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Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD

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There are a number of habit apps I have seen that sort of fall into this niche. Some have checklists.

Please give any example! I have never found anything that specifically does repeatable checklists.

Checkli: https://www.checkli.com/

Process Street: https://www.process.st/

https://checklist.com/ also lets you create "checklist templates"

Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD

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As a person with ADD: this is a great idea. One thought: it would be cool if it could show the next item on your checklist on your phone's lock screen (or as a notification) to keep you focused on it.

At the moment I haven't done anything around notifications yet which I will explore soon. I have to be careful not to assume what a persons checklist is for though, as I want to be careful that notifications are always wanted.

iOS has a setting to indicate what level of privacy notifications need. My Lock Screen notifications just say the app, not the content.

Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD

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Hi 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 my…

I love the simplicity and clean UI. Don’t add too many features! This is the problem with a lot of todo list type apps.

Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD

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Hi 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 my…

I love the simplicity and clean UI. Don’t add too many features! This is the problem with a lot of todo list type apps.

Thank you :) I'm going to keep it as simple as I can

Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD

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The child needs to talk. And an adult capable of listening. Deepening your empathy is totally within your control.

How much continuous listening in hours of time? That is a serious question. This is not a conversation with back and forth. It is a continuous unending stream of vocals. At what point should the child be expected to listen? Please do not confuse empathy for sympathy.

> How much continuous listening in hours of time?

There’s no ‘right’ answer for that.

One branch of my inlaws talk to each other in continuous stream of consciousness literally all day long and they are perfectly happy. I’d want to jump off a bridge after a day or so of having to listen to that. But that’s on me…

Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD

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I find these tools work great until you "cave" and ignore it. Like I had a reminder app, worked great for 2 weeks until I ignored it one day. Then it became easy to ignore. I find this true for every brain hack I've found. It works until my brain realizes it doesn't need to listen. I don't want to use drugs for ADHD. Especially after seeing my uncle ruin his life over the course of a decade. Productive, excelled, dru…

People with ADHD who medicate are less likely to suffer from drug addiction than the general population, not more.

Yeah, we’re more likely to forget to take medication than to get addicted.

Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD

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Really cool and I always love these types of apps. My personal favorite is TickTick right now. It is basically cross platform on all OS's, save for Linux (but you can use a browser extension too so it works). The downside it's account based so in order to sync you must have an account.

Also there are some cool features that are only accessible if you become a subscriber. On Android alone, the widgets they've made are spectacular. You can hit a checkbox and it disappears, color toward priority, and organize by date due. Mac has a similar popup as well which is very nice. Windows you need to open the app but it can also be in the overflow panel.

It is the best cross platform TODO software I've found.

Re: Show HN: I built an app to create repeatable checklists to help with ADHD

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On iOS, I have a repeating reminder. However, reminder notification in iOS is very non-intrusive and very easy to miss or dismiss. I have a shortcut that runs everyday at bedtime and looks for any due reminders in a specific list. If it finds any, it will enable a dedicated alarm (alarm with a specific name, time and sound I have setup but disabled by default). Alarms need more attention and action to dismiss than re…

Can you share that shortcut? It seems very handy and I have the same problem with reminders. I'll just miss them.
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