Time is the one thing you can’t earn back

Buy your time back.

Unless you stop spending it the hard way. We give you back the hours for your family, your growth, your rest, and the bigger opportunities.

Why we exist

An hour back is never just an hour.

It is dinner at the table instead of at the desk. It is the course you never had time for. It is Friday afternoon with nothing left to chase.

  • Family

    Sit with the people you love, without one eye on your phone.

  • Growth

    Learn the skill that moves your career, in daylight, not at midnight.

  • Rest

    Sleep a little longer. Stop carrying the to-do list home.

  • Opportunity

    Go after the bigger work that earns more, not the work that only fills the day.

Time is the one thing you can’t earn back. Unless you stop spending it the hard way.

How we do it

We find the hours hiding in your processes.

Most lost time is not lazy people or bad intentions. It is processes that take far longer than they need to. We find them, then make them smarter.

  1. Find

    We map where the hours go: every task that repeats, and what it costs.

  2. Simplify

    We remove the steps that don’t need to exist. Sometimes that alone is the fix.

  3. Automate

    Then technology, only where it earns its place: automation, AI, or a tool built for you.

An ordinary week, handled Illustrative
An illustrative week of routine tasks, each one handled and its time returned
DayTaskTime returned
MonWeekly report, compiled by hand3h 00
TueThe same figures, typed in again1h 30
WedChasing three overdue replies1h 45
Thu“Where is that file?”1h 15
FriAnswering the same question, again0h 45
Back to you this week8h 15
One person, one week. The weight comes off one line at a time.

The Time Cost Calculator

What is lost time costing you?

A few inputs, one clear answer. Nothing you enter leaves this page.

Calculate for
5.5 hours

Not sure? Tick what applies below and we’ll add a typical estimate. Adjust any of them.

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Salary plus overheads, divided by hours worked. A rough figure is fine.

Every year, your business loses

Hours
2,530
Money
$75,900
Full-time people
1.4

Even if we recover only half,

you get back 1,265 hours and $37,950 every year.

That is a full-time hire you already pay for, spent on work that could run itself.

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This is an estimate based on your inputs. It assumes 46 working weeks a year and a 40-hour week.

Your hours, reinvested

What happens when you take your time back.

Picture someone who decides to take back a large part of their week. Here is what happens next, one step at a time.

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  1. You book a free session.

    Pick a time that suits you. Thirty minutes, online, at no cost.

  2. You tell us where your week goes.

    A short form: the tasks you repeat, how long each one takes, and the tools you use.

  3. We map where your hours go.

    Together we see which tasks cost the most, and which could take far less.

  4. You get a tailored package and a clear price.

    One plan, built for your case. One price, in writing, before any work begins.

  5. We build it, test it, and hand it over.

    Tested on your real work, not a demo. Then training, so it is yours to run.

  6. Your hours come back to you.

    They go in as time and come out as money, rest, family time and growth. Every week, without asking.

Packages

Three ways to buy your time back.

No two people lose time the same way, so we don’t publish prices. Every package is shaped and priced after your free session.

Quick Win

One painful task, automated.

Best when one task everyone dreads is clearly costing you hours.

Time Partner

Audit, roadmap and phased implementation.

Best when you want time returned across the business, one step at a time.

How pricing works

  1. A free session. Thirty minutes, no cost, no obligation.
  2. A tailored quote. One clear price, in writing, before any work begins.
  3. You decide. If the hours you get back aren’t worth more than the price, we’ll tell you.

Our work

One real case. Four ideas for yours.

Get Hour Back is new, so we keep two things apart: work we have actually done, and examples of what we can build. Every example that is not real is labelled.

What we’ve doneA real case, anonymised

From phone queues to instant tickets.

An organisation that works with children who have been out of school. Before a child can re-enrol in education, they sit a placement exam to assess their level. Every exam needs a booking, and every booking was handled by hand.

BeforeFamilies called by phone. Staff took each booking on the call, typed it into an Excel sheet, then confirmed it.

15–20 min of staff time per booking

AfterFamilies book through an online form. A booking ticket is generated automatically and sent to the family by WhatsApp message.

1–2 min per booking, for a quick review

The sum, kept conservative

Before
15–20 min × 1,200–1,500 bookings a month300–500 staff hours a month
After
1–2 min × 1,200–1,500 bookings a month20–50 staff hours a month
Saved
Lowest before (300 h) − highest after (50 h)At least 250 hours a month

At least 250 staff hours saved every month. Roughly the workload of 1.5 full-time staff, now free for work with the children.

We measured time, so time is all we claim.

Sample data The new flow, redrawn with made-up details.

1 The family books online.
2 A ticket is made automatically.
3 It reaches the family by message.

What we can build for you

Four illustrative examples. Not client work. Hours saved are estimates for a typical case.

Illustrative exampleFor businesses

The weekly report that builds itself

A business with five branches. Each branch sends a spreadsheet, and someone at head office merges them every Monday.

Before
Most of a working day, every week, spent merging and checking figures.
After
Figures are collected automatically. The combined report is ready on Monday morning for a 30-minute review.

EstimateAbout 5 hours a week back

Illustrative exampleFor businesses

Answers without interruptions

A growing team where new staff ask senior colleagues the same questions, many times a day.

Before
Senior people interrupted all day for answers that are already written down somewhere.
After
An assistant answers from the company’s own documents and links to the source. Hard questions still go to a person.

EstimateAbout 4 to 6 hours a week back, across the team

Illustrative exampleFor individuals

Invoices that send and follow up on their own

A freelance designer who invoices a dozen clients a month.

Before
Invoices made by hand, payments checked one by one, and awkward reminder emails.
After
An invoice goes out when a job is marked done. Polite reminders follow on schedule. Paid invoices are filed.

EstimateAbout 2 to 3 hours a week back

Illustrative exampleFor individuals

An inbox and files that sort themselves

A consultant whose day starts with sorting email and saving attachments.

Before
Every email read just to decide where it goes. Attachments saved and renamed by hand.
After
Mail is labelled as it arrives, attachments are filed with clear names, and a short morning note lists what needs a reply.

EstimateAbout 3 hours a week back

Ahmad Yasser, founder

Why I started Get Hour Back

“An hour that makes you feel you’re not behind.”

I’m Ahmad Yasser. I started Get Hour Back because I want to give people back their time: an hour to sleep longer, to sit with the people they love, to enjoy life without stress.

Read the full story

Your free session

We’ve got your hours back.

Thirty minutes, online. We look at how your week really runs and show you where the hours go. You leave with a clear picture, whether or not you work with us.

Book your free session

When we’re available

Weekly availability, in Cairo time and in your local time
DayCairo timeYour time
Monday9:00–10:30 PMNeeds JavaScript
Tuesday9:00–10:30 PMNeeds JavaScript
Wednesday9:00–10:30 PMNeeds JavaScript
Saturday2:00–6:30 PMNeeds JavaScript

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