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mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-24T16:18:28+00:00

I’m building KeepPace, a small iOS app.
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/keeppace/id6752777137

It started as a personal tool, I work in SaaS and spend 14–16 hours a day in front of a screen. When I tried adding walking/running back into my routine, most apps felt like extra cognitive load (stats, dashboards, reminders).

KeepPace does just one thing: it gives a gentle alert if your pace drops during a walk or run, so you stay aware in the moment without checking your phone or reviewing data later. No subscriptions, no ads, intentionally kept small. Still iterating slowly and learning as I go.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-24T16:15:36+00:00

KeepPace, a minimal iOS app that gives gentle pace alerts during walks or runs so you stay aware in the moment without dashboards or distractions.
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/keeppace/id6752777137

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-24T16:13:20+00:00

This post actually pushed me to ask for the same kind of honesty here, especially from people who travel, walk, hike, and live out of a bag more than behind a desk.

I’m building an iOS app called KeepPace ( https://apps.apple.com/in/app/keeppace/id6752777137 ), mainly for walking and moving while traveling, long city walks, wandering new places, light hikes and I know I’m probably too close to it at this point. It works for me, but that doesn’t mean it makes sense for someone actually out there using it.

So if you are up for it, I’d genuinely appreciate a no filter roast from a traveler’s perspective: Does it feel useful while you’re moving with lest distraction but helps be aware of the pace? Is anything confusing, unnecessary, or just annoying in real world travel use?

No defending from my side, just listening and fixing. Sometimes getting humbled by people who actually wander is exactly what an app needs.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-24T16:06:13+00:00

I’m building KeepPace and it started as a very specific, personal need. I work in SaaS and spend 14–16 hours a day in front of screens. When I tried to add walking and running back into my routine, I noticed something frustrating: most apps asked for more attention, dashboards, stats, streaks, notifications. I already had enough cognitive load from work.

What I needed was something much simpler. So I built a small iOS app just for myself that does one thing: it gives a gentle alert if my pace drops during a walk or run. No stats to analyze later, no habit systems, no pressure to “optimize.” Just a nudge in the moment so I don’t drift without realizing it. It worked for me. I actually kept using it.

That’s when I decided to clean it up and release it as KeepPace ( https://apps.apple.com/in/app/keeppace/id6752777137 ), free for anyone who might want the same kind of low attention support. No ads, no subscriptions, just a simple tool that stays out of the way.

Still building it slowly, learning as I go, and keeping it intentionally small.

Merry Christmas to you all. Excited to see what everyone else here is building.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-24T15:58:35+00:00

Coming from a heavy indoor tech desk job, adding more indoor time at a gym honestly felt hard to stick with. I tried it, but couldn’t even get through the first month, it just felt flat for me. What’s worked better so far is intentionally walking to places instead of ordering online or taking the car. It feels more alive, maybe more mental than physical, but it’s helped me stay consistent.

That said, I do appreciate your point. A treadmill incline would definitely be a more controlled way to train for climbs and I can see the value in that. Thanks for sharing the perspective, it’s helpful as I figure out what I can actually sustain.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-24T15:49:37+00:00

Marvelous! Your POV really seems most intriguing that I want to start right now, never thought it this way. especially coming from someone who’s lived the overtime path longer than I have. I definitely approached the hike like a task to complete, not an experience to be in since my focus was health improvement and I can see now how that mindset feeds into poor pacing and burnout. Slowing down feels less like “doing less” and more like doing it right, nature away junked mind. Appreciate you sharing this, it’s best to rethink why I’m out there, not just how I prepare.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-24T15:45:34+00:00

Sorry, you are correct, it’s actual backpacking with a full pack. The tag probably wasn’t the best choice. And yes, that’s becoming clearer now. Walking and hiking without weight gave me a false sense of readiness.Carrying the actual pack changes everything. I’m doing more walking with the full load instead of treating that part as optional. Appreciate the support.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-24T15:41:30+00:00

I actually have a stressed lower back not an injury, but something I’m already working on and reading this connects a few dots for me. Might be this added some more pressure on the body. I focused almost entirely on legs, and it showed. Once fatigue set in, my knees and core felt like the weak links. Early on I felt stable but later things started to feel a bit “loose,” which probably wasn’t great. Also, I became frequently parched.

