Centered
The only to-do list that helps you get things done
Centered launched on November 17, 2021 with 288 votes, #66 of 2,925 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.
In plain words
Centered is a productivity app that combines task management with tools designed to help users enter and maintain a flow state. It includes flow music, productivity coaching, mono-tasking features, do-not-disturb functionality for Mac, distraction nudges, and a task dashboard. The app targets professionals and developers looking to minimize distractions and improve focus while working through their to-do lists.
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From the sources
Centered helps you get into a Flow State faster and stay there longer so you can do your best work. Centered offers Flow Music, Productivity Coaching, Mono-Tasking, Do-Not-Disturb on Mac, Distraction Nudges, and a simple way to see all your Tasks.
An all-in-one focus app and distraction blocker for Mac, Windows and Chromebook: AI tasks, binaural music, website and phone blocking, Pomodoro timers.
I once opened my laptop to send an email and somehow ended up researching whether medieval monks had better attention spans than we do. Yes, $40/month for 5 “coworking apps” that were just group Zooms, 7 music generators, countless Pomodoro timers, phone jail locks… Some were fun, but none stuck for more than a week. Now THESE were great — the Newports, Clears, Allens had great helpful stuff to say about the philosophy of focus. But what I wanted was something more concrete and easier… I wanted one button to press when the work was hard and my attention was drifting. On an airplane with broken WiFi I had my “I'm in the Zone” moment . I got so much done, distractions were uninteresting to…from thesukha.co
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