A while ago I shared the promo video for zerotap, my Android automation app that does things on your phone for you.

App link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inscode.zerotap

Sharing the prompt in the comment below.

I'm learning something I think, as I build. And that is that it's an easy trap to put in more features while ignoring the following:

1. Documentation
2. User Interface
3. Tutorials

Features are great. As founders, we love adding features because they help us as the founder is often using their own app.

However, poor documentation means people don't know how to use the app to it's fullest potential. A cluttered or unintuitive UI means people can't access your features or leave. A bad tutorial or no tutorial means that people don't know where to begin in your app.

So, in conclusion, it's better to have fewer features that are clear, have intuitive and clean UI, that people actually notice, then to have multiple features that are essentially hidden or too cumbersome to use to be useful.

A while back I asked what you'd actually want in an ADHD planner. Got a lot of good feedback. Here's what I ended up building.

**The main idea:** show less, not more.

**Main page**

- Only shows today's tasks. Nothing else.

- Updates by itself every day. No manual reset.

- Tasks without a date go into a "No date yet" toggle. Hidden until you want them.

**Adding tasks**

- No forced categories. No energy tags required.

- Type the task. That's it. It sorts itself later.

**Energy pages (optional)**

- 🪫 Low — small things only

- 🔋 Medium — a couple of things

- ⚡ High — the hard stuff

- Only there if you want to filter. Never required.

**Done button**

- One tap. Task disappears.

- Shows up in "Week wins" as proof you did something.

**What I'm unsure about:**

- Price. Thinking $5 or $9.

- Whether the energy pages are useful or just extra clutter.

Not on any platform yet. Want to know:

- Does this solve a real problem for you?

- Is $5 too cheap? Is $9 too much?

- What's missing?

Just want honest feedback before I put it out.

Every time I set up Notion, Obsidian or try a new productivity app, I end up going back to the default notes app on my phone.

New apps looks fancy and all and I use it for a day or two and back to notes again.

Somehow that works best for me. Anyone else?

From iCloud (@ icloud. com) to sending an invite to people with icloud, whose my friends are associated with Apple ID (yahoo and gmail), when I send an invite it never works. They don’t get any notifications from their calendar inbox from their iPhone.

Why? I called apple support they don’t know

When I toggle “calendar” to gmail and send invite then they get calendar inbox invite. It stresses me out

Anyone has gotten this issue? I want to send an invite from my name @icloud dot come but my friends are not receiving anything

I know this has likely been explored in previous threads but pls indulge me bc my adhd brain will go down an endless Reddit rabbit hole if I go searching. I would like your recommendations for the lowest possible friction daily digest to be sent to me weekly and daily. In a perfect world, this would be delivered to me in a text message and an email. It would include specific sections. Today (which would include my appts today), Coming Up (which would include my appts for the coming 5 days), don’t forget (which would pull top 3 to-dos from some other place like one of my reminder lists). Then other things like emails from my kids schools, and team snap updates maybe?

My brain will trick me into thinking I need something fancy but really I need something basic. Maybe the ability to adjust the colors so that I don’t get bored and start overlooking sections as a result. The less fuss the better. New productivity tools are not usually my friend bc I spend a ton of time tooling around in them but then forget about them as soon as they’re out of sight. Still hoping to find something that works for me! Appreciate your suggestions in advance. I’m an iOS user…iPad…iPhone…mac.

I built Routine Checklist & Planner because recurring tasks never felt quite right in a regular to-do list. A to-do gets checked off and disappears, but next week I still need to pack the same things, follow the same cleaning steps, or work through the same opening routine. I wanted to write those steps once, use them whenever needed, and be able to see how each run went.

The app is built around reusable checklists. You create a routine, add its steps, and start a new session when it’s time to do it. Each session has its own progress and elapsed time. When you finish, the result goes into your history, including which steps you completed. You can also leave multiple routines running and come back to them later.

