Prosochai /pro-so-KAI/
Mindfulness prompts and Pomodoro timers with behavioral nudges — alone or with others.
Most focus tools assume the problem is not working hard enough. They add urgency, streaks, and accountability. Prosochai starts somewhere different: with the observation that attention drifts more than we realize — and that a well-timed question is often enough to bring it back.
At regular intervals you choose, a prompt appears on your screen. Before you can dismiss it, you have to read it: What are you doing right now? Should you be doing it? Not with judgment. Just with presence. That is the whole idea.
Everything else in the app — Pomodoro timers, coworking sessions, scheduling — is in service of that one moment of noticing. The goal is not to optimize you. Just to help you come back.
Configure your prompts and timer
Set your mindfulness prompt text, how often it appears, and how long you have to sit with it before you can dismiss it. Optionally pair it with a Pomodoro timer to give your work session a container.
A focused session in progress
Once your session starts, a countdown shows when your next prompt arrives. When it does, you have to read it before you can continue — that pause is the whole point.
Mindfulness Prompts
Timed pop-ups that make you stop and read before you can continue. Set the text, frequency, and how long you have to sit with it.
Pomodoro Timer
Focused work sessions with scheduled breaks. A container for the work. Prompts fit naturally into the rhythm.
Coworking Sessions
Work alongside others near or far. Name your intention. Check in at the end. No account or sign-up required.
Why this exists
The name comes from prosoche (προσοχή), the Stoic practice of ongoing self-attention — not just concentration, but the continuous effort to notice what you are doing and whether it still matches what you value. The plural form, Prosochai (pro-so-KAI), reflects the app's rhythm: not one act of attention, but many small returns through the day.
There is a distinction that gets lost in most productivity thinking: deep concentration is not the same as intentional presence. You can be fully absorbed in something and still be doing exactly the wrong thing. Prosochai is built around that distinction. It does not interrupt good focus — it helps make sure the focus was chosen on purpose.
Built by a decision psychologist (PhD, University of Chicago; postdoc at Northwestern and the Max Planck Institute) who ran a community coworking space in Prague for ten years — and built this because he needed it.
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