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Signl List: a to-do app built around what matters today

An iPhone to-do app that asks one question each morning: what would make today a win? Now in TestFlight beta.

Problem

Most to-do apps make it easy to add tasks and hard to choose. The list grows, the important work hides in it, and unfinished tasks turn into guilt.

Role

I built Signl List as a side project. I own the product, the design and the code.

Solution

  • Each morning you pick your priorities for the day, three by default. Those are your signal.
  • Insights shows signal versus noise: how much of your time went to priorities.
  • Unfinished tasks carry forward. After three moves, the app asks if they still matter.
  • Routines live apart from to-dos, so a missed habit never clutters today's list.
  • Recovery days and streaks reward rest instead of punishing it.

It's an Expo and React Native app, built and shipped with EAS. Data stays on the phone, with no account needed. See the product page.

The Signl List Today screen: three priorities, two other to-dos, and routines.

Today

Insights: 74% of this week's time went to signal, against an 80% goal.

Insights: signal vs noise

Priorities first, then everything else. Insights shows how much time went to what mattered.

Outcome

Public beta with friends and family
TestFlight
Public beta with friends and family
Built with Expo and shipped through EAS
iOS
Built with Expo and shipped through EAS

The app is in a public TestFlight beta, with an App Store launch to follow.

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