Put your phone down, and you are there

An exam hall, a temple, a café on a rainy day. A timer that runs inside the sound of a place, for exam practice, meditation and prayer.

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Free · Runs in your browser · Earphones recommended

What it is for

Exam preparation

Work through problems among pencils, turning pages, an invigilator’s footsteps and coughs. Practice in conditions close to a real exam hall.

Meditation

Sit for a set time with the sound of a quiet place. At the end, the sound fades and a bell rings.

Prayer

Keep your prayer time with the sound of a church or temple around you. With the screen face down, notifications stay out of sight.

How it works

Choose a place and a time

Turn the circle to set up to 120 minutes.

Place your phone face down

The sound and the timer start together. Pick it up to pause.

Hear the place around you

Real recordings are placed in 3D and played through your earphones.

8 places

Exam hallMeditationChurchTempleSubwayLibraryCampfireRainy café

Phone setup

Add it to your home screen to use it full screen, without the address bar.

iPhone

  1. Open placetone.pages.dev/app in Safari
  2. Share → Add to Home Screen
  3. Open it from the home screen icon

Android

  1. Open placetone.pages.dev/app in Chrome
  2. Menu ⋮ → Add to Home screen
  3. Open it from the home screen icon

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Placetone is free. If you like it, you can support it on Ko-fi.

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