Telos | Be Indistractible
A Quiet Place in a Noisy World
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Exclusively for students at MIT, Harvard, and our Foundation Series Members, Telos combines task and time management with one-of-a-kind attention management.
OUR MISSION
To accelerate the realignment to a humane technology future. Technology should support your intention, not capture your attention—that's why we built Telos, the Deep Work app. Cal Newport, MIT Ph.D. and author of Deep Work, established that the ability to focus without distraction is the most valuable skill of the 21st century. We built Telos around that single premise.
METHODICAL FOCUS
The neuroscience is unambiguous: you need methodical focus. The average student's attention span has collapsed from 2.5 minutes to merely 47 seconds since 2004. A single interruption costs 23 minutes of cognitive reorientation just to get back to where you were. 237+ notifications per day keep you in a permanent state of task-switching. Gloria Mark, Ph.D., author of Attention Span, and Amishi Jha, Ph.D., author of Peak Mind, make it irrefutable: sustained endogenous selective attention is the defining skill for excellence in general, and how to get ahead and win at college specifically.
1 | DEADLINES
Divide any deadline into 1–10 work units, and Telos counts backward into an adaptive daily plan. Each prep day, it surfaces exactly what should be on top of mind. Chip away daily, finish the day before — not the night of. The Hydrant catalog is built in — tap, your classes are loaded.
2 | DEEP WORK MODE
A quiet place in a noisy world. Start your study timer, and Deep Work Mode kicks in — Do Not Disturb, App Shielding, and Greyscale. Never again decide to manually tune out. With Telos, it's now an automatic part of the locking-in process.
3 | OBSESSIVE DESIGN
Redesigned from the ground up, Telos is an unparalleled, sleek time, task, and attention management system — intuitive, refined, and a pleasure to use. Nothing here has been designed around the efficiency of sending more emails or sitting through more meetings. Rather, Telos was crafted around how to flourish in the distracted world of the 21st century. This is what true user-centered design and humane technology look like.
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS
Free with a verified .edu email or EarlyBird Limited Edition Access. No premium tier. No paywall. No ads. No tracking. No regret.
www.telos.guide
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Ratings & Reviews
Deadlines — an improved adaptive planning system that divides any deadline into 1–10 work units and counts backward into a daily study plan, surfacing exactly what should be on top of mind each prep day.
Deep Work Mode — enhanced automatic activation on Telic Timer start. Do Not Disturb, App Shielding, and Greyscale now trigger as one seamless action, removing the need for any manual toggling.
The developer, Telos Guide B.V., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Telos Guide B.V.
- Size
- 67.2 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
16+
- 16+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Contains
Unrestricted Web Access
- Copyright
- © this is as sample text of black blablabalblab information that does not make sense