GapboardBig rocks first.
Sized in minutes, placed in a day, stacked from the top. When the week is full you can see it on Monday, not feel it on Thursday.
Your week, at actual size
Give each task a size and Gapboard shows the room you really have. The big things get put in first, and everything else falls where it fits — no hour-by-hour scheduling, no calendar to defend.
Free for good. No card. iPhone and web.
Mon 5
Script ep. 421 h 30
Send Carol the insurance
Sponsor read45 m
30 m left
Tue 6
Quarterly numbers1 h
Dentist30 m
Reply to Sam
10 m left
Wed 7
Film B-roll2 h
Invoice clients30 m
Run?30 m
1 h left
Thu 8TODAY
Edit ep. 422 h
Tax return docs
Fix the garden gate45 m · spilled
Over by 45 min
Fri 9
Plan next week30 m
Thumbnail drafts1 h
2 h left
Weekend
Garden studio · spurt1 h
1 h left
Where the day's free time runs outBlocked, lunch, meetings, free
You worked all week. The thing that mattered didn't move.
The list was never too long — the week was always too short, and nothing told you by how much.
Spill, not failure.
Cards past the dashed line don't vanish or get marked late. They show you this day is full; move one and the rest fits.
Everything in one place.
One radar holds all of it, folded into areas and never hidden — counts always showing. If it isn't on the board, it isn't a thing.
What it costs to do nothing
Without a picture of the week, the week decides for you.
Another quarter ends and the big project still hasn't moved.
Sunday night dread about a list with no bottom.
A wall of red "overdue" that makes you avoid the app entirely.
Busy every day, done with nothing that mattered by Friday.
Planner number five, abandoned by week three.
The week you planned
This week
- Edit ep. 42
- Tax return docs
- Film B-roll
- Quarterly numbers
- Script ep. 43
- Fix the garden gate
- Invoice clients
- Sponsor read
- Thumbnail drafts
- Renew passport
The week you had
Mon
Edit ep. 422 h
Tax return docs1 h
Over by 30 min
Tue
Film B-roll2 h
Quarterly numbers45 m
Over by 45 min
Wed
Script ep. 431 h 30
Fix the garden gate45 m
Over by 45 min
Seven things still on the radarOver by 2 h
Built by someone who quit every other planner
I have moderate ADHD. I'd tried Todoist, Notion, a paper planner, and a calendar full of blocks I ignored by Tuesday. The problem was never organising harder — it was that nothing showed me how much week I had left. So I built the board I needed, and I plan every week in it. This is it.
Private by defaultNothing's lost by accidentNo AI deciding your day
The plan
Three steps, then the week runs itself
1
Draw your week.
Your hours, your lunch, the time that always goes to email and conversations. Two minutes, once.
2
Put the big rocks in.
Give them a size and drop them on a day. The column fills; the dashed line tells you the truth.
3
Let the rest land.
Quick-add everything else to the radar. Got a gap? The board offers only what fits it.
For a brain that needs to see it
Built for how your brain actually works
“I've pushed this three times.”
After three bounces the card gets a dashed border and offers to split off a 10-minute first step, so starting is the only job.
“Where was I?”
Finishing a spurt on a project asks for a one-line breadcrumb, so the next session starts where you stopped instead of with ten minutes of re-reading.
“A meeting ended early, now what?”
Got a gap? Pick 15 min, 30, 1 h or 2 h, and the board shows only what fits.
“Out of sight, out of mind.”
Folded, never hidden: every radar section keeps its count and a peek, and the status line says where everything is.
“The day fell apart.”
Set tomorrow moves what's left forward in one press, with no guilt and nothing turning red. On Monday the board asks what last week left behind, instead of sweeping it up.
“Daily streaks broke me.”
Streaks count weeks you hit your target, never days in a row. A missed Tuesday costs nothing; a broken run goes grey and keeps its best.
“I forget the plan exists.”
PLUSA morning look at the day, an evening "Set tomorrow?", and a word on the last day a habit's week still has room, on your phone and desktop.
“Time blindness.”
Every card is drawn at its real size in minutes, and today's footer weighs the clock against what's left: "1 h of the day left · 2 h 10 m to do".
Try it on this week. Free, no card.
Start your weekBeyond the week
Quarterly quests
Big goals, one quarter at a time.
Pick a few things that matter this quarter. Each one shows how far along it is and what this week does for it.
PLUSYouTube Analytics fills in the numbers.
Habits
Habits that count weeks, not days.
Set a target per week; hit it and the week counts, and a missed Tuesday costs nothing.
