JOT vs How Long Until?

JOT stands for Just One Thing — and that's exactly what you get. One to-do per day. Not a list. Not a system. One thing that actually matters. Most to-do apps help you collect tasks. JOT helps you finish the one that counts. HOW IT WORKS • Set three Core Pillars — the things you're actually working toward this quarter, like "Ship my side project," "Run a half marathon," or "Be present with my family." • Each morning, set your JOT: one task, usually serving one of your pillars (or the built-in Chores & Errands, because life happens). • Do it. Mark it done. That's the whole app. ALWAYS IN SIGHT A home-screen widget shows today's JOT at a glance — and gently asks for one when you haven't set it. Done for the day? The widget says so. PILLARS THAT KEEP YOU HONEST Your three pillars can only be changed once per calendar quarter — a deliberate constraint that forces you to commit to what matters instead of reshuffling your priorities every week. Past quarters are kept as history, so you can see how your focus has evolved. A BACKLOG WITH A POINT OF VIEW Ideas for future days go in the backlog, ordered by priority — and it's capped at ten. If you have more than ten todos, they were probably never getting done anyway. Pull one in with a tap whenever you're picking your day's JOT. SEE YOUR CONSISTENCY A contribution-style heatmap shows every day you followed through, with streaks and a per-pillar breakdown each quarter. Tap any pillar to see exactly what you did and when — or slide back through past days right on the dashboard, and check off something you finished but forgot to record. REMINDERS THAT KNOW WHEN TO SHUT UP Three daily nudges at times you choose. Haven't set a JOT? It reminds you to set one. Set but not done? It nudges you to finish. Done? Silence. You've earned it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. No analytics. No servers. Your data lives on your device and syncs quickly across your devices through your own iCloud — we never see it, because there's nothing for us to see it with. One thing a day, pointed at what matters. That's JOT.

How Long Until? makes waiting visible. Create a countdown for a date that matters. See how long remains, then keep track of the time since it happened. Add an optional time, choose a time zone, repeat an event weekly, monthly or yearly, and make every count feel like your own. Keep the next count on your Home Screen with a widget. On iPhone, you can also choose one event for the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Add local reminders, a photo, a color and one of seven visual styles. Your events stay on your device. There are no accounts, servers, analytics or ads. Export a backup whenever you choose, including photos, and restore it on another device yourself. How Long Until? is free and accepts no payments of any kind.