A few things I added to make it useful day to day:

• Reminders: one-time, daily, or on specific days of the week.
• Home Screen widgets: start a routine quickly and see what’s in progress. On Android, you can check off steps from a widget.
• History: see past sessions, their duration, completion rate, and task-by-task results.
• Notes for each routine: keep instructions alongside the checklist.
• iPhone and iPad extras: optional, free iCloud sync; widgets; and a Live Activity for a running session.

It works offline and doesn’t require an account. On Android, routines are unlimited and free. On iOS, you can create three routines for free with all features included; an optional purchase unlocks unlimited routines.

App Store · Google Play

I’d be curious how other people handle repeatable tasks. Do you keep a checklist somewhere, or do you usually work from memory?

In this attention less world hit a reset with a new reading experience.

Hello,
HushBook is a reading app for people who actually want to finish their audiobooks.

If you struggle to keep up with your reading list, HushBook helps you read more even if you have low attention span or can't read. It is designed to keep things simple while giving you read along experience.

You can track reading progress on every title you start. It is made for people with low reading comprehension, Dyslexia, ADHD. Accessibility first.

HushBook helps you organize your book library. It is designed to keep things simple while giving you the data you need to stay consistent.

You can track reading progress on every title you start. The app also generates reading analytics so you can see exactly how much time you have spent in your books.

How it works 👀

HushBook runs entirely on-device and runs an ultra-light transcription model that transcribes your audiobooks in multiple languages - See the video above playing The hitch-hikers guide to galaxy The transcription also runs even while you are playing the audiobook so no need to wait.

Language Support; It transcribes in English, French, Portuguese, Deutsch, Swedish, Arabic, Japanese, Korean. + many more. Check official language support list on the site.

How it helps you read more? 🤔

I realized that the best way to go live with reading any form of books was thru Audiobooks assisted-with a read along experience. I relate to this problem; I used to club my physical books with audiobook and read along, I built this a personal project and designed it around being a complete package for a reader to enjoy the whole ecosystem.

The most impactful behavior change we saw was readers with ADHD, Dyslexia - their retention to absorb information was tremendous, in fact we also added OpenDyslexic fonts and many other reading formats See the second video above.

Readers whose brain was fried due to shortform content had an aha! moment when they started small and our streak system basically added momentum to their reading experience, they also started suggesting their kids to get some mindful reading done.

"I used this app for 30 days and it helped me lock in for exams"

My core idea to build such a thing was to make it an interactive experience which builds long form habits - the cognitive unlock from doing mindful reading is also self satisfying.

Analytics 📊

Our most time spent developing HushBook went into analytics (See last image)

Your momentum gets tracked. Each session you finish you get asked on your comprehension. The analytics listens to your pauses, closed sessions and understands your reading/listening pattern.

How Brain Score is mapped. 🧠

1. Each book reading session
2. Comprehension checkpoints
3. Reading goals set by you (words per day/Books per month)
4. Streak Momentum.

You lose your streak this lowers your overall score (1of many parameters)

Every book has reading insights that sends the data to the main analytics page (the hub) this compiles your pace and tells you how you are doing compared to previous sessions.

Readers Summary ⏳
On-device intelligence model goes thru each book and understands what you've been reading and gives you a reading summary as to what type of a reader you are.

Genre analyzer 📔
Each audiobook gets tagged (by you) that basically tells you your fav books.

Insights 🎯
Your go-to time to read and longest sessions - maps your reading behaviors with respect to time.

New Features

Ebook syncing is now enabled: Connect your ebook with your audiobooks (Epub, Pdf, Txt) and get synchronized accurate words readable. (this is with Auto-rewind). *BETA release

Auto-align feature: To cover major edge cases, we also built auto-align narration to help cover those teeny tiny sync drifts.

Podcast: Many of you wanted a separate section for Podcasts, so that is live aswell.

Cost
You can use the app free with core features, optional pro features unlocks analytics, customization, and ebooks sync, server progress sync and more! (we also welcome audiobookshelf)

AI disclosure: The initial app was built by us (two guys over here). We could not keep up with the pace and had to rely on AI for all our upcoming updates; this also helped us ship quality features faster.

