Monkey Chess Clock

Make procrastination visible.

Track work time and drift time side by side so your day stays honest.

Session timer
Work remaining
4:00:00
toward 4h target
Free budget left
4:00:00
out of 4h visible allowance
Work progress
Warm-up
focus ratio at 0%

Make the cost visible

0%
Work
00:00
0%
Free
00:00

Monkey meter

Rational brainMonkey at the wheel
50%
session free-time share
Current control
Wrestling

Time split

Focused work
00:00
Free time
00:00

Focus trend

The line climbs when your rational brain owns more of the tracked session.

Quick rules

Use honestly, not perfectly
Rule 1
One tap to switch

The timer should never make you think too much. Work or drift, declare it fast.

Rule 2
Visible consequence

Free time is not evil. Hidden free time is the problem. This makes it concrete.

Rule 3
Enjoy earned rest

When the monkey gets its turn on purpose, the guilt fog starts to disappear.

Hidden by default so the timer stays simple. Open this when you want to switch between limited or unlimited tracking or tune the limits.

Session timeline

Total tracked 00:00
Start the timer and the split between on-task time and monkey time will appear here.
On task total
00:00
0% of tracked time
Monkey mode total
00:00
0% of tracked time