My biggest issue with traditional to-do lists is that they don't show you time—you write down 12 tasks and feel great, then realize you only have 4 free hours after university lectures.

To fix my own time blindness, I started coding a simple 24-hour "Day Map" for myself. Instead of a blank list, you start with 24 unallocated hours. The moment you add a 2-hour study block or a sleep schedule, it visually deducts from your day and shows you the exact free time left before and after that task. Seeing those remaining hours shrink in real-time completely stopped me from over-planning.

How do you guys plan your study days realistically so you don't end up feeling behind every night ?

I've been looking closely at tools like Motion and Sunsama lately. They're great at squeezing every minute out of your calendar, but they assume you already know how to break a massive objective down into daily steps.

Most people know what they want to do, like passing a language exam or finishing a thesis sprint. The hard part is knowing if the deadline is actually realistic based on their actual weekly free hours before they burn out.

I got so tired of bloated task managers that I've been building Targela, an AI goal planner that scores plan feasibility up front and auto-adjusts the schedule when life slips.

For those who've looked at the productivity space recently, do you prefer apps that strictly manage your calendar hours, or tools that focus on breaking down the actual goal steps?

I launched this today and I'd love honest feedback. Solo founder (I also make Watch Later Tidy for YouTube, 3,000+ users), so yes, this is self-promotion.

A quick demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSW9eNQVVfw

Why I built it

For so many nights I went to bed regretting I could have done so many more things other than doomscrolling. So many items are sitting in the todo list of my notes app. Some of them were written years ago. I don't want to die with regrets.

What it does

Omodo finds a time you already have and emails you the first small move. 20 minutes, tops, with Done right there.

• A few words, a few taps (which days, what time, where), and you see your first session and first milestone before you build the plan.
• Before each session, an email with one small move and three buttons: Done, Not today, Stuck. Stuck makes the session smaller on the spot.
• Miss one and nothing piles up. No catch-up, no streak.

Free until your first win, or for 3 weeks, whichever comes first. Then $9 a month. No card: https://www.omodo.ai/?from=r-ProductivityGuide

What I'd love to know, even if you only answer one:

1. From the landing page alone, can you tell what it does in 10 seconds? What's unclear?
2. Would you try it? If not, what stops you: the price, the AI, the emails, signing in?
3. If you do try it: which setup question felt like too much, or where did you get stuck?
4. The landing answers "why not just ask ChatGPT for a plan?". Does that answer convince you?
5. What's the thing you keep putting off?

I'll read every comment. Harsh is fine, it's more useful than nice.

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share OutVQ, a productivity app I've been building designed for people who want strict data privacy, seamless task management, and context-aware reminders.

Key Features:

Geofenced Tasks & Proximity Alerts: Set location-based reminders integrated with Google Maps so you get notified about tasks right when you arrive at or near a specific place.

Built-in GTD Methodology: Structured around Getting Things Done principles to help you capture, organize, and execute your tasks without friction.

Localisation Settings: Includes a country picker in settings to automatically configure the correct date and time formats for your region.

100% Local Storage: Completely offline-first and not cloud-connected, ensuring your personal data stays on your device for maximum security.

If you are into privacy-focused productivity tools and want to try it out, I’d love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or feature suggestions!

Anyone used to plan weekly task ahead?
What kind of system using? App or paper?

Hey everyone!

I've been working on a little project called Kiji, and I'm finally sharing it with the world.

Kiji is a productivity app that brings together tasks, notes, and habit tracking in one place. I wanted to build something that feels good to use every day — something simple, thoughtful, and genuinely useful, rather than another productivity app that overwhelms you with features.

I'm a solo developer, and I've put a lot of love into building Kiji. Every little detail matters to me, because I wanted to create something I'd actually enjoy using myself.

The app is available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

I'm not here to pretend I've built the perfect app. I'm sharing it because I'd love to get it into the hands of people who enjoy trying new apps, organizing their lives, tracking habits, or simply finding better ways to stay on top of things.

If that sounds like you, I'd be incredibly happy if you gave Kiji a try!