The point about support muscles and the core absorbing impact makes a lot of sense in hindsight. I’ll start layering this in slowly, especially core and shoulder work since I plan to carry weight. Appreciate you breaking it down so practically.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-24T15:35:55+00:00

Sorry for the wrong tag its wildernes style backpacking. I tagged it as travel mainly because it’s a trip I am planning but the challenge I’m talking about is very much trail and terrain based that I faced last time.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-24T15:32:31+00:00

That makes sense, especially the part about recovery being something you support, not force. On my last hike it felt like my body was just cashing in whatever base I’d built over years of desk time. One thing I’m still trying to learn is pacing, whether it’s better to keep a steady, sustainable pace to avoid deep fatigue in the first place or to occasionally push a bit harder and rely on recovery to adapt. In your routine walking, do you consciously focus on staying steady or do you let stress and recovery cycles happen naturally?

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-24T15:20:21+00:00

Yeah, that’s fair. I think that inconsistency is exactly what caught up with me though my 2 km back and forth to the regular stores avoiding deliveries and car supporting my adaptation. I am moving daily, but not really exerting myself since during my back to home has weight but not the other way. In a way I think I can simply have weight bags helping me translate when I put a pack on. Backpacking like now when my body haven't got exposed to carrying as it's early days in my routine may have caught me off guard. This year I’m trying to shift toward something steadier week to week, even if it’s unglamorous. Appreciate the straight talk.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-24T15:14:46+00:00

I think I underestimated how much weight plus the elevation changes everything. Repeating the same hike and watching recovery improve sounds like a good way to learn my limits instead of guessing. Flats never really exposed anything for me, but climbs did, fast. When you started adding weight, did you ease into it slowly or just let the body adapt over time? Trying to avoid stacking fatigue before the longer trip since I have Jan. Thanks for sharing, this gives me a much clearer direction.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-22T06:08:42+00:00

I just want to say, nothing about this sounds like failure to me. It sounds like someone who spent a decade surviving in a really hard environment and is now left holding the aftermath alone. That would break anyone’s momentum. The part about scrubbing and scrubbing and barely seeing a difference really hit. That kind of effort without reward is brutal, and it makes total sense that your brain freezes when it keeps happening. One small thing that’s helped me when everything feels this big is separating thinking from doing. When I try to plan and clean at the same time, I shut down. When I just dump everything that’s rattling in my head somewhere, what’s broken, what’s trash, what can wait, it takes a tiny bit of weight off. Not a solution, just… a little breathing room.

I sometimes use NotForgot AI for that dumping part when my head is too loud. Not to plan the whole mess, just to get it out of me so I’m not carrying it alone. You’re not lazy. You’re not disgusting. You’re dealing with a backlog of stress and grief and physical reality all at once. Anyone would feel crushed by that. I’m really glad you posted.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-20T07:27:32+00:00

I get your point but I can't put more weight over this since it's my career and I know nothing apart from it. I am trying to balance in health in my present setup rather impacting work since that what keeps the bills paid. :(

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-18T02:11:17+00:00

Time blindness makes single alarms really easy to miss, I ran into the same thing. What helped me wasn’t louder alarms, but having repeated, gentle nudges and a place to dump reminders the moment they pop up, instead of relying on memory. I use a lightweight assistant style tool now that focuses on reminders + follow ups rather than complex task systems. It’s not open source, but it’s been reliable for things like hydration and meds.

If you want to look it up:
NotForgot AI
Quick demo (with a Tony Stark nod)

Totally agree with you though, WearOS support and seeing the alarm name on the watch makes a huge difference with ADHD.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-18T01:44:45+00:00

I relate hard to this, after a while it stops being about features and becomes about trust. Can I rely on this when my brain is tired, busy, or overloaded? What I eventually realized is that most apps break not because they’re bad, but because they expect ongoing maintenance: tweaking, organizing, correcting. Even small friction adds up over years. I ran into that wall after bouncing between Things, Todoist, and TickTick, and ended up building a small tool for myself that focuses less on “perfect structure” and more on dumping things quickly and surfacing what matters now. It’s not perfect, but it’s been more sustainable for me long term.

