Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD
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Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD
#2Hi Guys,
I'm Spencer and recently built CheckYourList to help with my ADHD.
The app lets you create repeatable checklists. It's great for packing lists, daily routines, cleaning lists and things that you need to take with you constantly. The reason it is different to apps like Apple reminders is once you complete a checklist you can uncheck every item so it is ready to go next time.
I built the app because I found myself forgetting things more and more after the birth of my son. For example, dropping him at daycare and then going to the gym, required so many things. I felt overwhelmed and would take ages to leave the house as I searched around looking for what I needed. I wanted a solution, I built this app to help.
The app is available on iOS and WatchOS and syncs between the two with all the data in iCloud (I never see the data).
I'm constantly iterating the app, I am currently working on the ability to keep a history of checklists you have completed so you can check you did things (like taking medication every morning). If anyone has any ideas for features they would like to see let me know :)
I'm mainly a web developer, I've put a lot of work in my spare time over the last six months learning iOS development and swift. The app is built in SwiftUI, which coming from javascript the syntax was quite comfortable, although the language does have some very big differences.
The most difficult thing was learning where SwiftUI would not work and how to drop down to UIKit where needed. Things like how to focus a text field programmatically are missing in SwiftUI (coming in iOS15).
A big thank you to Paul Hudson at hackingwithswift.com as without his HWS+ videos I don't think I could have built a production ready app as most tutorials don't cover production scenarios and apples documentation is truely terrible. His information on core data was invaluable.
You can see the app in the app store here: https://apps.apple.com/au/app/checkyourlist/id1571623264
Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD
#3I really like checklists. If you need convincing, read Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. They let you focus on the decisions rather than remembering the steps.
Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD
#4nice looking app, nice premise, too bad it's not on Android tho, but I like it a lot and wish you well ♥
Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD
#5My phone currently has 19 alarms on it with things like "feed cat", "put dishes away", and "give child medicine". The difficult part is that I don't always get to do the thing when I have the alarm set: Kids get up later or eat lunch earlier, we are out running an errand, etc. I'll give this a try, thanks!
Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD
#6Serious question. I have a foster child with severe ADHD. How can I teach them to shut the hell up?
It sometimes take 20 or 30 words to say something that can be said in maybe 4 words. When they ask questions they don’t wait for answers before saying other things. It’s like talking as an exercise to continuously hear your own voice like political talk radio but even less intelligible and all over the place. A continuous stream of talking long past having anything worth talking about that people don’t want to listen to.
Their communications and social skills are severely affected and under developed and immature because they won’t shut the hell up. They can’t listen because either they are talking or they are deliberately pausing the talking to pretend to listen only to be thinking about other bullshit they wish was spoken.
Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD
#7Serious question. I have a foster child with severe ADHD. How can I teach them to shut the hell up? It sometimes take 20 or 30 words to say something that can be said in maybe 4 words. When they ask questions they don’t wait for answers before saying other things. It’s like talking as an exercise to continuously hear your own voice like political talk radio but even less intelligible and all over the place. A continu…
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Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD
#8"I felt overwhelmed and would take ages to leave the house"
I identify with this so strongly and my friends and family have commented on it as well...
Unfortunately I don't have an iPhone. I would love to try it if you ported it to a web app though!
Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD
#9...is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inattention, bouts of excessive energy, hyper-fixation, and impulsivity, which are otherwise not appropriate for a person's age.[1][2][3][4] Some individuals with ADHD also display difficulty regulating emotions or problems with executive function.[1][5][6][7] For a diagnosis, the symptoms have to be present for more than six months, and cause problems in at least two settings (such as school, home, work, or recreational activities).[1][2] In children, problems paying attention may result in poor school performance.[8] Additionally, it is associated with other mental disorders and substance use disorders.[9] Although it causes impairment, particularly in modern society, many people with ADHD can have sustained attention for tasks they find interesting or rewarding (known as hyperfocus).[10][11]
People with ADHD of all ages are more likely to have problems with social skills, such as social interaction and forming and maintaining friendships. This is true for all presentations. About half of children and adolescents with ADHD experience social rejection by their peers compared to 10–15% of non-ADHD children and adolescents. People with attention deficits are prone to having difficulty processing verbal and nonverbal language which can negatively affect social interaction. They also may drift off during conversations, miss social cues, and have trouble learning social skills.[54]
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Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD
#10Serious question. I have a foster child with severe ADHD. How can I teach them to shut the hell up? It sometimes take 20 or 30 words to say something that can be said in maybe 4 words. When they ask questions they don’t wait for answers before saying other things. It’s like talking as an exercise to continuously hear your own voice like political talk radio but even less intelligible and all over the place. A continu…
Why are you taking care of a children that's so annoying? It's like having a dog that won't stop chewing your things. At some point you have to say "you've taken enough of my sanity away". You have to get rid of toxic people.