The deep work app that limits you to one task a day.
Three objectives, one committed task each morning, worked in a timed session from 30 minutes to four hours. Evenings reconcile it. Sundays close the record.
How the deep work sessions work
Four steps, once a day. No weekly planning ritual — the objective is already named, you just say yes to today.
One task a day
You hold at most three objectives. Each morning, one committed task moves one of them forward. Nothing else counts as today's work.
Timed sessions, 30 minutes to 4 hours
Work the commitment in a deep session sized to the task, or log wide work — the shorter admin tasks that keep things moving. The block is protected while it runs.
An evening reconcile
At the end of the day, you answer one question: did it move the objective forward. The answer is recorded as a plain fact — the commitment met, or it wasn't. Nothing colored, nothing scored.
A Sunday close
On Sunday the week closes and the record freezes. A steady cadence builds a streak, tracked with a stakeable badge — miss a staked session and the badge is gone.
What the deep work app tracks
A pomodoro alternative for professionals
Pomodoro fixes the interval: twenty-five minutes on, five off, repeat. It’s built for shallow, interruptible batches — email, tickets, small edits. Work that needs an uninterrupted hour or four does not fit a twenty-five-minute box. The timed 30-minute-to-4-hour session is the alternative.
Fixed at 25 minutes.
30 minutes to 4 hours, sized to the task — a decision gets 30 minutes, a strategy document gets a morning.
Counts intervals completed.
One committed task a day, reconciled each evening — did it move an objective forward, not how many timers ran.
A tally of 25-minute blocks.
A week, closed every Sunday, showing what was committed and what was met.
Shallow, interruptible batches — email, tickets, small edits.
Writing, coding, strategy, and other work that breaks when you stop mid-thought.
Both have a place. Log the shallow admin work as wide sessions inside trydeepwork, and save the long block for the one task that counts.
Questions
Is this a pomodoro timer?
No. Pomodoro fixes the interval at twenty-five minutes; trydeepwork's sessions run thirty minutes to four hours, sized to the task. It's a pomodoro alternative built around one committed task a day, not a repeating timer.
How is this different from a to-do list?
A to-do list holds everything. trydeepwork holds at most three objectives and asks for one committed task a day that moves one of them forward. Everything else is not today's work.
What happens if I miss a day?
That day's commitment goes down as not met — a plain fact, no red, no alarm. If a badge was staked on that session, it's gone. The week still closes on Sunday with whatever was met.
What counts as a deep work session?
A timed block from thirty minutes to four hours worked on your committed task. Shorter admin work is logged separately as wide work — it doesn't count toward the commitment.
Do I need a buddy?
No. Buddy accountability is optional — pair with someone to see each other's commitment, nothing more.