Can You Just NOT

A to-do list of things not to do.

Nothing here ever gets ticked off. Each item has a check-in interval, and you keep it alive by tapping ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป before the clock runs out. The streak is the reward.

Can You Just NOT app icon: a face, palmed

Not a checkbox. A heartbeat.

A regular to-do app asks whether you did the thing. This one asks whether you're still not doing it โ€” over and over, on whatever schedule you set.

drink after work
every 1 day ยท 6h 12m left
sustained 24d 3h ยท 31 check-ins
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป
doomscroll in bed
every 12 hours ยท overdue by 9h 40m
sustained 5d 8h ยท 12 check-ins
๐Ÿซต๐Ÿป
check email before coffee
every 30 minutes ยท 22m 10s left
sustained 16h 40m ยท 74 check-ins
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป
  • Name what you're avoiding. "drink after work." "doomscroll in bed." Whatever you'd rather just not.
  • Pick an interval. Every 30 minutes, every 12 hours, every day โ€” whatever matches the pull of the habit.
  • Watch the bar drain. Each row shows the time left before the next check-in and the total time you've kept it going.
  • Tap ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป to sustain. The time since your last tap is added to the total. Tapping more often doesn't buy more time โ€” but it's counted, and the app notices.
  • Get a nudge if you go quiet. One notification covers everything you've let slide, not one per item.

What happens when you miss one

The item doesn't disappear and it doesn't scold you in words. The button just changes face, on a schedule tied to your own interval. Call it N โ€” an hour, a day, whatever you chose.

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป
up to N
Sustaining. The bar is still draining.
๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป
N โ€” 2N
Missed, but only just. Come back.
๐Ÿซต๐Ÿป
2N โ€” 4N
Missed, and you know it.
๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ
past 4N
Let's not talk about it.

Tap it late and you're credited the interval, not the gap โ€” the overshoot is recorded as missed time and the streak starts over. The item stays on your list either way. The only way off the list is to delete it yourself, and even then the history is kept.

No account. No email. No password.

The app makes an anonymous ID for your phone the first time it opens, and that's the whole login story. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to sign in to.

It does keep detailed records of how you use it โ€” every check-in, every miss, every time you open the app โ€” because that history is the point of the thing. All of it is tied to that one anonymous ID. Read the privacy policy.