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clockify.me
Free time tracking for a whole team rather than one person
mynoise.net
Builds a background soundscape from sliders you set band by band
pomofocus.io
A 25-minute timer with a task list and nothing else on the screen
somafm.com
Forty-odd human-curated, ad-free radio channels running since the dotcom era
todoist.com
Type a due date in plain English and it becomes a repeating task
toggl.com
One button that starts and stops a timer against a project
Where these come from
A real job usually crosses two or three categories, which is why starting from the task is often faster than starting from the shelf.
Questions
Make the block finite and visible. A timer you can see, a sound layer that masks the room, and one page in front of you beats any amount of intention. Track where the time actually went for a week before changing anything.
Yes — 4 of the 7 sites listed here work with no account at all. They are marked "No sign-up" and you can spot them by the green rule down the left edge of the card.
2 of these do the work inside your browser and never upload the file — those are the ones to use for anything with personal data in it. The rest send your input to their servers, which is fine for public material.