Your to-do list isn't broken. The way it treats your brain is.
Cadence is the productivity app that schedules your day around when you actually do your best work — so you stop reacting to noise, stop blaming yourself for the 3pm crash, and start shipping in rhythm.
Most productivity tools just rearrange the chaos.
Fragmented tools
Your tasks live in one app, your calendar in another, your focus in neither. You spend your day switching between them — and lose momentum on every jump.
23 min lost per switchContext switching
Every ping, tab, and "quick question" pulls you out of deep work. By the time you're back, the momentum is gone and the clock is, too.
275 interruptions/dayLost momentum & self-blame
You finish the day exhausted with half the list untouched. It's not laziness — no tool ever told you what to do when, so you picked the wrong thing at 2pm.
60% of the day on "work about work"There's a better rhythm. Cadence finds it for you. →
Three steps. One rhythm. A day that actually finishes.
Plan
Map your day around your energy, not just your tasks. Tell Cadence when you're sharp, when you're foggy, and what matters most. It builds the schedule — you don't.
Flow
Cadence sequences your work into focused blocks automatically, so the right task is waiting when you sit down. No deciding. No scrolling. Just starting.
Review
End-of-day rhythm check shows what shipped, what slipped, and where your deep-work hours went. Tomorrow's plan gets smarter every night.
Built around your energy. Not your inbox.
Energy-Aware Scheduling
Your calendar should know you're not a machine.
Cadence learns when you do your best work and blocks your calendar to match. Morning person? Deep work before noon. Afternoon slump? Admin and calls. You stop fighting your own wiring and start riding it.
- Detects your energy peaks from completion patterns and calendar history
- Auto-blocks deep-work windows before meetings can claim them
- Adapts weekly as your rhythm shifts
Smart Task Sequencing
The right task, in the right order, every time.
Priority isn't the whole story — momentum matters. Cadence orders your tasks so each one sets up the next, so you build speed instead of burning out on the hardest thing first.
- Weighs priority, energy, and dependencies to sequence your day
- Suggests warm-up tasks before deep work and cooldown tasks after
- Re-sequences live when your day goes sideways
Focus Mode
One block. One task. Zero interruptions.
When Focus Mode is on, notifications silence, distracting tabs fade, and the current block locks until it's done. The world can wait 45 minutes. Your work can't.
- Silences notifications across desktop and mobile for the active block
- Hides unrelated tasks and dims the interface to a single focus
- Optional accountability timer with a gentle, non-nagging completion nudge
Rhythm Reports
Know where your hours actually went.
Every week, Cadence shows you the numbers that matter: deep-work hours, context switches, completion rate. No vanity metrics — just the signal you need to protect your time better next week.
- Weekly summary of deep-work hours, context switches, and completion rate
- Highlights your most productive blocks and your biggest time leaks
- Exports to CSV or Slack for team retros
They stopped managing tasks. They started managing momentum.
I used to end every day with ten half-finished tasks and a headache. Cadence put me in blocks I actually respect. First time in years my list hits zero by Friday.
Our team's standup went from "what'd you do yesterday" to "you're 2.5 hours off your deep-work target — here's how to get it back." It changed how we plan sprints.
I've tried every productivity app. This is the first one that felt like it understood how my brain works after lunch.
Different problem. Different tool.
| To-do app | Calendar app | Cadence | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planning approach | Lists what to do | Shows when | Plans what, when, and in what order — around your energy |
| Focus protection | None | Meeting reminders only | Locks focus blocks, silences interruptions |
| Momentum tracking | Checkbox counts | None | Rhythm Reports show deep-work hours & context switches |
| Setup time | Manual, daily | Manual, daily | 2 minutes; adapts itself after that |
To-do lists tell you what. Calendars tell you when. Cadence figures out what, when, and in what order.
Start free. Upgrade when Cadence has already paid for itself.
First 500 beta users get Pro free for life. 427 spots left — no credit card required.
- Energy-aware scheduling (1 energy profile)
- Smart task sequencing (up to 15 tasks/day)
- Focus Mode (3 blocks/day)
- Weekly Rhythm Report (summary view)
- Unlimited energy profiles
- Unlimited task sequencing
- Unlimited Focus Mode blocks
- Full Rhythm Reports with time-leak analysis
- Google Calendar + Outlook two-way sync
- Priority support
- Everything in Pro
- Shared rhythm dashboards
- Team deep-work analytics
- Sprint retros export (CSV + Slack)
- Admin controls + SSO
All plans include a 14-day trial. No credit card required. Cancel anytime — your data exports cleanly, no lock-in.
Answers, before you ask.
How is Cadence different from a to-do list or calendar app?
Do I have to change my whole workflow?
Does it sync with Google Calendar?
Is my data private?
Can I cancel anytime?
What's the "Pro free for life" deal?
Your day already has a rhythm. Stop fighting it.
Cadence finds it, protects it, and puts the right task in front of you at the right time. Free forever. No credit card.
Start your cadence — freeFree forever. Pro from $8/mo. First 500 get Pro free for life. Cancel anytime.