Build Mode vs Omphalis

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Build Mode compared with Omphalis
Detail	Build Mode	Omphalis
What it does	Private time tracker for Mac that records focused work with one button	A workspace for reading articles, PDFs, videos and podcasts with AI explanations and cross-source questions
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	2026
Based in	Not given	US
Pricing model	Paid	Freemium
Pricing	$29 one-time payment (early builder price, will rise to $49). Includes one-button time tracking, daily/weekly/all-time totals, automatic app tracking, custom categories, long-term hour goals, weekly visual reflections, and local data storage. No subscription, no account.	Free plan with 100 comprehension units/month. Pro $9/month with 300 units. Premium $19/month with 600 units. Scholar $39/month with 1,200 units. Annual billing saves 17%: Pro $90/year, Premium $190/year, Scholar $390/year. Unit packs from $10 for 200 units.
Key features	One-button keyboard shortcut to start and stop sessions Live session clock in MacBook notch Automatic mode suggestions from active app Pauses idle time and display sleep Dashboard with daily, weekly, and all-time totals Wrapped weekly visual recap shareable as image Custom categories or skills All data stored locally on Mac	Clean reading view for articles, PDFs, podcasts, videos and newsletters Inline explanations for difficult passages written from surrounding context Cross-source question answering with citations Structural navigation showing key moments and density maps Connected note-taking tied to source passages Natural voice narration for listening Notebook feature for gathering related sources with notes and questions Discover shelf suggesting rights-cleared reading related to your library Course builder to create lessons from saved documents Integration with ChatGPT and browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox
What makes it different	No screen recording or access to browser history One-time lifetime purchase with no subscription Built by a solo founder for their own use	Explanations stay beside the source instead of requiring you to leave to look up terms Questions cite specific passages from sources so answers are traceable Notes automatically stay attached to the passages that prompted them Works with PDFs, videos, podcasts and articles in one unified workspace
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	1
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	27 no change since last check	43 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	22	22
Citation Flow (Majestic)	27	27
Referring domains (Majestic)	76	208

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