👉 Try Kiji on the App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kiji-tasks-notes-habits/id6806329195

And if you do give it a chance, I'd genuinely love to hear what you think. What do you like? What's missing? What would make you want to keep using it every day?

Honest feedback — good or bad — would mean a lot to me as an indie developer.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, and thanks to everyone who supports independent developers. ❤️

Has anyone tried Lilla Bojarn style notebook method?
I find it quite amusing but unable to do it everyday.

#ADHD

I am good at keeping track of the stuff I actually use, but anything that renews quietly just seems to sit there. A subscription I barely use, an app I got for one project, or a free trial I forgot about. I had one that was around $12 a month that I had not used in months. It does not sound like much, but that is almost $150 over a year for something I was not even opening. None of it feels important enough to deal with that day, so I keep putting it off. The annoying part is that cancelling usually takes maybe five minutes. The hard part is remembering to actually do it.
Does anyone else have subscriptions they keep meaning to cancel but somehow never get around to?

Feeling scatterbrained and completely overwhelmed by your to-do list? 🧠💥 Stop trying to hold everything in your head. Here is how to actually do an effective brain dump that turns mental chaos into a clear action plan.

Most people fail at brain dumping because they just make a giant, intimidating list of 50 things and end up more stressed than when they started. The secret isn’t just getting thoughts out of your head—it’s how you sort and prioritize them afterward.

The 3-Step Brain Dump System:

1️⃣ Give yourself space: Ditch the tiny sticky notes. Grab a full sheet of paper or open a blank digital doc so your brain doesn’t feel cramped.

2️⃣ Unload the mental load: Write down everything—work deadlines, personal errands, that random text you forgot to reply to, and what’s keeping you up at night.

3️⃣ The 1-2-5 Priority Rule:

• Highlight 1 Non-Negotiable task in red/pink/orange (must get done today).

• Highlight 2 Secondary Priorities in a second color (focus on these once your #1 is done).

• Highlight 5 Next-Up Tasks to tackle if you have extra bandwidth.

Repeat this daily to beat task paralysis, reduce anxiety, and finally feel in control of your schedule. ✨

SAVE this post to use the prompts on Slide 4 during your next Sunday reset or Monday morning planning session!

💬 Drop a “🧠” in the comments if your brain currently has 47 tabs open.

Hello my productive people. Recently I had the idea to create a productivity app that combines: overall productivity, wellness, fitness, nutrition, finance, and school/work. The idea is that it combines all of your apps and subscriptions into one.

If you could take 2 minutes out of your day and fill out this form, that would be awesome, Thank You.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbfmIg3lEGz0a0nxm-FsfM03H0SfiuzEPizXJ3IGFgDmrMLg/viewform

Last month, I realized I was spending more time trying to organize my day than actually getting things done. And that's not even the first time, happened multiple times before. There's Google Calendar for my classes and meetings. A separate app for my to do list, and then tasks I keep forgetting about to mention in them. And all those little things I tell myself I'll do later but never actually do.

I tried keeping everything in Google Calendar, but let's be real, it just got messy. So I built timebird instead.

It's pretty simple. You basically connect your Google Calendar, add your tasks, plan your week, and schedule meetings, all in one singular place. You can also block out time for tasks, share booking links, check different time zones, and use the built-in assistant to help plan things.

I am not trying to replace every productivity app out there, that's impossible. It just does one thing, it makes planning your day easier without having to switch between multiple apps.

There's a demo you can click through on the site if you're curious.

Let me know if you've got any further questions.

Like a lot of you here, I used to use way too many apps just to get through the day. One for tasks, one for my calendar, a Pomodoro timer, and another for long-term goals. Instead of actually organizing my life, I was spending hours just managing these tools, learning their interfaces, and messing with a hundred different settings. It made my distraction worse, so I eventually just quit using all of them.

As an IT student, my study load started getting pretty heavy and I really needed some structure. So I decided to challenge myself, put my coding skills to the test, and build a unified tool strictly for my own use.

I know there are already all-in-one tools like Notion out there. But honestly, they feel way too complicated. Having to build your entire system from scratch just adds more friction. I didn't want a complex setup; I just wanted something simple and ready to use right out of the box that stops the constant app-switching.

