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Coming soon to Google Play · Closed beta by invitation

Finish what you start. Without guilt.

Pick up to 3 important tasks, start with a 5-minute first step and close the day knowing that what you did counts. A clear method for when everything stays half done.

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Free
No accounts, no ads
Your data stays on your phone

Tarefin's Today screen: three important tasks (Call the client, Prepare proposal and Review emails), each with its Start button.

Sound familiar?

The day fills up and what matters stays half done

You're not the only one. It happens to professionals, founders and students alike.

You open five things and close none

You start the report, answer an email, remember a bill… and at 6 p.m. everything is still half done.

Everything feels urgent

When everything weighs the same, just deciding where to begin is tiring. And what really matters gets pushed to later.

The list keeps growing

You end the day thinking about what you didn't do. The next morning it's even harder to get going.

A desk covered with sticky notes and pending tasks.

It's not a lack of willpower. Starting, staying focused and finishing are skills, and a good method supports them.Tarefin doesn’t ask you for more discipline: it helps you choose, start small and close the day in peace.

How it works

Three steps, every day

No endless lists, no streaks that punish you. Just what you need to start and finish.

Pick up to 3 that matter

Not 20. Only what truly moves your day forward. A title is all you need to create a task.
Start with 5 minutes

Write a first step that takes 5 minutes or less and tap “Start”: a 25-minute focus block begins.
Close the day without guilt

You decide what to do with what's pending, and the app reminds you that what you did counts. Tomorrow starts with the step ready.

Screens

This is Tarefin

Calm, readable, with light and dark themes.

Today screen in light theme: greeting, tasks finished this week and three tasks with a Start button. — **Today**Your 3 that matter and a button to start.
Light theme

Focus block in dark theme: 18:34 timer over the step Open the document and write the title, with Park an idea, I'm stuck, Too much and Done buttons. — **Focus block**25 minutes, one thing. Stray ideas get parked.
Dark theme

End of day in light theme with the self-forgiveness card and tomorrow's first step. — **End of day**Explicit self-forgiveness and tomorrow's step ready.
Light theme

Weekly review in dark theme, WOOP step 5 of 5: the obstacle “I feel like I have too much on my plate” and the plan “Breathe for 1 minute and pick only the next task”. — **Weekly review (WOOP)**Wish, outcome, obstacle and plan for your week.
Dark theme

Android home screen with the Tarefin widget: a block in progress ending at 10:25 and the next task with a Start button. — **Widget**Your next step, right on the home screen.
Design · in development

Progress screen in dark theme: completion rate for the last 4 weeks and blocks completed. — **Progress**You compare with your past self, not with an ideal.
Dark theme

Images from the app's design; the beta version may look different.

Why it works

A method, not another to-do list

Tarefin is built on Peg Dawson and Richard Guare's executive skills model, plus techniques with research support.

Executive skills

A short self-assessment shows you 2 or 3 skills to work on and 2 strengths to lean on. The app picks concrete strategies for you.

Dawson and Guare's model

If-then plans

“If I finish my coffee, then I open the document.” Tying a task to a concrete cue makes it easier to start.

Gollwitzer

WOOP every week

Wish, outcome, obstacle and plan. Thinking about the obstacle before it shows up leaves you with a plan ready for when it does.

Oettingen

Short blocks and self-compassion

You work in 25-minute blocks with breaks. When you close the day, you forgive yourself for what's still pending: treating yourself kindly is linked to avoiding the task less next time.

Wohl; Sirois

Honestly: these techniques are backed by studies, with small to moderate effects; they aren't magic and they don't work the same for everyone. Tarefin is a personal organization tool: it is not a health service, it doesn't diagnose and it doesn't replace care from a professional.

A phone on a linen tablecloth in soft light.

Privacy

Your data stays on your phone

What you write in Tarefin is yours. There are no accounts and no servers storing your tasks, your answers or how you feel.

No accounts: you don't have to sign up to use it.
No ads and no selling of data.
Pseudonymous usage data only if you turn it on.
Encrypted backup with your password, saved wherever you choose.

Read the privacy policy

See it in action

From a half-done list to a closed day

A short tour of Tarefin: picking what matters, starting with the first step and closing the day.

FAQ

What people usually ask

Is it free?

Yes. The full method is free: your 3 important tasks for the day, the first step, focus blocks, the end-of-day review, the weekly review and the 4-week check-in.

When is it coming out?

Tarefin is in a closed beta on Android. Email us and we'll send you the Google Play testing invitation. The public launch will come after the beta.

Is there an iPhone version?

Later on. First we want the Android version to be really good, with help from the people testing it.

Is it a health app?

No. Tarefin is a personal organization tool. It doesn't diagnose, doesn't offer treatment and doesn't replace care from a professional. If you feel you need support, please reach out to a health professional.

What happens to my data?

It's stored only on your phone. If you want, you can create an encrypted backup or turn on pseudonymous usage data. All the details are in the privacy policy.

Which languages is it in?

English and Spanish.

Your next important task starts with 5 minutes

Join the Android beta: email us and we'll send you the invitation. It's free and your data stays on your phone.

Join the Android beta