Pyramids: Focus & Build
Sebastian Galloway Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Pyramids: Focus & Build is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Sebastian Galloway. Rated 5.0/5 from 3 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 3 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 60 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 5
- 2026 · v1.2.1
Screenshots
About Pyramids: Focus & Build
Pyramids turns the things you keep putting off into a game worth playing. Every task is an enemy on the battlefield. Every task you finish becomes a brick in a pyramid that grows taller the more you do. Instead of a flat list that makes you feel behind, you get a world that rewards showing up. FOCUS BATTLES Pick a task, choose anywhere from 1 to 60 minutes, and set your phone face down. Stay present and you chip away at the enemy; get distracted and it heals. It is a gentle nudge to do one thing at a time — and it actually feels good to win. PRESENCE — BREATHE AND RESET Take a moment in the Presence tab with guided breathing: Box, 4-7-8, or the Physiological Sigh. Each cycle earns a small reward and charges a Steady Breath for a calmer start to your next battle. BUILD YOUR PYRAMID Finished tasks don't just disappear. They stack into a pyramid you can look back on, so your effort is something you can see instead of something you forget. HABITS THAT COME BACK Set daily or weekly recurring tasks for the routines you're building, and get gentle reminders so you don't lose your streak. BREAK BIG THINGS DOWN Stuck on something huge? Split it into smaller steps so the first move feels possible. An optional AI helper can suggest the steps for you (bring your own Anthropic API key — it stays on your device). EARN AND CUSTOMIZE Win battles to earn coins, then spend them in the shop on accents, battlefield backdrops, monster skins, and power-ups. Make it yours. A CALMER WAY TO BE PRODUCTIVE Pyramids is designed to feel encouraging, not nagging — a retro, dungeon-crawler take on self-care and getting things done. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays on your device. Start small. Win one battle. Lay one brick. LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://sgalloway.net/pyramids/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 1.2.1 · Updated October 5, 2026
What's new in 1.2.1 PYRAMID SYNC (PYRAMIDS PLUS) Your tasks and your pyramid can now follow you between devices through your own private iCloud. It stays off until you turn it on. The first time — and any time your iCloud account changes — you choose whether to merge this device with iCloud or start from one copy. Offline work keeps working and catches up later. Turn it off whenever you like and choose whether to keep or delete the iCloud copy; nothing on this device is deleted. A TASK LIST THAT CAN CARRY REAL WORK - Start and due dates, all-day or timed, and repeats for anything: daily, weekdays, weekly, every two weeks, monthly, yearly, chosen weekdays, or a custom "every N". Editing a repeat asks whether you mean this occurrence, everything after, or the whole series. - Per-task reminders with snooze and defer, and your own nudge times in Settings instead of the old fixed hours. - Today and Upcoming views for the work actually in front of you. - Projects, tags, descriptions, notes, links, and a priority label that is purely for planning — it never changes an enemy's HP or your rewards. - Find (unlocked by the Eisenhower Engine): search, filters, sorts, saved views, and manual ordering. - Select several tasks at once to complete, reschedule, or delete them. - The Catacombs now hold real, fully editable tasks — entombing keeps a task's schedule, difficulty, and sub-tasks intact. YOUR PYRAMID, IN TRUE 3D The monument is now a real stone-by-stone pyramid you can rotate through four viewpoints, zoom, PEEL down layer by layer, and LOCATE any single stone inside. Every stone remembers the task that built it — tap one to read the whole record, or RESTORE TASK to take it on again. BACK UP AND MOVE YOUR TASKS Export a backup file through Files and import it back with a preview and an explicit Merge or Replace. The file carries tasks and pyramid records only — never your AI key, your purchases, or your settings. APP LOCK Settings can now require Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode before Pyramids opens, and again after 30 seconds away. The app-switcher preview is covered while the lock is on. A COMPLETE RETRO REBUILD Every screen was rebuilt on one design system: consistent panels, buttons and type, a proper light theme beside the dungeon dark, larger text-size steps, better contrast, fuller screen-reader labels, and a walkthrough less than half its old length. CHANGES TO THE ECONOMY - The Hourglass of Carryover has been retired — banked minutes felling foes outright was too strong. If you owned it, its 6,400 coins are refunded. - Steady Breath no longer shortens a battle. It now protects your remaining focus time through one interruption, at full duration and full reward. - Blood Pact is now one vow per day. SMOOTHER & MORE RELIABLE - The Nemesis crown now goes to your genuinely longest-undefeated task. - Coins and XP are credited exactly once, even if the app closes mid-reward. - Deep History's weekday, building pace, and dynasty-age numbers are exact. - Your task sort order is remembered between launches. - Task details collapse into one section, so the editor opens short. - Prices, trial terms, and Restore stay visible on the paywall without scrolling. - Calm Mode now stills celebrations and battle motion too. - Fixed a crash when cancelling New Tag, and fixed backup export through the Files picker. No Pyramids account, no ads, and no cross-app tracking. Tasks stay on your device unless you turn on Pyramid Sync, which uses your own private iCloud; the separate automatic backup of coins, streaks and owned items lives there too. Purchases go through Apple and RevenueCat. The optional AI breakdown sends only the selected task's title, directly under your own Anthropic account, where Anthropic's current API retention and deletion policy applies.
App privacy
The developer, Sebastian Galloway, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- User Content: Other User Content
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- User Content: Gameplay Content
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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