Behavioural productivity coaching

The coach that learns how you actually work.

Capture is effortless — a tap to start a timer, a line to add a task. Nova quietly turns it into insight: where your hours really go, how long things really take, and the one change that moves your day.

Free to start·No credit card·2-minute setup
This weekwith Nova
learning
Focus today
3h 42m
Est. accuracy
92%+15%
Tasks done
4 / 6
NOVA
Writing runs about 2.1× your estimate. Protect the Q3 essay before 10am — your focus reads sharpest then.
Your day, in one calm surface

A workspace that captures everything and nags about nothing

Type a task in plain language — @category, /project, !priority and #tags all parse as you go. Start a timer with one tap, check things off. Everything here becomes quiet signal Nova learns from — try it, it's live.

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Today

Friday, June 27 · 1 of 5 done

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Draft Q3 strategy essay
Writing9:00
Review onboarding pull requests
Admin11:30
Design tracking empty states
DesignSopheron
Reply to investor update thread
AdminMon
Morning planning ritual
Personal
NOVA
Your highest-priority task is your hardest start. Nova suggests starting its timer now, while focus is freshest.
How it works

A loop that compounds, one quiet capture at a time

Capture is ambient. Insight is earned. The more honestly you log, the more precisely Nova can coach — and the loop tightens week over week.

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Capture in seconds

Type a task in plain language or start a timer with one tap. No forms, no fields, no friction. Dates, priorities and categories parse themselves as you write.

≈ 3s to log a task
02

Work the way you do

Sopheron stays out of the way while you focus. The active timer pulses quietly so you know it's live — that's the only thing asking for your attention.

1 tap to start
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Nova finds the pattern

Behind the scenes, Nova compares what you estimated to what actually happened — across categories, times of day, and weeks — and surfaces the one signal that matters.

learns every session
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You adjust, gently

Each insight comes with a single, specific suggestion grounded in your real data. Accept it and the next plan gets sharper. Coaching, not nagging.

+15% accuracy / mo
Meet Nova

A coach that reads your data, not your mood

Nova is the intelligence on top of everything you capture — a psychologically-grounded coach that turns raw timers and tasks into one honest, specific nudge at a time.

Grounded in your data
Every observation cites a real number from your own timers and tasks — never a generic tip.
One signal, not a wall
Nova surfaces the single pattern that matters today, with one specific thing to try.
Never hypes, never guilts
No confetti, no broken-streak shame. A sharp coach who respects your time.
Always under your control
Set how often Nova speaks — Proactive, Balanced, Minimal or Off — and every nudge explains the data behind it.
Nova
End-of-day review · 6:12pm
learning
NOVA
You finished 4 of 5 high-priority tasks today. The one you skipped was scheduled at 8am — historically your hardest start time.
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Everything in the box

Calm to use. Rich underneath.

A focus tool with the restraint of Linear and the clarity of a good data product. Every feature earns its place.

Capture in plain language

Type “Draft essay @writing /Q3-launch !high tomorrow” and the date, priority, category, project and #tags parse inline — category is the kind of work, project is what it’s for, and both filter every view.

One-tap timers

Start, focus, stop — the pulse says it’s live. Idle detection, Pomodoro mode and manual entry keep your actual time honest without the fuss.

Eleven analytics views

Estimate accuracy, initiation lag, completion, satisfaction, context switches, focus windows — sliced by category, priority and time of day. Reads like a behavioural-science report on you.

Goals & habits that track themselves

Link goals to the work you already log; progress and pace update from real activity. Habits build without streak anxiety — Nova reinforces, never shames.

A coach you control

Every suggestion shows the data behind it. Set how often Nova speaks — Proactive, Balanced, Minimal or Off — and dismiss anything with a tap. It never gets paternalistic.

Keyboard-first, yours to theme

Cmd-K command palette, a “?” shortcut sheet, and a calm dark mode with a swappable accent. Built for people who live in their tools.

The science

You are bad at estimating your own time. So is everyone.

It’s called the planning fallacy: we systematically underestimate how long our own work takes, and no amount of willpower fixes it. What does fix it is measurement — seeing the gap between what you predicted and what really happened, task after task.

Sopheron closes that loop quietly. Nova doesn’t lecture you about productivity. It shows you your own numbers and lets the pattern do the persuading — which is exactly how durable behaviour change actually happens.

2.1×
Median underestimate on creative work, before Sopheron
+15%
Estimate-accuracy gain in a user’s first 30 days
52 min
Typical focus window Nova learns to plan around

Estimated vs. actual minutes

EstimateActual
Writing4595m
Design6088m
Admin3034m
Deep work90104m

Writing runs longest past your guess. Nova now pads new writing estimates by 2.1× automatically.

Trusted by people who guard their time

Calm enough to keep. Sharp enough to matter.

I stopped over-committing my mornings the week Nova showed me my writing took twice as long as I thought. My estimates are finally honest.
MMaya EllisonIndependent researcher
It never once made me feel behind. It just quietly handed me one true thing each evening. That restraint is why I actually kept using it.
DDaniel OkoyeStaff engineer
The tracking pages read like a report someone made just for me. I caught that my focus dips after 50 minutes and rebuilt my whole day around it.
PPriya NairProduct designer
NorthwindAtlas LabsMeridianFoundryCohortLumen
Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when Nova has earned it.

No credit card to begin. Cancel anytime, export your data anytime. A solo tool today — team workspaces are on the roadmap.

MonthlyAnnualSave 25%
Free
For getting honest about your time.
$0forever
  • Unlimited tasks & one-tap timers
  • Natural-language capture
  • Today, Upcoming & List views
  • 7-day tracking history
  • Weekly Nova insight
Most popular
Pro
The full coaching loop, unlocked.
$9/ mo
  • Everything in Free
  • All 11 tracking analytics views
  • Daily Nova coaching & end-of-day review
  • Goals, Habits & Calendar
  • Unlimited history + estimate calibration
  • Calendar sync, dark mode & accent
Questions

Good to know

Still curious? Reach the team at hello@sopheron.com.

No. Capture is meant to be ambient — start a timer when it helps, skip it when it doesn’t. Nova works with whatever honest signal you give it and never penalises gaps.

Never. Nova surfaces at most one insight a day, always grounded in your own numbers, always with a single specific suggestion. No streaks, no confetti, no guilt.

A to-do app stores intentions. Sopheron also separates the kind of work (category) from what it's for (project), tracks what actually happened against what you planned, and coaches you on the gap. It's a behavioural loop, not a list.

Yes. Sopheron is web-first and fully responsive — the sidebar becomes a bottom bar, rows reflow, and charts become swipeable, with no loss of core function.

It stays yours. Export everything to CSV or JSON anytime, and deleting your account erases it within 30 days. Nova learns from the patterns in your data, never sells it to anyone, and never stores your raw review conversations.

Yes — unlimited tasks, one-tap timers, natural-language capture and a weekly Nova insight, free forever. Upgrade to Pro only once the coaching has earned it.

Find out where your time actually goes

Two minutes to set up. One honest insight by tonight. Nova does the rest.

Free forever · No credit card · Cancel anytime