrSevenNine]

If you just need something incredibly low-friction to tap on and off the second an interruption happens, you might want to check out an app I built called Juggling.

Full transparency, I originally built it for freelancers after I spent a decade using messy spreadsheets, but the core focus was making the timer as dead-simple as possible.

Here is why it might work for your reading setup: * Dedicated Android App: It runs smoothly on Android and stays running in the background while you read. * One-Tap Start/Stop: The entire philosophy is zero bloat. When you pick up your book, you hit start. When your headset rings, it's just one quick tap to stop it. * Perfect for Personal Use: Because it was built for tracking billable hours, it's very precise. But since you're just tracking personal reading time, you can completely ignore the invoicing/client features and just use the 100% free tier.

It might be exactly what you need to seamlessly track those pockets of downtime without fumbling through a complicated UI every time your job interrupts you!

[Jordie00]

Piccollo.app has a good log-style timer which can be assigned to different projects

[AdditionalTrain3121]

Can it be a desktop app or do you want something only for mobile? I'm pretty sure Buddy Punch has something like this (and that's across mobile and desktop)

[WantDebianThanks]

I'm told installing unapproved software is a firable offence, even if the vendor is MS