Deep work for what matters most

Show up for the work that matters.

Name the three things that matter most. Book deep work sessions for them, put $5 on it if you want, and show up. trydeepwork holds you to the time you picked and keeps the record of every hour.

Plan your first session How it works

21 days free · no card · $5.99/mo after

The session screen. One task, one clock, nothing else.

Three things, not thirty.

Urgent work will fill any day you let it. Name up to three objectives: the things you'd hate to look back on and find untouched. Every task and every session points at one of them, so the important work stops competing with everything else.

Finish the novel draft
next: chapter 4
6.5h this week
Ship the side project
next: payments page
4.0h this week
Learn Spanish to B2
next: listening drills
2.5h this week

Say when. Then show up.

Good intentions slip. Appointments are harder to skip. Book the time and let something hold you to it.

Book it.: Schedule a session for a real time. It shows up in your Google Calendar, and reminders arrive an hour, ten minutes and one minute before, by email, push or Telegram.
Put money on it.: Stake a $5 credit on a scheduled session. Start on time and do most of it, and the credit comes back. Skip it, and it's gone. Optional, and scheduling stays free.
Bring a buddy.: Send a friend your link. You each see the other's week, and either of you can send a nudge.
Check in on Telegram.: A morning message asks what today's one task is, an evening one asks how it went. Reply in plain words to add a task or move a session.

The record of every hour.

Cal Newport's advice in Deep Work is to keep a tally of your deep hours. trydeepwork keeps it for you, session by session: the week as a running total against your four-week average, and how much of it went to the three things you named. Proof you did the important work, not a feeling that you probably did.

Pace · cumulative hours15.3h by Sat · 4-wk avg 11.2h

The week page. Solid is this week, dashed is your four-week average.

Longer than a Pomodoro. Breaks when you've earned them.

A 25-minute timer rings just as focus arrives. Sessions here run from 5 minutes to 4 hours. Break time builds up as you work, five minutes for every 25, and you take it at a natural stopping point instead of on a bell.

Why the Pomodoro technique works against deep work →

Wherever you already work.

Browser and phone

Runs in any browser. Add it to your phone's home screen.

Terminal

A full console for macOS, Windows and Linux.curl -fsSL https://trydeepwork.com/install.sh | shDownload

ChatGPT

Connect it over MCP (ChatGPT developer mode) to plan your day and start sessions from a chat.

Toggl and Beeminder

Sessions sync to the tools you already use.

29,420 hours

of focus logged by trydeepwork users in 2025. Read the year in review →

Questions

What does it cost?: 21 days free with no card. Then $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year. Stake credits are separate and optional. See the pricing page.
Does it block websites?: No. The session screen takes over the window and keeps your screen awake, but it doesn't police other tabs.
How is it different from a Pomodoro app?: Sessions are as long as the work needs, breaks are earned instead of forced, and every session is logged so you can see your hours add up.
How is it different from Toggl?: Toggl tracks all your time. trydeepwork is for the focused part: it helps you book it, protect it and count it. If you use both, sessions sync to Toggl.
Does it work on my phone?: Yes, in the browser. Add it to your home screen and it opens like an app.

Start with one session.

Setup takes two minutes: name what matters, pick a time. Then show up.

Plan your first session Pricing