CambridgeCommon Tempo

Inside the Android app

Nine movements, one visible choice at a time

The app turns participation into a broad score of scenes and optional fixed-choice tools, with no feed, account or social pressure.

Editorial illustration of adults preparing to approach a welcoming community place

The interface

Move through a Living Score

The home screen is an uneven nine-measure score rather than a conventional dashboard. A highlighted bar shows the current movement. Previous, Open and Next controls give every swipe or tap a visible alternative.

Opening a measure reveals one broad illustrated aperture, a short orientation and a sequence of scene readings. The experience is deliberately paced: there is no feed, streak, ranking, badge, notification pressure or infinite scroll designed to keep someone in the app.

Large by default

Headings, controls and body copy start at a generous size; Reading Controls offer larger options.

Motion is optional

Reduce Motion removes measure shifts and barline sweeps without hiding information.

Meaning beyond colour

Labels, order, shapes and TalkBack descriptions carry the same meaning as colour.

A clear return

Every content page has an explicit way back to the current measure or the whole score.

  1. 01

    Pick the Pace

    Six scenes and Pulse Picker: quiet start, steady company or more voices today.

  2. 02

    Arrival Measure

    Five scenes and Arrival Phrase: prepare, approach, pause and enter in an order chosen now.

  3. 03

    Settle In

    Five scenes and Place Mixer: compare the social qualities of edge, pair, table and circle.

  4. 04

    Join Your Way

    Five scenes and Conversation Counterpoint: pair one opening with one way of listening.

  5. 05

    Make a Measure

    Six scenes and Activity Sampler: browse fictional making, puzzle, plant and tabletop modes.

  6. 06

    Share the Lead

    Five scenes and Companion Score: keep the conversation with a trusted adult, outside the app.

  7. 07

    Pause and Return

    Five scenes and Comfort Rest: select a supplied comfort prompt without creating a profile.

  8. 08

    Host the Ensemble

    Five scenes and Host Cueboard: combine practical inclusion cues without assigning staff.

  9. 09

    Carry the Coda

    Four scenes and Close Bar: form a temporary closing sequence that defers to venue procedure.

Editorial illustration of older adults sharing creative work around a table

Forty-six scenes

Illustration supports recognition, not proof

The supplied visual sequence ranges from approaching a shared place to choosing a seat, making, listening, pausing, welcoming and restoring a generic room. It gives several kinds of participation equal visual weight.

All people and locations are fictional editorial compositions. They do not identify Association members, document the Cambridge hall, promise a current activity or establish accessibility, capacity, staffing or equipment.