Tethers vs Just Do Three

Tethers is a calm, private relationship tracker for the people who matter most. Made for iPhone and iPad, Tethers adapts continuously across full screen, split screen, and rotation while keeping your private atlas focused and readable. Life moves fast. Months pass before you realize you haven't called your college roommate, caught up with your mentor, or checked in on a friend going through something hard. Tethers helps you stay ahead of that drift, not with pressure, but with a gentle nudge at the right moment. Organize by closeness Put people into tiers — Inner Circle, Close, Regular, or whatever makes sense to you. Each tier has its own check-in rhythm. When it's been too long, you'll know. Gentle nudges, not guilt No streaks. No scores. No shame. Just a quiet daily reminder when someone could use a “hey, thinking of you.” You set the pace, one nudge a day or five, whenever feels right. Log the ways you actually connect A quick call. A long catch-up in person. A birthday text. Tethers tracks how you connect — calls, texts, in-person visits, or anything else — so the picture of your relationships stays accurate over time. Birthdays, remembered Add birthdays and Tethers will quietly surface them before the day arrives, so you're never sending a late message again. Message ideas, on your terms Tethers writes and checks message ideas on your device. On supported iOS 27 devices, optional Private Deep Read can send only one selected relationship’s redacted notes and check-in context to Apple Private Cloud Compute when you explicitly request it. Tethers contact fields, photos, birthdays, tags, other relationships, your writing profile, final drafting, and message sending stay on your device. Your existing drafts remain available if you decline, cancel, lose the connection, or reach Apple’s daily allowance. Relationship insights See how your year looked: total check-ins, who you reached out to most, connection patterns by type, and which relationships might need a little more attention. Honest, useful, never judgmental. Your data, and only yours Tethers stores relationship data on your device, with optional private iCloud sync through your Apple account. No Tethers account. No third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking. Private Deep Read is optional and request-only. Apple says PCC request data is used only to fulfill the request and is not stored after the response. Tethers isn't about optimizing your social life. It's about not losing the people you care about to the noise of everyday life.

Trying to do everything means finishing nothing. Just Do Three helps you focus on what actually matters today. Instead of managing an overwhelming list of tasks, you choose three priorities for the day. That’s it. When those three things are done, the day is a success. Simple. Clear. Achievable. Just Do Three is designed for people who want a lightweight productivity tool without complicated systems, subscriptions, or endless task management features. How it works • Pick the three most important things you want to accomplish today • Focus on completing those tasks • Track your progress and build momentum Premium Features Upgrade to unlock powerful insights and planning tools: • Schedule tasks up to a week ahead • Import tasks from a file • Day, week, month, and year productivity analytics • Recurring weekly and monthly tasks • Stretch goal tracking • “Most Avoided Tasks” insights • Add tasks from a paper list or photo via OCR. • Add tasks to your iPhone calendar as tasks or calendar entries • Have a "work list" and a "personal list" and track them separately. • Export your list as a csv for use elsewhere. Built for simplicity • No clutter • No complicated productivity systems • No endless lists Just pick three things. And do them.