“I did loads today… but did I actually achieve anything?”

WorkRunner turns your tasks into distance and your day into a race against yesterday.
See if your time went into work that moves your goals, or just 'urgent' busywork.

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Prioritise High-Value Work

Smart scoring & quick-sort focus you on tasks that move the needle, not just the urgent noise.

Beat Procrastination

Daily streaks and “yesterday vs. best” metrics create momentum, small wins that stack up.

See Progress Instantly

WorkRunner turns time into race distance. Visualise the day and know exactly how far you’ve come.

What makes WorkRunner different

Most tools track tasks. WorkRunner tracks momentum.

Most productivity tools track tasks.

WorkRunner tracks momentum.

Turn your day into a race you can finish
Reward focusing on tasks that move you towards your goals, not just urgent noise
Compete against yesterday and your personal best
Build streaks, consistency compounds at work and in WorkRunner

Beat yesterday’s distance to earn +1% speed tomorrow.
Use a short daily reflection to improve tomorrow’s plan

Screenshot of the WorkRunner app showing tasks and progress. — A quick look inside WorkRunner. Your plan becomes visible momentum.

Simple daily workflow

How WorkRunner works

Add your real work once, then let WorkRunner help you choose what to do next.

Capture your work

Add tasks, meetings, recurring work, and projects so your day is in one place.
Choose what matters next

WorkRunner scores your day and surfaces one current task, so you are not constantly deciding.
Run the timer

Work on one thing, complete it, then move to the next task with less drift.
Review your progress

See whether your time moved your goals forward or disappeared into busywork.

Why I built WorkRunner

I built WorkRunner because I was tired of ending days busy but not proud.

My days were full of meetings, email and “urgent” stuff. The work that actually moved my life forward, deep work, projects I cared about, compounding tasks, kept getting pushed to “maybe tomorrow”.

The stupid part? I’m good at getting things done. I can plan, organise and deliver. But even with all that, I still felt like I was running hard and going nowhere.

So I turned my day into a race.

WorkRunner doesn’t just track tasks. It tracks momentum and nudges you towards better tasks. Instead of “How many things did I tick off?”, it asks:

I’m building WorkRunner for people like me: operators, managers, knowledge workers who are pulled in ten directions and want their days to add up, not just fill up.

If you’ve ever ended a day thinking, “I did loads… but did I actually achieve anything?”, you’re exactly who I’m building this for.

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WorkRunner asks:

Did today move you further than yesterday?
Are you getting closer to your goals or just reacting?
Are you building a streak that actually means something?

See how it works

A quick walkthrough of how I use WorkRunner in a real day.

Ready to run your best workday?

WorkRunner is $24/month or $199/year. It takes a little setup because it works with your real tasks and projects, so every new customer is protected by a 90-day founder guarantee.