"I'll just check Slack for one second" —
40 minutes later.
If you've ever realized at 2 PM that the eggs you started boiling at 11 AM are now charcoal, this is for you. Stovyn catches the unattended pot the way a calmer brain would — without making you feel bad about it.
The exact pattern Stovyn was designed for
- 1. Start cooking something. Confidence: high.
- 2. Phone buzzes. Or thought arrives. Or the cat does something.
- 3. Walk away "for one second."
- 4. Brain hyperfocuses on the new thing.
- 5. Smoke. Sometimes worse.
This isn't carelessness. It's the executive-function gap that comes with ADHD, autism, traumatic brain injury, post-natal exhaustion, or just an extremely busy week. Stovyn is the external scaffolding for the internal alarm that didn't fire.
What changes when you have Stovyn
Three sensitivity settings, not one
Most stove monitors are tuned for the 'average kitchen.' Stovyn lets you pick Low / Medium / High based on how forgiving you want it to be. If you tend to step away often, set it Higher and get earlier alerts. If you cook slow-simmer dishes, set it Lower so you don't get false alarms. You're not the average kitchen.
Notifications you can actually feel
Phone push + device speaker + (optional) trusted-contact escalation. Critical alerts override Do Not Disturb on your phone. The device speaker has a separate volume from your phone, so the alert can still cut through headphones.
No 'are you sure?' psychology
Stovyn doesn't ask you to confirm cooking before you start. It doesn't make you log meals. It doesn't punish you for ignoring an alert. It just checks that the heat hasn't run away from you. If you do nothing, it escalates politely. If you wave at it, it stops. Designed for the brain you have, not the one productivity apps want you to have.
What Stovyn explicitly won't do
- · Lecture you about being a better cook
- · Send your cooking patterns to your insurance company or doctor
- · Auto-shut off your stove (some competitors do this; we deliberately don't — sudden gas-off mid-cooking is its own hazard)
- · Replace your smoke alarm. Keep the smoke alarm. Always.
- · Stream video. The Pro camera (optional) processes locally.
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