Everything you need
Built for deep work.
Keyboard-first. Sound-rich. Intentionally opinionated.
Timer & Focus
One particle at a time.
The timer holds space for your focus — nothing extra, nothing missing. Generative soundscapes, atmosphere themes, and overflow mode for when the flow demands it.
Generative ambient soundscapes · Multiple atmosphere themes · Overflow mode for extended sessions · Customizable timer presets
Daily Planning
Shape your day with intention.
Your daily plan is a commitment to what matters most. Set your intention, pick your particles, and let the rest go. Day Arc maps your biology onto a timeline — Peak, Trough, and Creative Window shift to your chronotype, so you always know what kind of work fits right now.
Daily intentions and task management · Day Arc aligns your plan with your biology — deep work when you peak, light tasks when you dip · Focus blocks for deep work · Beam planning for your day · Recurring tasks and routines
Projects & Clients
Track work that matters.
Organize your particles by project. See where your time goes, generate AI-powered reports, and invoice clients directly from your work data.
Project-based time tracking · AI-generated client reports · Invoice generation from particles · Project insights and distribution
Insights & Rhythm
Your rhythm tells a story.
Daily, weekly, and yearly views reveal how you actually work. Focus heatmaps, momentum tracking, and weekly compass narratives help you stay aligned.
Focus heatmaps and statistics · Weekly compass and reviews · Momentum and streak tracking · Year view visualization
Your Sonic Field
Sound designed for focus.
Three ways to find your sonic space. Research-backed generative presets, curated radio stations for deep work, and a loop engine where you build your own soundscapes. Every frequency backed by psychoacoustic research.
Generative soundscapes — real-time generated · Radio — curated stations for deep work · Loops — build your own sonic environment · Volume, mix, and layer controls
Your Companion
An observer, not a chatbot.
Your Coach watches the week and surfaces one quiet observation a day. No advice, no nagging — a past-tense note about what actually happened. When you want to go further, Ask opens a real conversation that remembers everything it has noticed.
One Observation a day — never more · Today tab reads like a quiet morning note · Ask tab for real dialogue when you want it · Never prescribes — observes, reflects, remembers
AI-First
AI where it amplifies you.
AI is woven into every layer of Particle — not as a gimmick, but as a quiet force multiplier. It splits tasks, drafts weekly plans, suggests goals, generates client reports, and handles the work that keeps you from your work.
Smart task splitting and scheduling · Weekly plan and beam generation · Goal and milestone suggestions from your data · AI-generated client reports and invoices
Sanctuary
Learn how the greats worked.
A curated collection of schools of thought about meaningful work — from Deep Work to Stoic discipline, from creative flow to maker schedules. Not productivity tips. Philosophies that change how you think about your craft.
Schools of thought on deep work · Guided learning journeys · Principles from history’s great makers · Grow your understanding, not your todo list
Atmospheres
Your workspace looks how you feel.
Transform the entire app with visual atmospheres — not just themes, but moods. Midnight for late-night focus. Dawn for early mornings. Each atmosphere changes colors, textures, and glow to match your state of mind.
Multiple handcrafted visual atmospheres · Colors, textures, and glow adapt together · Light and dark mode per atmosphere · Switch instantly with a keystroke
Midnight
Dawn
Arctic
Visions & North Star
Know where you’re going.
Set your North Star — the vision your daily work serves. Not a task list, not a goal tracker. A quiet reminder of why you do what you do. Align your particles with your purpose.
Define your long-term vision · Connect daily work to life purpose · Vision reflections and check-ins · Multiple visions for different life areas
“Build tools that outlast me.”
Celebrations
Pride, not guilt.
Every completed particle earns a moment of celebration — a burst of light, a quiet acknowledgment. No streaks to break. No red badges. Just the feeling of showing up for your craft.
Particle burst on completion · No streak pressure or guilt mechanics · Milestone celebrations · Your history is always a source of pride
Cloud Sync
Start anywhere. Continue everywhere.
Your particles, plans, and settings sync seamlessly across all your devices. Start a focus session on your Mac, review your week on your phone. Offline-first with automatic conflict resolution.
Real-time sync across devices · Offline-first — works without internet · Automatic conflict resolution · End-to-end encrypted
Keyboard-first
Designed for how you think.
Every action in Particle is reachable from the keyboard. Command palette, chord shortcuts, single-key navigation, G-prefix menus. For the people who think and act fast.
⌘K command palette for everything · Single-key navigation (G, D, S, N) · Chord shortcuts for power users · Customizable keybindings
Meditation & Wellbeing
Deep work requires deep rest.
Visual meditation, breathing guides, and wind-down rituals help you recover and stay grounded.
Visual meditation timer · Breathing guide exercises · Wind-down rituals · Session debrief and reflection
And so much more
Every detail, considered.
Year in Review
Your entire year visualized — every particle, every project, every pattern in one beautiful overview.
Journal
Capture thoughts. Record your creative journey.
Command Palette
Search, navigate, act — everything in one keystroke.
Overflow Mode
Timer expired? Keep going. Flow matters more.
Focus Blocks
Protect your most productive hours.
Dark by Default
Designed for focus. Light mode available, but darkness is where particles shine brightest.
Offline-First
No internet? No problem. Everything works offline and syncs seamlessly when you reconnect.
Privacy-First
No ads. No tracking. No selling data. Your focus is the product, not you.
Weekly Review
Compass, patterns, and alignment.
Wind Down
End-of-day rituals to let go.
Recurring Tasks
Routines that show up quietly.
Invoicing
Invoices from your particles.
Switching?
Your focus app should outlast its company.
Tools get acquired. Features disappear. Data gets lost. Particle is built to stay. Your sessions, your history, your rhythm — they belong to you.
No streaks to lose. No guilt when life happens. No subscription for a timer. Just the space to do the work that matters.
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