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Caveday alternative: no account, no camera, no session you can miss

Caveday runs long facilitated blocks — several hours at a stretch, with ritual, breaks, and a person running them. The focus room is a twenty-five-minute tool with no ceremony at all.

Nothing to pay, nothing to book, nothing to miss

It runs in the browser with no account and no payment details. The block starts every half hour on the wall clock, so there is no session to schedule and none you can fail to show up to. There is no paid tier to upgrade to, because there is no account that could hold one.

The short version

If you want three hours of deep work and need a structure with facilitation to get there, Caveday is exactly that. The focus room is good for the first block, not for the whole afternoon — and it holds on to nobody who wants to leave.

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The focus room and Caveday, side by side

Same words, different first question: the focus room starts with a running clock, Caveday starts with a booking.

Dimension	Focus room	Caveday
Format	an open room on a fixed beat: 25 minutes of work, 5 minutes of break, the same clock for everyone	facilitated blocks of several hours with ritual, breaks, and a group
Accountability	none, by design — nobody sees you, nobody notices when you leave. The other side of that coin: there is no appointment to miss and no partner you can let down	high — facilitation, fixed appointments, and a group for the full length
Getting in	type a room name, share the link, you are in	create an account, book a time, hold a membership
Camera	none; the room shows a number and nothing else	video is part of the format
What the provider knows about you	nothing durable — a random token held in memory for 90 seconds, no cookie, no database row	an account, bookings, session history, a video connection
Language	English and German	English
Access without an account	yes — the room opens straight from the URL	account required

When the focus room fits better

You need the 25 minutes in order to start at all, and you do not want to register or block out a calendar slot to get them.

When Caveday fits better

You want a long, guided block with a clear ritual and a facilitator who carries you through the breaks.

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The fastest way in is not a longer comparison — it is one 25-minute block.

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Questions people actually ask

Can I work three hours straight in the focus room?

The beat runs on indefinitely, so you can stack block after block. What is missing is everything else: no facilitation, no ritual, nobody walking you through the break.

Is there a group that meets again?

Only if you form one yourselves. A room name is yours to choose and it persists — whoever uses the same link meets the same people. The service itself knows nobody.

Is there a fixed appointment?

One: the evening round at 20:00 Swiss time, 25 minutes long. You can commit in advance and see how many others have.

What does the focus room cost?

Nothing. There is no membership.