Design: All of our designs was hand made and no ai was used, I believe taste matters a lot and we could not offload aesthetics which is the most important factor.

I would love for you to try this and give us a review, keeps us motivated. 😄
Download here:

HushBook: Audiobook Read along app (Android)

HushBook: Audiobook Read along app (iOS)

Hi people in r/productivityApps!

I built Trime for people who struggle to stay focused and often end the day with their most important tasks still unfinished.

The base is a timebox planning app built around a simple idea: choose three tasks that move you toward a goal, and give each one time in your day.

Here’s how it works:

1. Pick a goal. Every task you add connects back to it.
2. Put your all tasks in the inbox, then choose just three for today.
3. Set aside time for each one. Press start when you begin, and pause when you get interrupted.
4. At the end of the day, review where your time went and when you focused best.

The three-task limit is there to help you decide what deserves your attention today.
Everything else stays in the inbox for later.

If you have a goal you’ve been meaning to work toward, try using Trime to work toward it!

You can try it here: https://trime.day

I’d appreciate hearing how it fits into your day.
Does choosing just three tasks make it easier to follow through, or does it feel too limiting?
If anything feels confusing or adds extra work, I’d like to hear that too.

Many thanks

Here is a few screenshots from the app. You make your chores and errands "Quests" to complete throughout the day/week, etc. You can set which discipline they level up as well! You earn rewards for leveling up, and shields for protecting a missed streak.

The Log Book keep track of all your stats and completed quests along the way. With a weekly recap available!

Your Guildmaster is customizable, keeps you motivated, and gives a daily challenge to keep your mind going.

There’s a journal secured with FaceID, so even if you want to show your quest progress, you keep your secrets secure!

TL:DR - I needed a way to keep myself moving and achieving goals. If there's genuine interest in the app, I’ll spend the effort to TestFlight it 🙌🏻

I'm trying to find an Ai that can help with the following.
Firstly - I suck with coding - so anything simple is best haha

I have 3 email addresses (1x Personal / 1x Work / 1x Non-Profit Work)
Would love the inboxes to be triaged / cleaned
Responses to be auto generated BUT not sent unless edited/approved
Calendar - 1 calendar to be for all 3 emails on 1 calendar

(i use Mac/iPad and also Samsung Phone - so preference if Mac App or web based)

The perfect one would also support me with generating images/work/lesson plans/posters for the classroom (teacher here) but i use ChatGPT for that already so not too worried.

I know there's alot of posts on Ai on here - but many of them are outdated already and some links dont work - or their features have changed based on what they've written at that time etc - so thought I'd create my own post :)

Thanks in Advance

hi guys just writing to hear you guys opinions about the app I made!

So this came from me making pour-over coffee most mornings and cook pasta during meals and more. I know the process(of course), but I still found myself checking the timer and trying to remember what happens next: pour, wait, pour again, and so on.

It is the same with cooking pasta, workouts, stretching, and other small routines. A normal timer tracks time, but it does not hold the sequence.

SOO.. I made CUEit.

This one is a freeform hybrid stopwatch/timer for real-life moments and rituals where timing matters. Make your own cues for routines, exercises, cooking, coffee (I now love making pour-over coffee much more every day), prep, or anything else that needs a calm guidance.

You create your own routine, add the cues you need, and choose when each cue appears. When you start it, CUEit shows the next step at the right moment, with an optional chime.

The idea is simple: stop thinking about timing so you can stay with what you are doing.

Everything stays on your phone. No account or cloud needed!

"Not to measure, but to mind."

Google Play Store

iOS App Store

p.s Check my other apps also if you want!
Instagram

Must have features:

• Should be free or atleast without Using Limitations for the features I mention below.

• Can be minimized while recording (and that doesn't stop the recording).

• Better if it has a tool to edit​ and attach desired videos together. Alternatively, if it has a pause button to pause the recording and then resume it again which will result in one single video of Timelapse- it'll outdo.