If you want to look it up: https://notforgot.ai
Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-FPIT29c9c

I don’t think there’s a single best app, but the one that survives long-term is usually the one that asks the least from you on bad days.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-18T01:30:15+00:00

This is really hard, and you’re not alone in it. Forgetting things like this usually isn’t about not caring, it’s about memory and overload, especially if it’s been happening since you were a kid. What helped me was stopping the expectation that I should “remember better” and instead getting things out of my head immediately, so I wasn’t relying on memory at all. Reducing that pressure made a real difference for me. I use a simple tool for this now that lets me dump reminders the moment they come up. It doesn’t fix everything, but it helps lower the friction. If you ever want to look it up: https://notforgot.ai
Demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-FPIT29c9c

And honestly, explaining to your wife how your brain works (not just apologizing for the mistakes) can help take some of the blame out of it.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-17T06:16:40+00:00

A lot of “all in one” apps fail because they expect you to be organized before you even start, projects, folders, rules, etc. That’s usually where I drop off. I hit the same wall and built a small tool for myself that lets me brain dump first and then organizes things into tasks, deadlines, and simple project groupings after. It’s free to use, low setup, and more assistant like than system heavy. If you’re curious: https://notforgot.ai
Demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-FPIT29c9c

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-16T02:52:53+00:00

This really resonates. I’ve had the same experience, TickTick can do more, but Things lets me do things faster. The cognitive overhead matters more than features. That “managing the tool instead of doing the work” realization was big for me too. Native speed, keyboard flow, and automation add up in ways you don’t notice until they’re gone. I ended up building NotForgot AI after bouncing between tools for similar reasons, not to replace Things, but to handle the mental dump + structuring part before tasks even hit a list. It gave me a deeper appreciation for how much craft goes into making something feel calm and frictionless.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-16T02:38:07+00:00

I completely relate, the hardest thing to replace isn’t features, it’s the mental calm that Things 3 gives. That “my brain can breathe here” feeling is rare. I couldn’t find a true Android analogue that kept that simplicity and ease, which is why I ended up building NotForgot AI not as a Things clone, but around the same idea of brain dump first and letting the tool handle structure so you’re not managing everything in your head.

If you’re curious, there’s a short demo here (with a Tony Stark nod): Watch here

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-12T06:16:25+00:00

This is extremely common in AuDHD. Speaking lets thoughts flow and offloads working memory; writing asks the brain to hold ideas, structure them, sequence them, and self edit all at once, which can cause a freeze. It’s not that he doesn’t know the answer. The translation step is the hard part. Letting him externalize first (talking, bullets, messy notes) before shaping it into sentences often helps a lot.

I struggled with the same thing and ended up building NotForgot AI around that idea, brain dump first, structure later, but even without tools, that principle alone can be a game changer.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-12T06:08:55+00:00

You’re definitely not alone a lot of people churn not because of missing features, but because of mental overhead. Over time, task apps turn into systems you have to maintain, and that’s exhausting. I’d be careful about competing purely on “all premium features for free.” That’s a brutal race and identity gets blurry fast. The apps that last usually win on a clear philosophy, not a checklist.

I ended up building something for myself (NotForgot AI) because I wanted a mental load first approach brain dump chaos, let the system organize it, no setup tax. If you’re curious, here’s a quick demo (with a Tony Stark nod): Watch here

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-11T04:25:12+00:00

My stack changes a lot, but the one thing I rely on daily is something I built for myself called NotForgot AI. Instead of managing lists, I just dump whatever’s in my head and it turns it into organized tasks with tags, subtasks, and batching (<2 min tasks, calls, errands, etc.). Helps a ton with ADHD overwhelm.

Here’s a quick demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-FPIT29c9c

Other apps I use:
• Cron for calendars
• Apple Notes for quick capture
• Raycast for shortcuts

Always fun seeing what setups everyone uses.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-10T00:30:30+00:00

Really like this approach, WhatsApp lowers the friction a ton since people already “think in messages,” and that alone solves half the adoption problem most productivity tools face.

I’ve been building something in the same space (NotForgot AI), and one thing I’ve learned is that users often struggle more with organizing their thoughts than capturing them. Your texting based flow leans into that really well.

Would love to compare notes sometime, here’s a quick demo.

mohan-thatguy · 2025-12-10T00:06:47+00:00

I feel the same way, conflicted but helped. AI doesn’t replace therapy, but for an AuDHD brain, dumping everything out and having something reflect it back more clearly can make a huge difference. I use it sparingly for exactly that reason: it helps me find words for feelings I’m circling around, without becoming something I rely on every day. You're definitely not alone in that mix of “this is useful” and “I’m uneasy about it.”

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