Pretext: Excuse Tracker
Built for “I’ll do it later”
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Procrastinating again? Pretext helps you log what you avoided, expose the excuse, and spot the pattern with dry humor, not fake motivation.
Pretext is a procrastination-focused anti-to-do app for people who keep postponing the same things.
Instead of fake motivation, Pretext mirrors your avoidance patterns with dry, honest humor. You log what you avoided, pick the excuse, and see the pattern clearly. No streak pressure. No productivity cosplay.
Core Features:
- Anti-checklist confession board with daily compliance tracking
- Avoidance duration tracking with day-count badges — see exactly how long you've been putting things off
- Procrastination Autopsy — face what you avoided and get a Delusion Score (how long you thought it would take vs. reality)
- Replacement Theory — track what you do instead of the thing you're avoiding
- Crowd Stats — opt-in anonymous insights showing how many others avoid the same things
- AI Procrastination Coach — weekly report card with personalized sarcastic analysis (Pro)
- Fast avoidance logging with 21 presets across Body Care, Daily Tasks, Social, and Productivity
- Sarcastic mirror messages tailored to your action and excuse
- Mochi mascot reactions across logging, reminders, and summaries
- Home screen widget (small/medium/large) with daily compliance snapshot and longest-avoided item
- Re-engagement and progress milestone notifications
- Interactive tutorial and onboarding flow with tone selection and notification preferences
- Graduation flow for habits you break consistently (21-day threshold)
Pro Features (Insight Mode):
- Pattern insights and recurring avoidance callouts
- Avoidance heatmap and enhanced history filters
- Autopsy history with Delusion Score trends
- Crowd Stats dashboard with excuse distribution and replacement heatmap
- Monthly and weekly summaries
- Custom excuse presets and richer reflection tools
- Shareable summary cards, milestone cards, autopsy cards, replacement cards, crowd stats cards, and coach report cards
Subscription Info:
- Insight Mode Monthly: $2.99/month
- Insight Mode Yearly: $12.99/year (7-day free trial)
Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://pretext.life/privacy-policy.html
Privacy-first design. No account required. No analytics SDKs. No ad tracking. Your data stays on your device.
Pretext is a self-reflection tool, not therapy and not medical advice.
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Pretext is now clearer, sharper, and more procrastination-focused.
This update highlights everything Pretext does best:
- Track procrastination and avoidance without productivity guilt
- Log what you avoided with fast presets
- Pick the excuse behind the delay
- Get sarcastic mirror messages tailored to your pattern
- See daily procrastination checklist compliance
- Check your home screen widget snapshot
- Follow Mochi reactions across logs, reminders, and summaries
- Procrastination Weather card
- Use onboarding, tone selection, and tutorial flow
- Graduate habits after consistent progress
- Unlock Insight Mode for heatmaps, summaries, recurring pattern callouts, custom excuses, and shareable cards
Same privacy-first design. No account. No ad tracking. Your data stays on device.
The developer, Anh Tran, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Anh Tran
- Size
- 21.9 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 5 more
- English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Spicy Pack $0.99
- Tone Bundle (All 3 Packs) $1.99
- Deadpan Tone Pack $0.99
- Passive-Aggressive Tone Pack $0.99
- Philosopher Tone Pack $0.99
- Insight Mode (Yearly) $12.99
- Insight Mode (Monthly) $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 tsnanh