Work, without the productivity cosplay.
Built for makers, writers, students, indie hackers, and anyone sick of productivity porn. Monkei strips away everything except the part that makes you better: time spent working.
Why Monkeio
I built Monkeio after realizing I was spending more time setting up productivity tools than actually doing the work.
Notion pages, systems, routines — all nicely organized. It felt good. It also didn't move anything important forward.
At some point it hit me: most productivity apps are like a Rolex. Powerful, impressive, full of features — and way more than I needed. What I actually wanted was something closer to a Casio. Simple, boring, reliable. Something that just tells the time and gets out of the way.
I kept thinking about how a lot of real work gets done. JK Rowling didn't need an expensive template or a perfect morning routine to start writing. She needed time, a pen, and a way to keep track of how long she stayed with it.
That's it.
Monkeio is built around that idea. No tasks to manage. No dashboards to admire. Just a timer that helps you show up and stay a little longer than you otherwise would.
This is a beta. Some things are missing on purpose. I'm not claiming this will fix your productivity — I'm testing whether something this simple can actually help. You can see what's being built on the roadmap.
If you're tired of organizing instead of doing, you might want to try it. And if it doesn't work for you, I genuinely want to know why.
How to use Monkeio
There's nothing to set up.
Pick one thing you want to work on.
Don't plan the whole day. Just choose the next thing.
Start the timer.
That's the only commitment you're making.
Work until you stop.
No pressure to hit a perfect number. Stay as long as you can.
Stop the timer when you're done.
That's it. The time is saved.
