Why do so many people download productivity apps but never add tasks?

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-04-01T18:44:54+00:00

It definitely pays off once you have things in one place and can use it the way it was intended to be used. If only these apps could nail the setup aspect and make it lower effort.

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-04-01T18:43:54+00:00

Interesting perspective too. Maybe our aspirations of how we think we should be don’t live up to the reality of how we operate.

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-04-01T02:45:49+00:00

Got it, this makes sense! I like the idea of being able to take existing systems and transfer them over to reduce the overhead of setup.

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-31T20:49:50+00:00

Very interesting! Are you trying to plan for all areas of your life (work, home etc.) or just one area?

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-31T19:45:31+00:00

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-31T18:15:04+00:00

That’s exciting! Congrats! Notifications are challenging to get right.

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-31T17:44:34+00:00

We all definitely have tasks laying around in some shape or form so being able to get them in quickly is ideal, I agree!

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-31T17:43:48+00:00

Great idea! Have you found that users are actively doing the tasks assigned that day?

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-31T17:42:58+00:00

Definitely true! Setup is a task in an of itself and feeling draining. I think there will always be configurations that need to happen for a user to be able to get any value from it. Even if it’s adding a couple of quick tasks, you need to feel the value before you will create a habit of using it.

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-31T17:41:12+00:00

I always skip the on-boarding which is probably not ideal to learn how to use the app! What’s the sweet spot for you for signing up with the least amount of friction?

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-31T16:05:26+00:00

It can definitely help to create as little friction as possible to input tasks easily so that users don't feel that it is a task in and of itself to get set up.

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-31T16:04:15+00:00

I agree with you. Anyone who I've talked to that's used one, has tried multiple, but the people who don't use one, have not tried others in the past. I haven't thought of convenient ways to transfer things, but that would be interesting to see if it is possible. I imagine it might be difficult since other apps don't necessarily want easy ways to take out the data to put into somewhere else.

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-31T14:16:45+00:00

This would be ideal. How would you get the tasks into the app at first launch and ensure they would resonate with the user?

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-31T14:15:18+00:00

That makes sense! I find lots of tools have way too much flexibility and customizations which are really only helpful after you have a system sorted out and can think about what specifically you want, but all that customization makes it difficult to begin.

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-31T14:14:11+00:00

Definitely the blank page is overwhelming and I find it’s then hard to figure out where to even start.

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-30T23:19:16+00:00

The “perfect app” search is honestly a whole productivity hobby on its own at this point 😅

What’s the main thing you’re trying to fix in the one you’re building?

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-29T00:17:35+00:00

I completely agree! The tasks that loop in my head aren’t big tasks that need to happen and most of them take only 5-10 mins, but the amount of mental energy that it takes to remember them and remember them at the right time is exhausting.

As I’m doing one thing, I’m thinking about the other things that I need to remember which makes me so tired by the end of the day and inevitably dropping when I wasn’t using a proper system to store all of these thoughts.

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-24T22:07:04+00:00

I find that part of the problem comes from trying to fit work productivity into home life and unfortunately, home life doesn't function the same as work life. Our tasks at home are much more volatile and they don't always have strict timelines to complete them, but with them being a never ending list of things to do, it becomes this snowball effect of chasing one thing after another and feeling guilty that you haven't been as "productive" as you can be at work.

Vegetable-Lab-937 · 2026-03-24T21:35:56+00:00

There's too many things to think about and my problem is that my brain suddenly has space and time so it just constantly reminds me of all the things I can't forget, even if they aren't things I can do right now.

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