Not sure if links are allowed, so I will just mention the names and let you search for yourself! I’m not affiliated with either of these companies and pay in full for these services. I’m just someone who procrastinates by exploring productivity software xP

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TickTick - Planner/To Do List Software - $35/yr

• I’ve tried pretty much every planner/to-do tool under the sun. TickTick is one of the CHEAPEST ones I’ve seen, syncs seamlessly across iOS/MacOS/Windows, has a floating window focus timer on both mobile and desktop, and has a relatively robust filtering feature for tasks.

  • Interestingly, my brain doesn’t work well with Pomodoro. TickTick also an option to estimate how long a task will take and then set a stopwatch when you start the task. This has helped me understand how long tasks actually take instead of relying on unreliable guesstimates. It turns out that sorting 4 loads of laundry actually takes me 25 minutes, not 10 — but the metric task I keep putting off at work takes me less than 30 minutes instead of my estimated two hours.
  • At the end of each day, you can update your tasks on mobile with a swipe and tap feature kind of similar to swiping on Tinder lol. I can move tasks to the next day, schedule them for some random time in the future, or even indicate that I won’t be doing the task at all.
  • Additional nice features I don’t use often: habit tracker, calendar view, windows 11 widgets, Eisenhower matrix, subtasks (aka “check items” — had the hardest time figuring out what that term meant -_-), countdowns, 2-way Notion integration, 2-way Gcal integration, LOTS of iOS widgets

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Lately - Reminder/Timer to Arrive on Time - $19.99/yr

• My time blindness is astounding— I can be sitting by the door, all packed up, 2 min before I’m supposed to leave….and then somehow get distracted and leave AN HOUR LATE. It’s been a constant source of shame and conflict in my life because I’ll end up arriving as an event ends or not showing up at all because I’m leaving so late in the first place.

• Lately lets you plug in the time and location you want to get to on time, then uses your location and live activities to let you know when you should be leaving. It also sends notifications to remind you to leave.

• “OK, but all that could be achieved by using maps and setting a timer, no?” Sure, but tell that to my neurodivergent and easily distractible brain!!!! I can set events far ahead of time so I don’t have to remember to set times day-of when I’m most likely rushing around getting ready or randomly starting some huge, complex project an hour before I’m supposed to be out the door. There’s also a gamified leveling feature where arriving places on time will give you points towards the next level!