Tend: One Thing a Day
One Thing a Day
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Free, private, pay-once. Choose one thing, start the built-in focus timer, and actually do it. No backlog, no overdue badges, no subscriptions — ever.
The calm one-thing app that actually helps you do it.
Most to-do apps let you pile up forty tasks, then quietly punish you for the
thirty-nine you didn't finish. Tend does the opposite. It asks for one thing —
the single thing that would make today feel good — and then hands you a built-in
focus timer to go do it. Not another list to manage. A calm space that helps you
follow through.
No backlog. No guilt.
There's nothing to catch up on. No overdue red badges. No carried-over pile
growing behind you. Each day is its own clean page: one intention, tended, and
then you're done. Tend is designed to make you feel finished, not behind.
A focus timer that's actually built in
When you're ready, start a soft focus session — a warm, breathing timer with no
pressure and no upsell. It lives right beside your one thing, so going from
deciding to doing is a single tap. Finish, and a small ritual marks the moment.
Watch consistency become beautiful
Every day you tend becomes a warm light in a quiet garden that grows with you.
Small things, kept up, add up to something you're privately proud of — shown as a
gentle streak, never a scoreboard.
Always a glance away
Add the Tend widget to your Home or Lock Screen to keep today's one thing in view,
and turn on a single, gentle daily nudge if you'd like a calm invitation each morning.
Private by default. Yours by design.
No account. No sign-up. No tracking. Everything lives on your device, and Tend
collects nothing about you.
Free — and pay once if you love it.
Tend is free to use, fully and forever. If you'd like a little more, Tend Plus
is a single $4.99 unlock — no subscription, ever — that adds:
AI Refine — turn a vague "be better about email" into a sharp, doable intention.
iCloud Sync & Backup — your days, safely backed up and synced across your devices.
One thing a day. Pay once. Done calmly. That's the idea — and that's why it works.
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Information
- Seller
- Jean-Michel Amblat
- Size
- 3.2 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Tend Plus $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Jean-Michel Amblat
