macOS · free while in beta
Conberate is a craftsman's tool for the working day. A ritual to open it, a chain of blocks to work it, a ritual to close it. The tool stays quiet. The work is yours.
The day, in three rituals
Open the day with a planning ritual, close it with a shutdown ritual. Focus isn't willpower — it's the result of deliberate preparation, and a clean way to stop.
A short morning ritual. Pull from the backlog, lay the blocks, claim the empty hours. Ten minutes, then the day has a shape.
Deep or shallow, one block at a time. The window steps aside, the distractions close themselves, the tool goes silent. No pause button.
A shutdown ritual, not a report card. Honest numbers, unfinished work back to the backlog, a clean receipt. Done means closed.
Start a block and Conberate leaves the screen. What remains is a menu-bar timer that says how long is left and whether the work is deep. Blocklisted apps and tabs close as it begins. There is no pause: a break is a decision you make out loud, not a button you press.
One line tracks the present against your plan. Ahead, behind, or exactly on it. Your calendar's events sit on the same timeline as context you can't drag around — the day as it really is, not as a list pretends.
Everything not yet scheduled lives in one quiet list. No projects, no tags, no priority theater. Pull what the day needs; leave the rest where it waits.
Most of a week's value comes from a small share of its hours. That value is already in you. Conberate finds those hours, protects them, and widens them.
It measures. It doesn't instruct.
Conberate scores your day, tracks the deep hours you can actually hold, and learns how your estimates really run. Then it shows you the arithmetic and stops talking. A score you can't check is one you either distrust or quietly game.
No streaks. No badges. No confetti. A streak is a debt; a closed day is a receipt.
One number for the day, mixed from what you finished, how you rated it, how much of it was genuinely deep, and how close your estimates ran. The formula sits next to the number, inside the app.
How many deep hours you sustain is learned from your own days and quoted with a confidence band — 3.1h ± 24m, refined from 18 days. Never a target. Never someone else's number.
Insights wait for ten days of data and three samples on each side before they say anything, and always show their working. Most days, the report simply has nothing to add.
Questions
Is this a task manager?
No. It is a tool for the working day. It doesn't manage projects or chase deadlines — it shapes hours and helps you spend them well.
What platforms does it run on?
macOS 14 and later, native. Windows and iOS are not on the near roadmap.
Do I need an account?
Yes. Conberate is offline-first — everything works with no network and lands on your Mac first — but it signs you in so your days sync and stay backed up.
It scores my day. Isn't that a coach?
It measures; it never instructs. Every formula is printed next to its number inside the app, and there are no streaks, badges, or confetti anywhere.
Is it free?
Yes — the whole tool, no card, no trial to expire. Supporters cover the running costs, and those costs are printed on the pricing page.
Free while in beta · macOS 14+