PLUSApple Health ticks workouts off for you.
Projects
Big projects, in short spurts.
Work in spurts that fit the day; each one ends with a one-line note, so the next session starts where you stopped.
Rebuild the studio lighting
Left off
Key light is mounted; next is the fill and the backdrop.
Spurt
30 min1h1h 30m2h
We will never ask you to schedule 9:15–9:45
Time-blocking tools turn your week into a timetable you then have to defend. Gapboard sizes work instead of scheduling it. A day holds what it holds; inside it, you take things in whatever order the day actually goes.
On your phone
The same board on your phone. Synced, and it works offline.
- Just today and the gap picker in your pocket.
- Everything syncs; it works with no signal.
- Notifications on the phone and the desk (Plus).
Questions
"I've abandoned planners before."
So had I. This one folds, never hides — every section keeps its count, so nothing goes quiet on you.
Is it a calendar?
No. Meetings are entered as a total per day, so the board knows how much room is left without you defending a timetable. Calendar import is planned.
Do I have to schedule times?
Never. Cards have sizes, not slots. Inside a day you take things in whatever order the day goes.
Is it good for ADHD?
It was built by someone with ADHD, for traits rather than a diagnosis: time blindness, losing trust in a tool, stalling on big or vague tasks, all-or-nothing streaks. It isn't a medical product.
What's free, and what does Plus add?
Free is the whole board, every week, with up to 3 projects, 3 habits and 1 quarterly quest at a time. Plus adds notifications, unlimited projects and habits, a full quarter of quests, the Apple Health and YouTube Analytics integrations, the retro looks and accent colours.
Can I upgrade in the iPhone app?
Upgrade at app.gapboard.app in any browser. Plus works everywhere the moment you have it, including the iPhone app.
What happens to my board if I stop paying?
Nothing is deleted. Free limits only stop new projects, habits or quests being made beyond the free counts.
Can I get my data out?
Yes. Your whole board exports as one plain JSON file, on every plan, any time.
Android?
The web app works in any modern browser, including Android's. A native Android app is on the way.
Is it for teams?
No. One private board per person.
Is my board private?
Yes. Sign-in is an emailed code, so there is no password to leak, and nobody else can read your board.
Gapboard is for
- People who need to see the plan to believe it
- People who over-commit
- People who've quit Todoist, Notion, Sunsama or paper
- Creators and freelancers who run their own week
It isn't for
- Teams
- Anyone who wants a minute-by-minute calendar
- Anyone who wants AI to plan their day
Have fun with it.
Your board in 98 or XP style, or in a colour of your own. Same Gapboard, more you.
PLUSThe retro looks and accent colours come with Plus.
Pricing
Free for the whole week. Plus for everything around it.
- Every week, not just this one
- Unlimited tasks
- The radar and honest day capacity
- Just today and the gap picker
- Repeating tasks
- Set tomorrow
- Undo, daily snapshots and export
- iPhone app and web, synced and offline
- Up to 3 projects, 3 habits and 1 quarterly quest at a time
PlusThe same Plus, three ways to pay.
Yearly BEST VALUEFOUNDING
$39/ year
About $3.25 a month
- Everything in Plus
- Billed yearly
Founding price. Goes to $48 once calendar import and Android ship.
Choose yearlyLifetime FOUNDING
$99once
- Everything in Plus, for good
- Pay once
Founding price for the first 200. $129 after that.
First 200 only Get lifetimePrices in US dollars. In Canada, checkout shows Canadian prices, plus GST/HST.
Make your free account first — upgrading is one button in Settings → Account.
Plus adds
Notifications on phone and desktopCard reminders, a morning plan, an evening "Set tomorrow?", and a nudge before a streak slips
Unlimited projectsEvery project on the radar, not three.
Unlimited habitsCount the weeks for all of them.
A full quarter of questsUp to your own cap, not one.
Apple Health integrationWorkouts tick habits by themselves.
YouTube Analytics integrationFeeds a quest its numbers.
Looks and colours98 and XP style, and seven accent colours beyond purple.
Cancel any time. Downgrading never deletes anything, and your board exports as one plain file on every plan.
End Friday knowing the big things got done.
Say no on Monday, instead of apologising on Thursday. Stop re-deciding the same work. Let the board remember, and spend your attention on the thing you opened it for.
Start your week — freeFri 9End of the week
✓Edit ep. 422 h
✓Tax return docs1 h
ROLLED TO MONDAY
Invoice clients30m → Mon
Reply to Sam20m → Mon
Fix the garden gate45m → Mon
Day complete