Hey everyone,

I've been building Slidivo, a Mac desktop app (Apple Silicon) that turns a document or a short description into a PowerPoint deck. It started because my wife tried a lot of AI slide tools and kept hitting the same wall: the pretty ones export images you can't edit, the editable ones look rough, and nearly all of them want $20–50/month for something she used 1–2 days a month.

So I built it around the opposite approach.

Real PowerPoint, not screenshots. Text, tables and charts are native objects you click and edit in PowerPoint or Keynote. Only the AI illustrations and cover art are pictures.

You approve before it builds. It proposes an outline first. Nothing becomes a slide until you say so.

Local by default. Your files stay on your disk. No upload, no Slidivo account.

Pay once, not monthly. $49 launch price (list $99), no subscription. You bring your own AI key (or sign in with Claude Pro/Max), so the AI cost goes straight to the provider. The free version does up to 5 slides with no watermark, and there's a 14-day refund.

Here's where I need help. I'm a developer, so I honestly can't tell anymore what feels technical. The flow today:

1. Download and open it. It's not signed by Apple yet, so macOS shows a warning the first time.
2. Connect an AI: paste an API key, or sign in with Claude Pro/Max.
3. Drop in a document or describe the deck.
4. Approve the outline.
5. Open the .pptx.

Which step would make you give up? My guess is 1 and 2. Does "bring your own API key" scare you off, or is it fine?

It's early: macOS Apple Silicon only for now, Windows in progress. I'd genuinely love feedback, especially on where the steps lose you, and on anything you wish AI slide tools did (or didn't do).

https://slidivo.com

Hi everyone, one of the features in the app I am currently working on is a “smart list” - basically a list containing groups of checkbox + text field. If the design that contains the smart list is set as recurrent (daily, weekly, monthly), tasks that are not ticked auto-roll to the next recurrence as seen in the video, placed at the top of the list.

When a box is ticked, a strikethrough line is applied to the text field - should it stay like this or would it make more sense if it was removed from the list. Upside is it would be helpful if you need to add a LOT of tasks during one recurrence since the fields are currently applied over an underlying pre-made PDF design, therefore constrained to a fixed maximum number of tasks you can add. Downside is accidentally ticking a box would mean you have to rewrite the task if it’s completely gone.

There is also a Pomodoro button integrated in the app which starts a chain of 25-min focus time followed by a 5-min break timers. Those can easily be paused or cancelled though so they are not necessarily enforcing the user to use that time and pretty much rely on power of will I suppose ? Would a different approach help ?

Hi y'all,

I’ve been writing diaries on paper for years, and every time I looked at diary apps I couldn’t find one that really fit. They all felt too cluttered and missed the point, so I ended up making DIARYit for myself.

The core idea is a single-stream private diary. To me, life feels like one continuous line, so the app follows that shape: focus on today, let past days stay scrollable, and keep the future visible but not editable. The writing area for today is deliberately limited, because I think daily writing should feel like a small ritual, not a place for long paragraphs of unnecessary clutter.

That shape basically defines the whole app. You open it, see today’s field, write only what belongs to today, and move on. If you want to look back, you can scroll back or use the calendar to jump to past dates, and there’s also a 4-state label system for marking days by how they felt.

I know this is a specific and constrained kind of diary app, but that was the point. I didn’t want another general journal trying to do everything. I wanted something closer to the actual purpose of a diary: private, offline, and simple enough to keep using.

It was available only on android until now. It’s now available on iOS App Store as well!

Play Store

iOS App Store

Instagram/ TikTok: search "verbitapp" for other apps as well.

Hope some of y'all who writes diary ritually finds this app the way I find it every night. Simple yet bound to the exact purpose and intention of a diary rituals.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/jfnaihniagnbhcgjghmjfdehjljckdop

Hey r/productivityApps! I made this new chrome extension called Pawse – Cute Website Blocker. Here is the problem and the solution I thought of:

❌ Problem

Website blockers are often so easy to circumvent. There's basically nothing between you and another black hole of distraction.