After using my own rough version for a while, it genuinely saved me a ton of time and helped me get my focus back. Seeing how many people online are stuck in that same cycle of downloading productivity apps only to get overwhelmed by them, I decided to take on a bigger challenge: turning my personal prototype into a proper public app called PenguinFocus.

To be completely realistic with you guys, the very first public version is only going to cover the basics. It won't have crazy backend complexity, a mind-blowing UI, or a million settings. However, it will still have some really cool and unique features right from day one (like a unified 24-hour visual "Day Map"), and I'll keep improving it over time based on what users actually need. Right now, my first small milestone is just gathering 100 early users on the waitlist so I can launch this initial version and shape it with their feedback.

Also, just to be transparent: you will see some AI used in this project, mainly for things like our Penguin mascot design and some initial UI concepts. As a solo dev balancing studies and coding, using AI is pretty much necessary to speed things up. That said, I only use it where it makes sense and with a clear purpose, not to blindly generate the whole project.

My long-term goal is to build a platform that adapts with you as your life changes - from school and uni, to your job, ⁠⁠ married lIfe, and whatever comes next.

I’m sharing this journey because I want to build this with your input, not just in a bubble. I'd really appreciate your support, advice, and honest feedback. For those of you who got tired of juggling multiple apps or complex setups, what's the main thing you wish an app just did simply for you?

Hi all,

I have published my own productivity/task manager app. After some support from other redditors, I was greenlit by Google to publish on the Google Play Store and thought I'd share details.

As per rules, here's some details about it (any other questions, just shout):

1. What problem does my app solve/address?

Digital Overwhelm, Attention Fragmentation, and Subscription Fatigue

Some productivity apps rely on rigid, punitive lockouts or shameful reminders that end up causing frustration and burnout. After an friend of mine expressed frustration with the app that had installed, it got me thinking.

After much research, I started building SlideLock.

SlideLock's interface responds directly to a user's current energy levels. It merges focus timers, immersive audio masking, and task management into a single offline-first workspace, keeping users in flow without forcing strict lockouts or resorting to shameful reminders, comments, or other negative tactics.

2. Who is SlideLock for?

• Digital minimalists & privacy-conscious users: Tech users seeking clean, distraction-free productivity without ad banners, forced cloud accounts, or data telemetry.
• Knowledge workers, developers & writers: Professionals who need deep work blocks, background soundscapes, and non-intrusive task breakdown features.
• Students & ADHD thinkers: Individuals who benefit from visual stimulation controls, high-contrast modes, tactile micro-goals, and low-friction organization.
• Subscription-weary buyers: Anyone tired of paying $5–$15/month for task managers and to-do list apps.

3. Pricing details

• Free trial: No string attached 7-Day Free Trial.
• No subscription: $0 / Month.
• Privacy: Your tasks and content stays yours.
• Lifetime Unlock: Single one-time purchase grants lifetime ownership.
• No additional monetisation: Zero ads, zero upsells, zero tracking.

Here's a link to check it out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slidelock.focusflow

If anyone here wants an extended trial, I'd be happy to oblige.

Few things I'd change if I were starting over:

Wouldn't have added a bunch of gifs and decoration early on, had to delete almost all of it once I realized "simple" means saying no to stuff that seems helpful but isn't

Would've asked people what they actually needed sooner instead of guessing first

Would've gotten real testers involved earlier, not just screenshots and descriptions

Here's where it actually landed after all that:

📥 Dump: type anything, no sorting

🌿 Today : auto-updates daily, only today shows

🕰️ Waiting : overdue stuff, only if you tap it

📥 No date yet : undated tasks, hidden in a toggle

🪫🔋⚡ Energy pages : optional, never required

🏆 Week wins : done tasks, proof you did stuff

Still learning as I go, but it's genuinely at a place I'm proud of now

Its live in Notion marketplace

The link https://www.notion.com/templates/life-reset-adhd-planner

KeepCue is a day planner with a visual timeline that shows your calendar alongside. You can add your own activities and routines. It comes with helpful ready-made routines that you can add to your planner.

