An ADHD brain fights lists. That is exactly why routines are so hard to keep.
Small Start shows you one step at a time. Not a checklist you have to re-read, not
twelve boxes waiting to be ticked — one step, one timer, one big Done button.
When it's finished, the next one appears.
WHY IT WORKS
• One step on screen to focus on. The list is the problem, so it stays hidden.
• Every step gets a timer, so time stops being invisible.
• The timer runs on real clock time. Lock your phone, take a call, come back —
it never drifts.
• Every step chimes when it ends, with Done and +1 minute right there — the
phone can stay on the shelf while you brush your teeth.
• Skip and +1 minute are always there. A routine that can't bend gets
abandoned.
REMINDERS THAT DON'T BECOME WALLPAPER
Most apps send the same notification forever until you switch them off.
Small Start rotates through more than a dozen messages, so it never becomes
background noise.
And if you ignore three in a row, it doesn't nag harder — it changes the
subject and asks whether the time is wrong, then offers to move the reminder
or turn it off. Your 7:00 alarm was never going to work if you're never awake
at 7:00.
IT STARTS WITHOUT YOU OPENING THE APP
Opening an app is the same problem as starting a routine, so it doesn't insist.
• A home-screen widget starts today's routine at step one, in one tap
• The running step counts down on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island
• Apple Watch: start, finish a step or add a minute from your wrist
• Ask Siri, or let a Shortcuts automation start it when your alarm goes off
STREAKS THAT DON'T PUNISH YOU
Missing today doesn't break your streak until the day is actually over, and a
missed day is shown as a day, not a failure. A habit survives one of those. No
red, no guilt, no "you've lost your progress".
Half a routine counts as half, not as nothing: get through at least half the
steps and the day still counts. And if you walk away mid-routine, the app
offers to pick it back up where you left off.
BUILT FOR PRIVACY
No account. No sign-up. No email. No ads, ever. Your routines, steps and
history stay on your phone — never uploaded anywhere.
Your data can also leave with you. One tap exports every routine, step and
completion to a file you keep, so a new phone doesn't cost you your setup.
WHAT YOU GET
• Three ready-made routines to start in one tap — Morning, Evening Wind-down,
Getting Out the Door — all editable
• Unlimited routines and steps of your own
• Step lengths from 30 seconds to 90 minutes, or the one-tap presets
• Per-routine schedules, weekday-by-weekday
• Streaks, completion rates, a calendar of your days, and the pattern of which
weekdays actually work for you
• Measured step lengths, so the plan matches how long it really takes
• Export and import, so your routines and history are yours to keep
• Light and dark themes
TRY THE WHOLE THING FOR 14 DAYS
Everything is unlocked for 14 days. No card, no account, nothing to cancel —
we never asked for a payment method, so we cannot charge you by accident.
After that you decide, once. There's a pay-once option if you never want to
think about a subscription again.
Small Start is a timer and a routine keeper for adults living with ADHD. It
isn't a medical device and doesn't diagnose or treat anything — it's built by
and for people who find starting hard.
Small Start Premium is available as a yearly subscription ($19.99/year) or a monthly
subscription ($3.99/month). A one-time Lifetime purchase ($29.99) is also
available and never renews.
Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase.
Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24
hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID
account settings after purchase.
Terms of Use: https://unverfirat.github.io/fireflysoftware/smallstart/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://unverfirat.github.io/fireflysoftware/smallstart/privacy.html
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