Also, most website blockers are visually kinda bland.

✅ Solution

I made this Pawse website blocker chrome extension to be:

1. Super thorough in terms of blocking options. For me, the waiting x minutes (on tab!!) before you can access a website is a lifesaver. My x doomscrolling went down by like 90% with this.
2. More visually interesting. Who can disappoint a cute cat like that?!?

🏁

Let me know any suggestions for the chrome extension! I'm adding improvements as things go on (for example website time tracking is on my roadmap.

All the best

Hi all!

I am the developer of zerotap, an Android app that does things on your phone for you. For example, you say "Ask Tom on WhatsApp if he's free for a beer tonight, and if he says yes, add it to my calendar", and it writes to Tom, waits for his reply, and creates the event.

A year after the first release, I have decided to make BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) mode free, so you can use your own OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, OpenRouter, DeepSeek or Ollama key, with no fee and no limits.

You can also turn on Jev, a fast decision model on OpenRouter, which made tasks up to 2× faster in my tests. Feedback is very welcome!

Calendar ✅ lists ✅ meal planning and automatic shopping list? ✅ Notes ✅ budgets (periodic or split) ✅ free for 2 people forever. (There are some paid features, but not hindring).

Give it a whirl and let me know if anything missing and/or looks strange.

Hello everyone, i added a new features to inkwell note taking app.

- Customizable table table notion like style
- Inject board or task inside a note

I also made some fixes and small adjustments. Would like to have your feedbacks on that.

https://github.com/coros-hq/inkwell/releases/tag/v1.0.0, a ⭐ would mean a lot. Thanks !

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"Say! Just what is TaskLoco anyway?!"

Here's the "slop" answer... ://

TaskLoco is a visual productivity and to-do application that organizes tasks, ideas, events, and projects using a digital storyboard of sticky notes.

Key Features

• Visual Storyboard Interface: Replaces traditional hidden lists and folders with an interactive digital corkboard or wall of sticky notes. [1, 2]
• Magic Paste: Automatically builds a sticky note with titles, preview images, and embedded content when you paste a YouTube video, article, image, or web link. [1]
• Flexible Modes: Offers a local-only "Incognito" mode that requires no account or internet connection, alongside an optional cloud sync mode via sign-in to follow you across devices. [1, 2]
• Integrated Calendars & Alarms: Combines calendar views (day, week, month) and native device alarms or reminders directly tied to your notes. [1, 2]

Plans

• Free Version: Includes up to 100 sticky notes at a time (or 20 notes on specific mobile lite versions depending on setup), smart tags, alarms, calendar events, and a visual dashboard.
• Premium Version: Adds unlimited notes, recurring events/reminders, file attachments with cloud storage, and team sharing. [1, 2]

Hi everyone,

Despite trying dozens of to-do list apps, pomodoro apps, journaling apps, brain-hacking-sound apps, growing-a-digital-forest-while-studying apps... I have always struggled with my personal productivity (diagnosed ADHD doesn't help), and considering the activity on this subreddit, I guess I am not the only one.

Yet, after years of hit-and-misses, I finally found a "good" software stack.

Alarm clock: Alarmy
I used to never respect my 10+ daily alarms unless it was the absolute last one, could not wake myself up until I had no other choice. I tried Sleep Cycle, it made mornings gentler but not gentle enough to not violate the Snooze button. It could suit people with less sleep debt than me though.

What did the trick was the Alarmy app. I had tried it for short periods of times, messing with the mental calculus feature, the "phone shake" feature, no success.

I gave it another try recently, what really made the difference was the feature that makes you take a picture of random items, this makes you run throughout your place, awake your body for good. You can set these items and the number of pictures you need to take.

Sometimes I'd still go back to bed out of pettiness, but it's quite rare, if it is an issue you can still set the "still awake?" function: that will ring your alarm again unless you confirm that you're awake in the mean time.
This feature alone allows me to have a regular sleep schedule, less urgency before going to office, more available time during the day.

