Steps
Know the very next step
Break big tasks into steps and see only the one you're on. Each step gets its own time, so you learn how long things really take.
A focus timer for ADHD and busy brains
The focus timer that expects interruptions. Switch in one tap, and the task you left waits with its timer and next step, right where you left it. Coming back takes seconds, not half an hour.
Free · iPhone, iPad, Mac & Apple Watch · No account needed
An hour later you're staring at the screen, trying to remember what you were doing before. The task isn't hard. Finding your way back into it is.
Most productivity apps assume you'll sit down with a list and work through it in order. Don't Forget is for days that don't go that way. It keeps your place for you, so an interruption costs you a detour, not the whole afternoon.
How it works
Three moments. No system to learn.
There's no setup and no method to follow. Most of the time you only need three buttons.
- 1
Start
Name what you're working on and go. The timer runs and your task stays front and center, on your Lock Screen, in the menu bar and on your wrist.
- 2
Switch
Something urgent? Tap Switch. Your task is parked with its time and steps saved, and the new one starts timing. Nothing to write down first.
- 3
Come back
A minute later a gentle notification asks: "Go back to this task?" Up Next keeps it at the top with your next step. Resume in one tap.
Working onSomething came up
▶ In Progress
Answer Sam's question
Started just now
▶ In Progress↩ Up Next · parked1:12:40
Write the project update
Step 2 of 3
Draft the risks section
Draft the risks section
✓ CompleteSwitchSwitch to This
↩
Go back to this task?
Write the project update
Up Next
“Oh right, that's still waiting.”
Up Next is one running order for what to work on next. The task you switched away from comes first, with how long ago you left it, the time already spent and your next step. Then your queue, then what's due soon.
- Switch to This picks it up exactly where it stopped.
- Not Now snoozes it until tomorrow, with no guilt attached.
- The same order shows up in the app, the Mac menu bar, widgets and on your Watch.
What you get
Less rebuilding. More finishing.
Everything in Don't Forget exists to make one of two things easier: staying on the task in front of you, or getting back to it.
Statistics
See where your time actually went
Focus time by day, week or month, how often you were pulled away and how your sessions ended. Recorded from your real sessions, never guessed.
Timeline
Where did my day go? Now you know.
Timeline lays your day on an hour grid: what you actually worked on, when, and every switch. Put it next to what you planned with Pro.
Voice
Say it, and it's a task.
Tap the mic and speak. The title, steps, reminder and folder fill in, and you check it before saving. Transcribed on your device, never sent anywhere.
Up Next
One running order for what to do next: the task you left, then your queue, then what's due soon.
Someday
Park ideas without committing to them. They're never pushed at you.
Pomodoro, optional
15, 25 or 50-minute sessions with 5 or 10-minute breaks, when a rhythm helps.
Pause that's honest
Pause any time. On Mac the timer pauses when you lock the screen or walk away.
"Stopped at"
Forgot to stop the timer? Set when you really stopped, and your day stays accurate.
Reminders & due dates
Plan tasks for later, sort them into folders, and add photos when words aren't enough.
Everywhere you work
Your task follows you from desk to wrist.
Start on your Mac, glance at your Watch, pick it up on your iPhone. Everything syncs through your own iCloud account.
iPhone
Live Activity and Dynamic Island keep your task visible in any app. Home and Lock Screen widgets start a task in a tap.
Mac
Lives in the menu bar with a floating widget, keyboard shortcuts and auto-pause when you step away.
Don't Forget for MaciPad
Two columns: your tasks on one side, Up Next or statistics on the other.
Apple Watch
Your current task and timer on your wrist. Tick off steps, pause, complete, or start what's next.
Different by design
Made for the way your days actually go.
01
Built for interruptions, not willpower
It doesn't ask you to stop switching. It makes switching cheap and coming back easy.
02
No streaks, no guilt
Nothing to break, nothing that scolds you. Just a clear record of what happened.
03
Recorded, never guessed
Every number comes from time you actually tracked. Patterns are labelled as patterns, not causes.
04
No account. Pay once, if at all
Syncs through your own iCloud. Pro is a single purchase, with no subscription and no ads.
Use cases
Where it helps most
For ADHD brains
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Read morePricing
Free to use. Pay once for Pro, if you like.
No subscription, no ads, no account.
Free
Everything you need to focus and come back.
$0
- Unlimited tasks, steps, folders and photos
- Switch, Up Next, reminders and Someday
- Pomodoro and auto-pause
- Daily, weekly and monthly statistics
- Widgets, Live Activity, Mac menu bar and Apple Watch
- iCloud sync and CSV/JSON export
Pro
For when you want to understand your patterns.
$19.99 once
- Everything in Free
- Insights: your best hours and days
- What slows you down, and what helps you finish
- Time by folder
- Siri & Shortcuts: start, switch, resume or complete by voice
- Restores free on your other devices
US price. The App Store shows the price for your region.
FAQ
Questions, answered
What is Don't Forget?
Don't Forget is a focus timer for one task at a time. You name what you're working on and start the timer. When something pulls you away, you tap Switch: the task is parked with its time, steps and notes, and the new one starts. A minute later a notification asks if you want to go back, and Up Next keeps the parked task at the top until you do.
Is Don't Forget free?
Yes. Tasks, the timer, switching, steps, Up Next, Pomodoro, reminders, folders, widgets, the Mac menu bar app, the Apple Watch app, iCloud sync and your daily, weekly and monthly statistics are all free. Don't Forget Pro is an optional one-time purchase ($19.99 in the US; the App Store shows your local price).
Which devices does it run on?
iPhone and iPad (iOS 17.6 or later), Mac (macOS 14.6 or later) and Apple Watch (watchOS 10.6 or later). One download from the App Store covers all of them.
Do my tasks sync between iPhone, iPad and Mac?
Yes, through your own iCloud account. There's nothing to sign up for. Your tasks, timers, steps and photos appear on each device signed in to the same Apple Account.
Is Don't Forget an ADHD treatment?
No. It's a productivity tool, not a medical device or therapy, and it doesn't diagnose or treat anything. Many people with ADHD use it alongside whatever support they already have.
Made by one person, who reads every message.
Don't Forget is designed, built and maintained by Francesco Leoni, an independent developer. It's an app that tries to be kind to the way your brain works, and it gets better from what people write in.
Next time you get pulled away, you'll know where you were.
Free on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. No account, no subscription.