The price anchor
| Deepdesk | Centered | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 — no subscription | ~$10/mo |
| Annual | $0 after purchase | $120 |
| 5-year total | $15 | $600 |
| 10-year total | $15 | $1,200 |
Subscription figures from the vendor's published pricing (~$10/mo, ~$120/yr); the Deepdesk column is the full price, paid once.
Break-even analysis
Deepdesk costs six weeks of Centered — and it keeps working after every focus startup pivots or shuts down.
- After 1 year: Deepdesk has cost you $15 total — Centered has cost $120.
- After 3 years: Deepdesk is still $15 — the subscription is at $360.
- After 5 years: Deepdesk is still $15 — the subscription is at $600.
What you get for $15 once
- Pomodoro engine. Configurable focus / short break / long break lengths, auto-cycling, long break after every N sessions, pause and skip.
- Session intents. Answer "what are you working on?" before each session — every intent lands in your session log.
- Tasks with pomodoro tallies. Add tasks, pick the active one, and watch its 🍅 count grow as you complete sessions.
- Always-on-top mini timer. A frameless, draggable floating widget with a live progress ring — hover to expand pause / skip / open controls.
- Generated ambient noise. White, pink and brown noise plus procedural rain, synthesized mathematically in real time — per-source mix sliders, no audio files, no streaming.
- No renewal, ever. The license does not expire and there is no per-seat meter — $15 is the whole price.
Pricing questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/focus-dashboard-mvp. $15 buys the signed installer, auto-shortcuts and zero setup.
How is the ambient noise generated?
Mathematically, in real time — white/pink/brown noise and droplet-synthesized rain as pure sample-buffer math through WebAudio. No audio files are shipped and nothing streams, which is why it works offline forever.
Does it block distracting websites or apps?
No — Deepdesk is a timer, intent and stats tool, not a blocker. Pair it with a hosts-file blocker if you need hard enforcement. Centered's coaching nudges and Flow music are also things Deepdesk deliberately doesn't do.
Can paused time leak into a session?
No — the Pomodoro brain is a pure tick-driven state machine fed wall-clock deltas. Pausing simply stops feeding ticks, so paused minutes can't count. The engine has its own test suite.
Deepdesk — $15, one time
Or get Deepdesk plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.