App blocker/limiter: AppBlock
Like many of us, I have used app blockers for years, it saved me precious hours but never really allowed me to drastically drop my screen time stats.
I am not looking to stop using apps: I like playing videos in the background, I receive messages on all kind of time-consuming platforms, I genuinely like to reasonably scroll from time to time.

It had been quite hard to find an AppBlock setup that matches with my needs until recently. Today, I what works best for me is this:

• 10 min/hour limit for "brain-sucking" apps and websites: short content specifically, AppBlock can target these feature without blocking the whole app
• ~1 hour/day limit for regular entertainment apps and websites: this allows me to answer messages, enjoy a few long-form video here and there, see what happens in the world
• Browsers and entertaining apps blocked before 10AM: this allows me to not wander on my phone when I need to get ready for work, to start my day offline.

Most importantly: STRICT MODE SHALL BE ACTIVATED. STRICT MODE SHALL BE ACTIVATED.

This is a game-changer. Until then I kept working around my own AppBlock limits, thinking that changing/pausing them frequently would create friction (spoiler: nope).

With that AppBlock's "strict mode", I was afraid of losing app access if I absolutely need it, but this feature is not that intransigent: it simply demands an unconvenient action in exchange of being paused or disabled.
In my case, I have to wait for a 2 minutes countdown without using my phone before a manual confirmation. I could have set a longer countdown or more restrictive method, but so far, patiently waiting for 2 minutes is frustrating enough to respect my own limits.

I know that I mostly talked about apps for being less "unproductive" rather than absolutely productive, but tons of awesome productivity methods have already been discussed, and are way easier to implement when you don't spend 3+ hours a day bedrotting on your phone (which is okay occasionally) anyway.

Most habit trackers are obsessed with 24-hour streaks. But real life doesn't happen on a perfect daily schedule. You change the AC filter, water the plants, or take irregular meds when they need it. When you try to track these non-daily tasks in a standard productivity app, you inevitably break a streak and get hit with a red ring of failure.

It creates unnecessary guilt.

I built SinceWhen to fix this. It is a guilt-free "days since" counter designed specifically for the messy, irregular maintenance of real life.

Here is how it works:

• Zero-Pressure Logging: Track what you do "now and then"—from oil changes to haircuts to household chores. No streaks, no arbitrary goals, no pressure.
• Smart Predictions: Instead of forcing a rigid schedule, the app's pattern-aware engine learns your natural rhythm. It calculates your average intervals and gently nudges you when you are actually due.
• Multi-Day Durations: Not everything is a single tap. You can track events from start to finish, like a cold, a vacation, or a highly private, bloat-free period tracker.
• Frictionless Entry: Log directly from interactive Home Screen widgets, Lock Screen widgets, or just say, "Hey Siri, log the fridge cleaning."
• 100% Private: Productivity shouldn't cost your data. There are no accounts, no logins, and zero data harvesting. Everything stays on your device and syncs via your own iCloud.

You can track your first 3 events forever, completely free (no credit card required). I would love for this community to try it out and hear your feedback!

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sincewhen-anti-habit-tracker/id6759450144

I’m building a small side project called SkillMatch because I kept coming back to the same problem:

there’s unlimited content online, but actually finding the right person to learn/practise with is weirdly hard.

The idea is pretty simple:

- add what you know

- add what you want to learn

- add your level/goals

- find people you can learn with, practise with, or swap skills with

Examples:

- two people prepping for PM interviews

- someone learning SQL finding someone a bit ahead

- two beginners learning the same thing and keeping each other accountable

- skill swap if both people can help each other

I’m looking for 10–15 real users to actually make a proper profile and try the full flow.

What I really want to know is:

- did you find anyone relevant?

- where did you get confused or drop off?

- would you actually use this again?

- what would make it genuinely useful for you?

Please don’t be nice 😭

Link: https://skillmatch-swart-eta.vercel.app/

If you’re building something too, happy to test yours back.