For overwhelm
One thing at a time
Beacon's home screen shows a single focal task, your next move, with the backlog tucked away. Less to look at means you are far more likely to start.
A calm external brain, for ADHD
Start what you keep avoiding.
Beacon is a gentle, ADHD-friendly reminders app that shows you one clear next step, never the whole overwhelming list. It sits on top of Apple Reminders, so Siri still works and nothing gets lost.
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Every reminders app was built for a brain you don't have.
Most to-do apps assume you'll see the list, feel motivated, and just do it. If you have ADHD, you know the truth: the list becomes a wall. Time quietly disappears. The thing you're avoiding gets heavier every hour. And then the app makes it worse with an angry red "OVERDUE" and a broken streak, so you delete it and feel a little worse about yourself.
Beacon is built for how your brain actually works. It knows about:
- Task paralysis, when starting feels impossible, even for a two-minute thing.
- Time blindness, when "later" silently becomes "too late."
- Out of sight, out of mind, where if you can't see it, it doesn't exist.
- The shame spiral, the guilt that makes you avoid the app entirely.
How Beacon helps
For time blindness
Time you can actually see
Every task shows a calm countdown and a realistic estimate, quietly padded because things take longer than we think. No red alarms, no panic. Just a gentle sense of where your day is going.
For task paralysis
Shrink the first step
Any task can collapse into a two-minute starting move. Start a focus session with a built-in body double timer, and Beacon asks only one thing: what counts as started? Beginning is the hardest part, so Beacon makes it tiny.
For working memory
Brain-dump it, Beacon sorts it
Type or say a messy thought and Beacon pulls out the task and the time for you, entirely on your device. Get it out of your head before it slips away.
For out of sight, out of mind
Park it, guilt-free
Not ready today? Set a task aside in the Parking Lot. Beacon holds onto it and brings it back gently when the time is right. Nothing is lost, and nothing nags.
For the shame spiral
Kind on the hard days
No red "overdue." No broken streaks. No "you should have." Miss something and Beacon reframes it gently, then celebrates every win, the small ones too. The shame cycle is why so many of us abandon apps, and we refuse to be part of it.
For your whole iPhone
Works with Siri and Apple Reminders
Beacon builds on Apple Reminders and Calendar. Add something with Siri and it shows up in Beacon, sorted and doable. It rides along to your Home Screen widgets, Lock Screen Live Activities, and Apple Watch, so your next step is always a glance away.
For your peace of mind
Private by design
Everything lives on your device. No account, no sign-in, no tracking, no ads. Your tasks are yours, full stop.
See Beacon in action
Think of Beacon as a calm external brain.
It remembers, times, sequences, and shrinks your tasks, so you do not have to hold it all in your head. Built for ADHD, and honestly, for anyone who has ever felt behind.
From the blog
We write about ADHD, focus, and building calm software that respects your attention. More soon.
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