u/Familiar_Play_3867

Working on an app that is sort of the opposite of all note or productivity apps. Hated seeing dashboards or a bunch of lists nagging me. Wanted something that does not feel overly techy or AI-slop and can even pair with using a physical planner. The idea is having a bunch of blobs you can customize, resize and move around at its core.

We recently started a closed beta and looking to add more beta testers to nail down different use cases. Our users so far have been getting an aha moment with how quick it is to dump their thoughts and have the app organize for them and hold the thread. As well as give them useful actions to progress. And they felt like the visuals worked and made them want to actually come back to their home page and not avoid it like other apps.

Looking for feedback on those! Comment or DM me and I'll send the beta invite!

For context I have ADHD and have tried all notes apps and stopped using them due to complexity/setup and also just not finding them useful for my brain. And I see hundreds of apps out there that all still look the same, some sort dashboard with lists and reminders.

I feel like I want something more visual. I want to build my own where the main page feels like somewhere I actually want to be and not run away from. Like now I've resorted to just Apple Notes for speed, but it has become a graveyard of thoughts and so much gets lost in it.

I want to make something where it feels visually simple and appealing for my ADHD brain. That does not feel like a techy dashboard but something sort of hand-drawn and customizable. And then I just want to dump my thoughts and have it organize for me. But also work well and hold the thread long-term, because all the LLM based tools or wrappers just become terrible over time and forget.

Would people want to use an app that goes in basically opposite direction of a lot of productivity tools? That focuses on simplicity and feeling visually appealing

As an adhd person I just feel like they are the opposite of what my brain needs. I don't want more effort to set up an app. I don't want to make hundreds of tagged markdown files to see in a mind map. Or spend a bunch of time formatting Notion. Or whatever new app that is just another markdown visualizer or Apple Notes-esque app. I just want to dump my scattered thoughts and something hold the thread and keep my to my goals. Why does it feel like all the current apps and their designs are the opposite of what my brain wants to visualize or interact with?