Effortless time tracking for deep work.
Deski stays in the background, measuring your focus so you don't have to log every minute by hand. Then it shows your day back as time blocks, charts and tags — all stored locally, on your own machine.
30-day free trial · $0 today, cancel anytime · $5/month after
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Designed for focus
Deski removes the friction of tracking, so you can spend more time in your flow state and less time logging it.
Automatic tracking
Deski watches background activity — mouse and keyboard rhythm — and turns it into clean time blocks. No timers to start, no minutes to log.
Manual logging
Backfill the work that happens away from the keyboard — meetings, whiteboards, calls — so your record stays complete.
Activity insights
Charts, tags and an efficiency score show you when you focus best — so you can shape your day around your peak hours.
See your day take shape
The Insights page turns raw activity into heatmaps, tag-colored charts and a daily efficiency score.
Spot your peak hours — activity by weekday and hour, plus a daily efficiency score.
See where the time went — hours colored by your own tags.
Shown in one of Deski's 8 themes.
Private by design, not by promise.
Everything Deski records lives in a single SQLite file on your machine. No cloud, no sync — your tracking data never leaves your device.
100% on-device
All data stays in a local file. Nothing is uploaded, ever.
Keystrokes are count-only
Deski tallies how often you type — never which keys you press.
No mouse coordinates
It records that you clicked, not where on screen you clicked.
Clearing means gone
Clear your data and it's securely wiped from disk, not just hidden.
Simple pricing.
Try everything free for 30 days — you're charged nothing during the trial. Then it's one simple subscription. Either way, your data always stays on your device.
Deski Pro
Try the whole app free for 30 days. A card is collected at checkout, but you're charged $0 during the trial — cancel anytime before it ends. After the trial it's just:
- hourglass_top 30-day free trial — every feature, $0 today
- smart_toy Automatic & manual time tracking
- query_stats Full Insights: charts & efficiency score
- sell Custom tags
- palette All colour themes
- tune Custom date formats & week start
- rocket_launch Launch at startup & tray
$0 today — a card is collected at checkout, but nothing is charged during the trial. After 30 days it's $5/month until cancelled. Payments are processed securely by Paddle, our Merchant of Record; your order is subject to Paddle's Buyer Terms.
Frequently asked questions
Yes — every new user gets the full app free for 30 days. A card is collected at checkout, but you're charged $0 during the trial — cancel anytime in the first 30 days and you owe nothing. The trial is one per account — if you cancel, let it lapse and later resubscribe, billing starts right away. After the trial it's $5/month. Pro keeps everything unlocked: tracking, full Insights, custom tags, all themes, custom formats, and startup/tray. Your data stays entirely on your device either way.
In a single local SQLite file on your own machine. Your activity is never uploaded or synced — the only thing our sign-in service ever sees is your email address, never your tracking data. You remain in full control of both: tracking data can be deleted at any time from within the app (Clear all, on the Timer or Insights page) and is securely wiped from disk, while your account data on the sign-in service is removed automatically after 90 days of inactivity — or immediately, using the delete option offered when you cancel your subscription.
No. Deski only counts how often you type to gauge activity — it never records which keys you press. The same goes for the mouse: it logs that a click happened, never where on screen. Both trackers are entirely optional — mouse and keyboard tracking can each be switched on or off in Settings, and if you'd rather have no input monitoring at all, Manual mode works as a simple start/stop timer.
Payments are handled by Paddle, our Merchant of Record. Every charge comes with a receipt email from Paddle — open it and follow the link to paddle.net to request a refund for that transaction. Cancelling during the free trial needs no refund: you were never charged.
Deski currently supports Windows only.
Start tracking your deep work today.
Download Deski, get back to your work, and let it quietly keep the record for you.