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An aircraft wing and blue sky above the clouds, seen from the window

Every session is a flight.

Skydesk is an offline focus timer. Pick a route, board, and stay focused until the plane lands. The flight time of your route is your session.

Distance
2,214 km
Flight time = session
2 h 55 min
Seat
Your desk
Ads during the flight
None
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Real airports, real distances. The app has 168 airports; the route sets the session length, or you do.

Skydesk Boarding pass

Flight plan

A Skydesk session has three parts, like a real flight. You only pick the route; the plane does the rest.

The plan below is printed for the route you picked above.

Departure

RouteIST → CDG
Flight time2 h 55 min
Or a preset25 · 50 · 90 min
Boarding passtake-off

Cruise

Map and countdownin flight
Screen offstill flying
Hum, Do Not Disturboptional
Adsnone

Landing

Passport stampParis
Into the logbook2 h 55 min
One small adafter landing

You hold: a Paris stamp and 2 h 55 min of focus.

Inside the cabin

Map and countdown

Your plane crosses the world map. A big countdown, kilometres flown and kilometres to go, on one screen.

Skydesk flight screen: the IST–CDG route on the map, 0:51:20 to landing

Cabin

It keeps flying with the screen off, with the countdown in a notification. If you like, a soft cabin hum covers distractions and Do Not Disturb stays on for the whole flight.

An aircraft wing above the clouds

Landing

When the plane lands the session ends: the time goes into your logbook and the city is stamped into your passport. You can share your landing.

Skydesk landing screen: arrival Paris, 1 h 23 min of focus, badges

Passport

Totals for flights, hours and kilometres, this week's focus chart, your day streak and a stamp for every city you landed in.

Skydesk passport screen: 9 flights, 9 countries, a 7-day streak, city stamps

Common questions

Is Skydesk paid? No. It is free and supported by ads: a small ad on the landing screen and at most one full-screen ad per session. Never during a flight.

Does the timer stop if I turn off the screen? No. It keeps running with the screen off, with a countdown in the notification. The flight lands on time even if you close the app.

Does it need internet? Where is my data? No, everything works offline. There is no account or sign-up; your flights, stamps and streak stay on your device.

How is the flight time worked out? The great-circle distance between the two airports is divided by a cruise speed of 800 km/h, 10 minutes of taxiing are added, and the result is rounded to 5 minutes. The shortest flight is 15 minutes, the longest 180.

Can I pick the length myself? Yes. There are 25, 50 and 90 minute presets, and Custom gives you a slider from 15 to 180 minutes.

What if I cut a flight short? The flight is cancelled; no stamp and no time are recorded. Your streak only breaks if you do not land at all that day.

What is the cabin hum? A soft hum generated from brown noise; through headphones or the speaker it covers distracting sounds. You switch it on if you want it.

Which phones does it run on? Android 7.0 and up. Do Not Disturb asks for a system permission; the flight still takes off if you decline.

Get a boarding pass for your next class or task. You stay at your desk until the plane lands.

Get your boarding pass

Free, for Android. No account, no sign-up, no ads in flight.

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Window photograph: Moin Uddin Ahmed, CC0, WordPress Photo Directory. Cloud footage: F ASTILY, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.