Decision Log vs Pros and Cons List

Decision Log is a tool for documenting important decisions, personal and professional. You record not just the decision itself, but why it was made, what the options were, and what comes out of it. So you can revisit your choices, learn from them, and spot patterns. Decide with clarity. Learn from experience. Every day you make decisions, at work, in life, in small habits. Unrecorded, they slip away quickly: why you're doing something, what the context was, what you're thinking. Decision Log helps you capture them, so you can see what really works and how things change over time. Not a journal. Not a habit tracker. Something that was missing in between. In a journal, important decisions drown between daily entries. In a habit tracker, you tick off days, but you never write down why you started, or why you stopped. Decision Log captures what gets lost in both: context, motivation, and the history of changes behind every decision. A habit, an experiment, a tool switch, a resolution — all in one place, with an awareness that grows over time. A decision without context is just a faded memory. You change your diet, buy a flat, leave a project. A few months later, you remember what happened, but not why. And without the "why," you don't know if the decision worked or what the experience taught you. WHAT YOU GET FOR FREE - Track progress — milestones, statuses, outcomes - Overwrite past decisions — replacement chains keep the history visible - Collections, filters and search - Simple ready-to-use or customisable statuses and sections - Built-in templates or your own - Clean Markdown editor - Full history of changes - Import / Export (.md, .txt, ADR) WHEN DECISIONS PILE UP — PRO - Focus mode with Workbench - Stats dashboard — pace, patterns, status breakdown - Decision reviews — a regular rhythm for revisiting decisions that haven't been touched in a while - Experiments with end dates - Hints for missing updates - Updates — see how a decision changed over time - No limits on collections, templates and pinned decisions IT'S FOR YOU IF: - You set goals and want to act in line with what motivates you, not just tick off tasks - You feel like you keep repeating the same mistakes, and finally want to capture them - You keep a journal, but your most important decisions and conclusions drown in daily entries - You want structure that breaks decision paralysis and overthinking - You analyse and overthink a lot, and need a place to organise it - Your priority lists keep shifting, but the history disappears with them. You don't know what dropped off and why, what came back, or which time around this is - You make decisions that shape your life or career, and want to document them deliberately - You feel like you're constantly changing things, but can't see the bigger picture Start for free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://decisionlog.me/terms Privacy Policy: https://decisionlog.me/privacy

PREMIUM — PURCHASE REQUIRED: All features described below are part of Pro and require a purchase: a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Should you take the job? Move cities? Sign the lease? When a decision keeps circling in your head, ProsCons gets it out of your head and onto a scale: write down every pro and every con, weight each one from 1 to 5, and watch the totals show which way your own reasoning actually leans. No spinning wheels, no coin flips. ProsCons is a structured decision maker for choices that matter. The scoring is fully transparent — pros minus cons, margin as a share of total weight — and the app shows you the exact formula, so the verdict is arithmetic on your own thinking, never a black box or a guess. WHAT YOU GET • A verdict in plain words — "Clear yes", "Lean toward no", or "Too close to call" when the sides genuinely balance • Weighted pros and cons lists, where one 5-point con about your family outweighs three 1-point perks • Compare mode: score several options against the criteria you choose in a weighted decision matrix — Flat A vs Flat B vs staying put • Ready-made templates for job offers, big purchases, moving cities, relationships, and new projects • A decision journal: mark what you chose, then log how it turned out — worked out, mixed, or regret • Insights that show your yes/no lean, your outcome record, and which areas of life you decide on most PERFECT FOR • Anyone stuck on a should-I question that lists in their head never settle • Overthinkers who circle the same choice for weeks and want it settled on paper • Couples and friends weighing a move, a purchase, or a plan together on one screen • Journalers who want a record of past decisions and how they really turned out WHY NOT JUST USE A NOTES APP? A note holds two columns; it cannot weigh them. In ProsCons every entry carries the importance you give it, the math is shown line by line, and the verdict updates as you type. Months later you can look back and see whether "went for it" actually worked out — something no scribbled T-chart will ever tell you. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your dilemmas stay on your iPhone. Decisions are stored on-device, there is no account to create, and nothing you write is uploaded anywhere. PREMIUM (PURCHASE REQUIRED) ProsCons requires an active plan. One plan unlocks everything: Compare mode with the weighted matrix, every template, and the full Insights dashboard. Choose the Weekly or Yearly auto-renewing subscription, or the one-time Lifetime purchase. Stop rehearsing the same argument in the shower — write it down, weigh it, and decide today. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia