diff --git a/src/app/events.cljs b/src/app/events.cljs
index 50b9efb..5e448df 100644
--- a/src/app/events.cljs
+++ b/src/app/events.cljs
@@ -1,9 +1,38 @@
 (ns app.events
+  (:refer-clojure :exclude [time])
   (:require
    [clojure.edn :as edn]
    [re-frame.core :as re-frame]
+   [reagent.core :as reagent]
    [app.util :as u]))
 
+(defn- animation-interval
+  "https://gist.github.com/jakearchibald/cb03f15670817001b1157e62a076fe95"
+  [ms signal f]
+  (let [start (.-currentTime js/document.timeline)]
+    (letfn [(frame [time]
+              (when-not (.-aborted signal)
+                (f time)
+                (schedule-frame time)))
+            (schedule-frame [time]
+              (let [elapsed (- time start)
+                    rounded-elapsed (* (js/Math.round (/ elapsed ms)) ms)
+                    target-next (+ start rounded-elapsed ms)
+                    delay (- target-next (js/performance.now))]
+                (js/setTimeout #(js/requestAnimationFrame frame) delay)))]
+      (schedule-frame start))))
+
+(def time (reagent/atom 0))
+
+(re-frame/reg-fx
+ :update-time
+ (fn [interval-ms]
+   (animation-interval
+    interval-ms
+    (.-signal (js/AbortController.))
+    (fn [_]
+      (reset! time (.getTime (js/Date.)))))))
+
 (re-frame/reg-cofx
  :time
  (fn [coeffects _]
@@ -96,7 +125,8 @@
    (let [db (reset-game {:settings (merge default-settings settings)
                          :profiles (if (seq profiles) profiles default-profiles)
                          :app-info {:version app-version}})]
-     (cond-> {:db db}
+     (cond-> {:db db
+              :update-time 1000}
        (not= profiles (:profiles db)) (assoc :profiles (:profiles db))))))
 
 (re-frame/reg-event-db
diff --git a/src/app/util.cljs b/src/app/util.cljs
index c4ff617..8701048 100644
--- a/src/app/util.cljs
+++ b/src/app/util.cljs
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
    (str/lower-case x)
    (str/lower-case y)))
 
+(defn format-elapsed [ms]
+  (let [s (js/Math.trunc (/ ms 1000))
+        m (js/Math.trunc (/ s 60))]
+    (if (== 0 m)
+      (str s "s")
+      (str m "m"))))
+
 (defn merge-close
   "Merges close inputs next to each other
 
diff --git a/src/app/views.cljs b/src/app/views.cljs
index b4518f4..090038f 100644
--- a/src/app/views.cljs
+++ b/src/app/views.cljs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   (:require
    [reagent.core :as reagent]
    [re-frame.core :as re-frame]
+   [app.util :as u]
    [app.subs :as subs]
    [app.events :as events]
    [app.components.icons.views :as i]))
@@ -58,9 +59,10 @@
             "Update"]]]]))))
 
 (defn amount-history [{:keys [history]}]
-  [:div.life-input--amount-history
-   (for [{:keys [time amount]} history]
-     ^{:key time} [:div (str (when (< 0 amount) "+")) amount])])
+  (let [now @events/time]
+    [:div.life-input--amount-history
+     (for [{:keys [time amount]} history]
+       ^{:key time} [:div (str (when (< 0 amount) "+")) amount " (" (u/format-elapsed (- now time)) ")"])]))
 
 (defn life-input [_]
   (let [event (reagent/atom nil)