3 Things Pal vs Project Jar

If you have ADHD, you probably have a productivity app graveyard on your phone. Todoist lasted three days. Notion's setup became its own procrastination project. Apple Reminders turned into a wall of red overdue badges that made you feel worse, not better. The problem was never your discipline. Traditional to-do lists are designed for brains that can hold a long list and methodically work through it. That's not how ADHD works. A long task list doesn't create clarity — it creates paralysis. Every undone task adds to the "Snowball of Shame": that growing pile of things you said you'd do but didn't, silently eroding your confidence. 3ThingsPal was built specifically to break this cycle. THE CORE IDEA: ONLY THREE THINGS Every morning, 3ThingsPal asks you one question: What are the three most important things you want to accomplish today? Not ten. Not "brain dump everything." Three. This isn't arbitrary. The "Rule of Three" is one of the most validated focus techniques in ADHD coaching and productivity research. When you limit yourself to three tasks, you eliminate decision paralysis. You stop wasting mental energy figuring out what to do, and start doing. THE DAILY RESET: NO GUILT CARRIED FORWARD Here's what makes 3ThingsPal fundamentally different from every other task app: your list clears every day. Didn't finish something yesterday? It's gone. No red badge. No overdue counter. No shame. Tomorrow is a fresh start with a fresh question: What matters today? This is intentional. For ADHD minds, yesterday's unfinished tasks aren't motivating — they're paralyzing. The daily reset means you never open the app to a wall of failure. You always open it to a clean slate and a simple question. If something was truly important, you'll choose it again today. If it wasn't, letting it go is the right call. DESIGNED TO STAY VISIBLE ADHD often comes with "out of sight, out of mind" — if your tasks aren't visible, they don't exist. 3ThingsPal puts your three priorities everywhere: Home Screen widgets show your tasks at a glance. Lock Screen widgets mean you see them every time you pick up your phone. Live Activities keep your current focus in the Dynamic Island or on the Lock Screen — a persistent, gentle nudge. Apple Watch app lets you check off tasks from your wrist without getting pulled into your phone (and its infinite distractions). THE FEELING MATTERS Completing a task triggers a satisfying visual celebration — because ADHD brains run on dopamine, and small wins need to feel like wins. Progress rings fill up throughout the day, giving you visual proof that yes, you did accomplish something meaningful. You can customize themes, colors, backgrounds, and app icons. This isn't vanity — for many neurodivergent users, aesthetic friction is a real barrier to opening an app consistently. WHO 3THINGSPAL IS FOR People with ADHD who have tried every productivity system and felt broken when none of them stuck. People with anxiety who are overwhelmed by their to-do list. Busy parents who need to focus on what actually matters today. Students who struggle with prioritization. Minimalists who believe less structure leads to more action. Anyone who's read "Why I Limit Myself to Just Three Tasks Per Day" and thought: I need that as an app. PRIVACY All data stays on your device. No account. No cloud sync. No tracking. No analytics. Your daily three are nobody's business but yours. PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) Unlock extra themes, custom app icons, and premium widgets. Weekly ($0.99), yearly ($5.99), or lifetime ($9.99). The free version is fully functional — Premium is for people who want to customize the experience. You don't need a better system. You need a simpler one. Three things. That's it. Start today. Terms of Use: https://elevenapril.com/3thingspal-terms Privacy Policy: https://elevenapril.com/3thingspal-privacy

Too many ideas. No idea where to start. Project Jar is for people whose problem was never coming up with things to make - it's picking one. Drop every idea into the jar, and when you finally have a free evening, let the jar decide. CAPTURE IT BEFORE IT'S GONE • Add an idea in seconds - type it, or hold the mic and just talk • Tag it: music, app, video, writing, or categories you invent • Attach photos and reference shots • Search everything you've ever thrown in LET FATE PICK • Tap spin and watch your Spark pull a slip out of the jar • Seven animated draw scenes to pick from • Exclude the categories you're not in the mood for today • The decision is made. Go make something. ONE IDEA, ONE PAGE • Every idea opens as a document - notes, headings, bullets, photos and to-dos in one flow • Check things off as you go • Turn an idea into a real project the moment it's ready A COMPANION THAT NEVER GUILT-TRIPS YOU • Your Spark lives in a little room and reacts to what you make • Disappear for a week? It gets more encouraging, not less. This is the opposite of a guilt app. • Unlock new looks, posters and postcards the more you create • After 30 quiet days it moves out - and you can always bring it home TRACK SHOWING UP, NOT OUTPUT • A GitHub-style activity grid across every project you touch • Tap any day to see exactly what you did • Streaks that celebrate and never scold YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS • No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking • Everything lives on your iPhone • Optional daily reminder, entirely local OPTIONAL AI Voice capture works the moment you install it, using Apple's built-in speech recognition - free, no setup, nothing to configure. If you want Whisper-grade transcription plus automatic parsing of a rambling voice note into a clean, tagged idea, there are two ways to get it: 1. Bring your own keys — paste your OpenAI and Anthropic API keys in Settings. Free in the app; you pay your provider directly. 2. Subscribe to ProjectJar AI — no keys, no setup. ProjectJar AI · $1.99 per month, auto-renewing Whisper transcription and smart idea parsing with nothing to configure. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the period ending. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gitlab.com/seisembay/projectjar/-/blob/main/privacy-policy.md App terms: https://gitlab.com/seisembay/projectjar/-/blob/main/terms.md Built by one person with far too many unfinished projects, who needed this to exist.