Frequently asked questions

Drongo is an iOS product studio that develops and publishes focused applications on the App Store across healthcare, productivity, reference and wellbeing. Six products are currently live, the earliest shipping since 2022. Applications are published under Khandker Tafiqul Islam and the studio operates from Dhaka, Bangladesh.

NurseShift (shift and paycheck tracking for nurses), Focus Mate (app blocking, Pomodoro and habit tracking), TTS Reader (AI text-to-speech for PDFs, web pages and scanned text), AntiqScan (AI antique identification and valuation), Planned (daily planner and time blocking) and Affirmly (daily affirmations and guided journaling).

Yes. All applications are available worldwide on the App Store. Prices shown on this site are US App Store prices; Apple sets equivalent regional pricing in local currency and it varies by territory.

All six applications run on iPhone and iPad. Every application also runs on Apple silicon Macs. Planned additionally supports Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro, and TTS Reader supports Apple Vision Pro. Minimum iOS version varies by product and is stated on each product page.

Drongo applications are local-first. Data you create — shifts, tasks, habits, journal entries, collections — is stored on your device and synchronised only through your own iCloud account when you enable that. Several applications, including NurseShift, have no account system at all, so there is no server holding your records.

No. Drongo does not sell personal information and does not use it for cross-context behavioural advertising. Each application publishes a privacy policy listing exactly which service providers process what data.

Core functionality works offline in every application, because the data is on the device. Features that call a service — AI identification in AntiqScan, speech synthesis, summarisation and translation in TTS Reader — require a connection. TTS Reader can download generated audio for offline playback.

NurseShift exports shifts and pay records to CSV and JSON at any time, on the free tier as well as Pro. AntiqScan exports item records as PDF appraisal reports. Export availability for other applications is stated on each product page.

Every application is free to download with a functional free tier, and paid plans unlock the full feature set. Plans range from $2.99 weekly to $59.99 yearly depending on the product. Focus Mate and Planned also offer a one-time lifetime licence at $49.99. Exact pricing is published on each product page before download.

On your iPhone or iPad, open Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, select the application and choose Cancel Subscription. Cancelling stops the next renewal and you keep access until the current billing period ends. Deleting the application does not cancel a subscription.

Refunds are handled by Apple, not by Drongo. Visit reportaproblem.apple.com, sign in with your Apple Account, find the purchase and submit a request. Drongo has no access to payment details and cannot issue refunds, but will help establish what happened if a charge looks incorrect.

Focus Mate and Planned both offer a lifetime licence at $49.99, which unlocks the full feature set permanently with no recurring charge. The other applications are subscription-only.

Install the application, sign in with the same Apple Account used for the original purchase, and select Restore Purchases in the application settings. Entitlements are tied to the Apple Account, not the device.

Email info.drongo@gmail.com, or use the support page for the specific application, which pre-fills a message with the diagnostic details needed to investigate. Requests reach the people who build the product; typical response time is two business days.

Your device model and iOS version, the application version shown in its settings, what you did, what happened, and what you expected instead. A screenshot or screen recording helps when the problem is visible. Each product support page provides a template covering all of this.

Yes, and customer requests routinely ship. NurseShift’s custom overtime rules exist because a nurse in California explained why the federal weekly-40 calculation produced the wrong figure for her contract. Send the request to the same support address.

It estimates. You enter your withholding assumptions and NurseShift applies them consistently, which is what makes payroll errors visible. It is not a tax filing tool and does not replace your employer's payroll department.

Yes. You can choose federal weekly 40, California daily 8 plus weekly 40, or define a custom overtime rule if your facility uses something else.

That's what the multi-location support is for. Each location keeps its own base rate, differential set and pay period, and the calendar colour-codes shifts by where you worked them.

No. There is no login. Your shifts live on your device and sync through your own iCloud account if you turn that on.

Nothing is deleted. Your logged shifts stay on your device and you can export everything to CSV or JSON at any time, Pro or not.

No — it's built around how RNs, LPNs, CNAs, travel nurses and agency nurses actually get paid, but any shift worker with differentials and overtime can use it.

Screen Time is a limit you set and then talk yourself out of. Focus Mate ties blocking to a session you started deliberately, and pairs it with habit tracking and Pomodoro structure so the blocked time has a shape.

Yes — during a Deep Focus session the apps you've chosen are blocked and their notifications silenced until the session ends.

Many people use it that way. Short defined sessions, visible streaks and external blocking are the parts that tend to help. It's a productivity tool, not a clinical one.

Habit tracking and Pomodoro sessions work free. The subscription unlocks Deep Focus, unlimited habits, detailed history and sync.

Yes — a $49.99 lifetime unlock, if you'd rather not run a subscription.

Yes, on Macs with Apple silicon, and on iPad. Your habits and streaks sync across all of them.

Yes. Open the PDF in TTS Reader and it reads it aloud with read-along highlighting, including scanned PDFs via text recognition.

Downloaded audio plays offline. Generating new speech, AI summaries and translation need a connection.

The interface is available in 17 languages, and the voice library covers a wide range of languages and regional accents. Check the voice picker in the app for the current list.

Yes — playback continues in the background with Lock Screen controls, like a podcast.

The app is free to download so you can try the voices. Sustained use, AI summaries and offline downloads are part of the subscription.

Yes, alongside iPhone, iPad and Apple silicon Macs.

No, and it doesn't pretend to be. It's a fast, research-grade first opinion — the thing you want before deciding whether an item is worth a professional appraiser's fee. For insurance, probate or sale of a high-value piece, get a certified appraisal.

It varies by category and by how much the photo shows. Marked, well-documented categories like silver, coins and known ceramics do better than unmarked furniture. Every result carries a confidence level — read it.

Ceramics, porcelain, glassware, sterling silver, jewellery, watches, coins, stamps, paintings, prints, sculpture, furniture, lighting, textiles, militaria, toys, books and ephemera, across Georgian through Mid-Century Modern and contemporary collectibles.

It uses marks where they're visible, so photograph the base or hallmark as well as the object. A clear shot of a mark improves the result more than anything else you can do.

The app is free with daily scans included. Pro removes the daily limit and adds unlimited collections, detailed insights, PDF export and the priority appraisal model.

Yes — modern collectibles, mid-century pieces and ordinary secondhand items all return a result, which is useful when you're deciding what to keep from a house clearance.

Reminders is a list. Planned puts tasks on a timeline against real hours, which is what surfaces the fact that you've scheduled nine hours of work into a six-hour afternoon.

No. The Inbox holds anything unscheduled indefinitely — capture it now, place it when you're ready, or never.

Yes, through iCloud, as part of Pro. Without Pro the app works fully on a single device.

Yes, plus Home Screen widgets on iPhone and iPad, and it runs on Vision Pro.

Yes — recurring routines and repeating tasks, on whatever pattern you need.

Yes, a $49.99 lifetime option alongside the weekly, monthly and yearly plans.

About a minute each end of the day. That's deliberate — the app is built for people who bounced off meditation apps because thirty minutes was never going to happen.

No. Plenty of people use it purely as a prompted journal and mood tracker and ignore the manifestation tools entirely.

On your device, encrypted. They are not uploaded to a server run by us.

Yes — pick the themes that match what you're working on and the daily affirmations follow them.

No. It's a daily reflection habit, not treatment. If you're dealing with something serious, talk to a professional — this sits alongside that, not instead of it.

Yes, on iPhone, iPad and Apple silicon Macs.