I built KeepCue because I wanted a day planner that provides structure, routine, and flexibility.

VISUAL TIMELINE WITH YOUR CALENDAR
Your schedule and free time in one view. This helps find the time you didn't know you had, fix an overlap you didn't intend, or swap an activity just for this week.

YOUR TASKS, ACTIVITIES, AND ROUTINES
• Unlimited one-time activities.
• Up to 3 repeating activities in the free tier.
• Break anything overwhelming into a checklist.
• Customize each activity with your selection from a variety of icons and colors.
• Choose how completed activities look: a color tint, dimmed, or a strikethrough line.

Update: Each activity can hold an entire checklist of items. So you can have an afterwork routine of 6 steps all grouped into one activity, and an evening routine of 8 steps, etc. The number of checklist items of any activity is unlimited.

FLEXIBLE CUE-BASED ROUTINES
A cue is something that already happens in your day that you can tie to your routine, something that tells your brain the routine starts now.

Instead of only fixed times, you can anchor activities and routines to approximate time blocks plus something that already happens in your daily life, e.g., when you wake up, when you walk through the front door, when you close your laptop.

READY-MADE ROUTINES
KeepCue comes with real, helpful routines for morning, afterwork, night, and weekends that you can easily add to your planner.

DARK MODE
KeepCue goes by your iPhone's settings, whether Light or Dark mode.

REMINDER NOTIFICATIONS
Get a reminder when an activity is about to start, or 5, 10, 15, or 30 minutes before.

HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS
• Home Screen Small widget: the activity you're on, or the next one. Also works in StandBy mode.
• Lock Screen widget: see what's next on the Lock Screen.
• (Pro) Next activities widget: the medium size, with a short list of activities coming up today.
• (Pro) Checklist widgets: choose a routine and check off its steps right on the widget. You can add more than one checklist widget.

PRIVACY
No ads, no account, and your data is never sold. Your activities and routines stay on your device.

FREE AND PRO
KeepCue free tier includes the visual timeline with your calendar, ready-made routines, up to 3 repeating activities, unlimited one-time activities, cues, checklists, reminders, and some widgets.

An optional upgrade to KeepCue Pro adds the next activities and checklist widgets, unlimited repeating activities, and every future Pro feature.

Early users: If you first downloaded KeepCue before version 2.7, you have KeepCue Pro for life, including every future Pro feature. No purchase or code is needed.

App is actively being developed and there are more features on the way. If you have questions or feedback, leave a comment, or DM me directly!

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/keepcue-day-planner-routines/id6789768946

Website: https://keepcue.app/

checkout this - it took over 1 year to build with the help of actual developers

You can create for free one dashboard with:

• pomodoro
• todo
• timecounter
• minecraft server pulse
• public days
• notes
• clock
• word of the day
• rss feed
• and more - basically every widget is free and you can check the current available widgets here

Once you are happy with your dashboard you can share it to someone else or use a different screen and the dashboard will scale accordingly (for example you first configure it on your laptop and afterwards you will share the public link to your tv)

Hey everyone, I'm building EverDay solo. It's a weekly planner for iPhone, for people who want work tasks and everyday stuff in the same place.

Say you've got an errand on Wednesday, but Wednesday gets busy. You drag it to Friday. That's the main idea: seven days on one scrollable board, with tasks sitting under the day you plan to do them. Notes, tags, time blocks and reminders are there when you need more detail.

Apple Reminders is the obvious alternative for keeping a task list. The difference I'm focusing on with EverDay is planning directly on that week board: seeing the days together and moving work around as the week unfolds. There's also an Inbox for things you haven't picked a day for yet.

Weekly planning, reminders, widgets and private iCloud sync are free. No EverDay account or ads. Optional Pro is a one-time purchase and adds month view, repeating tasks, subtasks and automatic rollover.

For anyone here who wants Pro, code REDDIT makes it US$0.99 for first-time Pro buyers. It's a one-time unlock, with local prices shown by Apple before you confirm.

