Sign in with Apple ID to open your own countdown or view one shared with you. Apple handles sign-in; there is no separate website account to create.
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Received an invitation?Accept an invitation ↗ Sign in with the Apple ID that was invited, then paste the iCloud invitation link. You do not need your own countdown.
For your own plan, use the same Apple Account you use for iCloud on your devices. Only your countdown plan is included. Interviews, recordings and stories stay on your iPhone. How web access works
A LITTLE CLOSEREvery working day.YOUR FUTURE IS TAKING SHAPE
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Your next chapter, together
Send from your iPhone. Accept right here.
The website can accept invitations and display shared countdowns. To send an invitation or manage who has access, use the iPhone app.
Open Next Chapter on your iPhone and go to Settings → Sharing.
Choose Invite people or manage access and invite the person’s Apple Account with view-only access.
Send them the iCloud invitation link. They sign in here with the invited Apple ID, paste the link, and choose Review invitation → Accept view-only invitation.
Remove access from Sharing in the iPhone app. Dates, holidays and PTO are included; interviews, recordings and stories are never shared.
Shared snapshots update when you sync with the updated app or save on this website. Older app builds do not publish shared updates.
A countdown shared with you
Open an invitation.
Sign in with the Apple Account that received the invitation, then paste the full iCloud invitation link sent from the iPhone app. You do not need a countdown of your own.
This invitation lets you view a countdown. It will not replace your own plan.
Shared with you
A little closer, together.
Sign in to see invitations you’ve accepted.
Your plan starts on iPhone.
No countdown was found in this iCloud account. On your iPhone, open Settings → Countdown sync and choose “Use this iPhone’s plan.” Then refresh here.
Just here to view someone else’s countdown?
Use the same Apple Account on both. The current web preview connects to development builds; App Store and TestFlight use a separate iCloud environment.
Your plan changed on another device.
Your browser edits are still here. Review the two copies before choosing which plan to use.
A little closer, every day
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working days to go
Weekends are yours ↗
The view from here
—of work remaining
remaining
worked
Since your progress start date
The working clock
—hours
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—minutes
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—seconds
Eight hours per projected workday. Runs 9 AM–5 PM in your local time.
One week at a time
—workweeks left
Five working days per week, including partial weeks.
Make time for yourself
A month at a time
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Planned PTOHolidayToday
Select an eligible day from today onward to toggle PTO. Save your changes to sync them.
You have unsaved changes.Saved changes will sync to your devices.