Bolt lives on your taskbar and keeps you working.
Lawked is a focus app for Windows. Start a session and Bolt blocks the apps and sites you said you'd stay off, counts the hours you really worked, and answers out loud when you hold a key and ask.
Try him: press and hold Bolt, or hold B.
One evening with Bolt.
A school night, from sitting down to stopping. Every panel here is a screen from the app, redrawn for this page.
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9:41 pm
Say what you're working on.
Type the task and pick a length. Bolt sets up your block list from what you told him when you joined, and you can change any of it.
Sessions, stats and streaks are on every plan, Free included.
What are you working on?
algebra worksheet 4.2
For 25m50m90mOpen
Lock in
9 days straight. don't get cute about it.
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9:58 pm
Open YouTube anyway. Bolt covers it.
Blocked apps close. Blocked sites get a full-screen cover until you go back to work. He turns red when he calls you out, and only then.
Blocking is on Lock-in and up.
lawkedWorking on algebra worksheet 4.2
Blocked: youtube.com
youtube? during algebra? nah.
Back to work
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10:12 pm
Stuck on number 7? Hold the key and ask.
Ask out loud. Bolt circles the question on your screen, writes the first step beside it, and waits for you to do the next one. At the end he asks you something to check you got it.
Talking to Bolt is on Buddy and Pro.
Worksheet 4.2: Solving linear equations
Solve for x. Show your work.
- 5x − 9 = 4
- 62x = 18
- 73x + 5 = 20
- 84x − 7 = 21
Boltstep 1 of 2
i'm stuck on number 7
first step's done. now you. what's x?
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10:30 pm
Drift off, and he notices.
During a session Bolt reads each new window once, when it comes to the front. If it isn't the work, he calls it out, then blocks it if you stay.
Screen watching is on Buddy and Pro.
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10:41 pm
Ask him to text a friend.
Bolt can do small jobs on your PC for you. He writes the message, shows you exactly what will go out, and waits for your yes before he sends anything.
Bolt doing things for you is on Pro.
Boltclear
text khalid i'm running 10 min late
ask me to text a friend and i will. i always check with you before i send.
ready to send
send a message to khalid: “running 10 min late”
sendeditcancel
or hold the key and say yes or no
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10:52 pm
Stop. Only real work counts.
Your hours are the time you were on the task, not the time the app was open. Idle and off-task minutes are kept apart, so the number means something.
Honest hours are on every plan.
47:12
locked insince 9:41 pm
algebra worksheet 4.2
43m real focus today1/2 done
- finish worksheet 4.2
- read unit 3
10 min breakend sessionopen lawked
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11:00 pm
Your friends see the hours too.
Add friends and share a leaderboard of focused hours. Lock in together in a room with friends, with video and voice if you all want it. Or sit in a public library room: first names and timers only, with no video, voice or chat between strangers.
Friends, the leaderboard and library rooms are on Lock-in and up. Rooms with friends are on Buddy and Pro.
Friends
Most focused hours wins. Nobody wins by being online.
- 01Noor22h 49m
- 02Alex17h 30m
- 03Sam12h 24m
- 04You9h 57m
Pick how much Bolt does.
Monthly, in US dollars. Everyone starts on Free.
Free
i count. you work.Sessions, stats, the to-do list and streaks. No blocking.
$0
Lock-in
i lock the door.Blocking apps and sites, breaks, friends and the leaderboard, public library rooms, Chill and Normal strictness.
$10a month
Buddy
i watch, you ask, i explain.Everything in Lock-in, plus Bolt watches your screen, you can talk to him, he explains what's on your screen, co-working rooms and Strict mode.
$50a month
Pro
i do things for you. i ask first.Everything in Buddy, plus Serious and Monk modes, Bolt doing things on your PC for you, and the smartest Bolt.
$100a month
Put Bolt on your taskbar.
Install it, make an account in the app, and start a session. While you're locked in, he sits in the middle of your taskbar and meditates.
