Built for PhD students

Stop surviving.
Start finishing
your PhD.

GradFlow is the productivity system designed around the reality of graduate school — deep focus, long timelines, and the constant pressure to make progress.

Start for free → See how it works

Free during beta · No credit card needed

Focus session
18:34
work session
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Literature review ch.2
Low
Write methodology
High
Email supervisor
Med
4
sessions today
7-day streak 🔥
Built for
PhD students
Long dissertation timelines
Research labs & cohorts
Masters & Postdocs
Everything you need

Your entire PhD workflow,
in one place

Built around how graduate students actually work — not how productivity gurus think you should.

⏱
Pomodoro focus sessions
A full-screen 25/5 timer built for deep work. Track sessions, see your daily rhythm, and know exactly when to push and when to rest.
Deep focus
✦
AI daily schedule
Tell the AI your available hours and tasks — it builds a realistic, Pomodoro-structured schedule so you know exactly what to work on and when.
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Smart task manager
Add tasks with estimated time and priority. GradFlow auto-sorts them so your most important work always comes first. Click any task to link it to your timer.
Priority-sorted
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Progress dashboard
See your weekly focus sessions, task completion rate, and habit streaks at a glance. Know if you're on track before your next supervisor meeting.
Weekly insights
How it works

From chaos to clarity
in three steps

No onboarding webinar. No 40-page manual. Just open it and start.

1
Add your tasks
Dump everything on your plate with a time estimate and priority. Takes 3 minutes.
2
Generate your schedule
The AI builds a realistic Pomodoro schedule so you know exactly what to work on and when.
3
Focus and track
Start the timer, work the session, check off tasks. Watch your progress fill up over the week.
Early users

What PhD students say

I've tried Notion, Todoist, Forest — nothing stuck. GradFlow is the first tool that actually understands how a PhD day works.
SC
Sarah C.
PhD Biochemistry, Year 3
The AI schedule is the feature I didn't know I needed. I was spending 30 minutes every morning just deciding what to do first.
MR
Marcus R.
PhD Computer Science, Year 2
The habit tracker finally got me to actually meditate every morning. Accountability through data, not guilt.
AK
Amara K.
Masters Education, Year 1
Pricing

Simple. Honest. Affordable.

We know PhD stipends are tight. GradFlow is free during beta — and will stay affordable forever.

Beta
$0
free during early access
✓Pomodoro timer
✓Task manager
✓AI daily schedule
✓Habit tracker
✓Progress dashboard
Coming soon
Pro
$12
/month · less than a textbook
✓Everything in Beta
✓Group dashboard
✓Email reminders & digests
✓Dissertation milestone tracker
✓Peer accountability matching

Ready to make progress
on what actually matters?

Join PhD students who are spending less time planning and more time doing.

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