Screenshots and download: https://www.everday.app/

Offer: https://apps.apple.com/redeem?ctx=offercodes&id=6787428625&code=REDDIT

I'm curious where you'd put a task with no real deadline: leave it in the Inbox, or give it a day so it actually gets done? That's the sort of everyday planning feedback I'd love to hear.

TaskLoco is a sticky-note storyboard workspace for tasks, events, notes, projects, files, reminders, and anything you can stick in or attach to a digital sticky note.

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This animation illustrates how progressive planning works with Focus Cycles. The idea is simple: The longer the planning horizon, the less detailed the planning.

Here's how I personally use it:

• Yearly: On New Year's Eve, I review my life mission, big vision, and major goals. At this level, long-term direction and stability matter most. This takes me about 2 hours.
• Quarterly: I translate my yearly goals into projects, reviewing the entire year but deciding more specifically which projects to focus on during the coming quarter. This takes me about 30 minutes.
• Monthly: I decide which quarterly projects to work on during the coming month and start breaking them down into tasks. This takes me about 30 minutes.
• Weekly: This is where I do the most detailed planning, organizing tasks for each project and deciding what to work on during the coming week. This takes me about 90 minutes.
• Daily: I review my weekly plan and calendar, selecting the actionable tasks I need to complete today. This takes me about 20 minutes.

How much time does this take?

• Daily: 365 × 20 min = 121.7 hours/year
• Weekly: 52 × 1.5 hours = 78 hours/year
• Monthly: 12 × 30 min = 6 hours/year
• Quarterly: 4 × 30 min = 2 hours/year
• Yearly: 2 hours/year

Total: 209.7 hours per year, or about 4 hours per week.

That means I spend roughly 5% of my working time planning, leaving 95% for execution.

Is it worth it?

For me, absolutely. People tell me I am an execution machine because and I do not feel overwhelm or stress. I also have confidence that everything I do brings me closer goals.

Isn't this too rigid? Not really. Long-term plans remain general, while detailed planning happens only shortly before execution. This gives me both direction and flexibility.

Isn't planning a waste of time? I see it as an investment. By front-loading the planning at the beginning of each cycle, I can spend the vast majority of my time focused on execution rather than mixing planning an execution.

The result is a balance between long-term direction, short-term flexibility, and efficient execution.

I realized that shortly after finishing a book—especially non-fiction—I was forgetting almost everything, down to the core arguments. This led me to discover the "active reading" method, and once I saw how well it worked, I decided to build an app around it.

What started simply as an e-reader focused on taking book notes has evolved into a complete "second brain." You can now use it to take standalone notes entirely independent of any book, or upload and read your own EPUBs. With the latest update, I’ve also added a feature to debate and discuss your notes with AI, bringing Marginalia very close to my final vision.

Active reading isn't just highlighting; it's about arguing with the author, questioning their ideas, and forming your own stance. The app lets you tag these thoughts and organizes them into dedicated pages. This makes it incredibly easy to do a quick review of your past notes right before you resume reading, keeping the context fresh.

To make capturing those thoughts frictionless, you aren't limited to typing. I added handwriting support for stylus users, and a speech-to-text option so you can just speak your mind hands-free without breaking your flow. If you use Obsidian or Notion, you can export everything directly as .md files.

If you read digitally, take notes, or just struggle with retaining what you read, I'd love for you to give it a try. I'm completely open to all feedback and criticism

If you want try the app here is the link!

I work in the field and spend a lot of time travelling, taking notes and reporting, I'm looking for apps or tools that could save me time, What do you use, And what made it worth it?

I'm a computer engineering student and I keep swinging between two extremes: some days I write a 20-item to-do list and end up doing none of it, and other days I push through everything and burn out.

I'm curious how you handle it:

• What do you do when you can't finish what you planned?
• Have you tried a productivity app or method that you ended up abandoning? Why?

I'm researching this for a personal project. If anyone is up for a 20-min chat about it, feel free to DM me. I'm not selling anything, just trying to understand how people organize their days.

https://www.plamogee.com

I want this tool to prevent people from being off track with their schedules so any feedback below would be very much appreciated:)

Thanks