Deep-work timer · Windows desktop

A quieter way to work.

Grind is a focus timer for people who do their best work in long, uninterrupted blocks. Pick a task, start the clock, and let everything else wait.

One-time · works offline · no feed to get lost in

Focus 33:00 Research / Methods

How it works

All features

01 — Build the work

Add a task, give it a shape.

A goal, a size in blocks, a priority. Drag to order; hover to start.

Research+ Task
Read chapter 31 blockStart
Draft the methods3 blocks
Build the figures2 blocks
Outline the introdone

02 — Start the block

One ring. One task.

50 on, 10 off. Queue a project and run it end to end.

Focus 32:41 Block 2 / 4

03 — Plan it on the calendar

One calendar for all of it.

Tasks, events, reminders, birthdays. Any colour, any repeat.

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18:00Team meeting
all dayMum's birthday
Submit the draft

04 — Keep today simple

See only today.

What's due today and your daily habits. Nothing else.

TodayTue 07
Morning pages
Review 40 cards
Submit the draft — due today
Read 20 pages

Focus City

Every session builds your city.

Focus enough and a skyline rises — a building for the hours you put in. This one took a while.

A dense city skyline, fully built after many focus sessions

The only colour in Grind is your own data.

Real seaborn plots, redrawn every block. See how they're made →

One block at a time

Built block by block.