KeepCue: Day Planner, Routines

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For those of us who need structure, routines, and flexibility in planning. Certain activities are best started with a cue. Try beginning on cue instead of fixed clock time. Time block for overall structure, then act on cue to get things done. CUE-ANCHORED ROUTINES You figured out a few things about yourself: the ten minutes of journaling to start your day right, the two-minute shutdown ritual that helps you transition out of work mode, the night routine that gets you to bed on time and prepared for the next day. Let your cues guide you back on track. Instead of fixed times, anchor activities and routines to approximate time blocks plus something that already happens in your daily life, e.g., when you wake up, when you walk through the front door, when you close your laptop. These are all possibilities for anchors that provide structure without having to adhere to fixed clock times. Why do routines matter? Your routine is a solution to a problem you've already solved. Now if you could just get it done on automatic, that'd make life easier. The morning routine that starts your day right, the afterwork routine that transitions you to home mode or a different role, the evening routine that gets you prepared for the next day. The distance between planning and done is a cue: something that tells your brain the routine starts now, and gets you on your way to completing it. KeepCue provides 60+ cue ideas to get you started. VISUAL TIMELINE WITH YOUR CALENDAR See your work and personal life at a glance, alongside your existing calendar events. Your schedule and free time in one view: find the time you didn't know you had, fix an overlap you didn't intent, or swap an activity just for this week. KeepCue can show any calendar your Apple Calendar app can access, including iCloud, Google, Outlook, Holidays, Birthdays, and subscribed calendars. KeepCue only reads your calendar, and it stays on your device. READY-MADE ROUTINES KeepCue comes with real, helpful routines for morning, afterwork, evening, and weekends. • Morning: Core, Full morning routine • Afterwork: WFH Transition, Post-shift Recovery • Night: Minimalist, Wind-down, Work & School • Weekends: Sunday reset, Weekend Recovery Easily add ready-made routines to your planner. UNLIMITED ROUTINES & ACTIVITIES • Add unlimited activities and routines, anchored to time and real moments. • Repeat daily, on chosen weekdays, or every few days or weeks. • Break anything overwhelming into a checklist of smaller steps. • Customize each activity with your selection from a variety of icons and colors. • Choose how completed activities look: a color tint, dimmed, or a strikethrough line. HOME & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS • Small widget: the activity you're on, or the next one. Also works in StandBy mode. • Medium widget: short list of activities coming up today. • Checklist widgets: choose a routine and check off its steps right on the widget. You can add more than one checklist widget. • Lock Screen widget: see what's next on the Lock Screen. DARK MODE KeepCue goes by your iPhone's settings, whether Light or Dark mode. Customize by updating your iPhone's appearance settings. There is also a dark and a tinted app icon, for when you customize your Home Screen icons to Dark or Tinted. REMINDERS Get a reminder when an activity is about to start, or 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes before. Reminders cover your KeepCue activities only, not your calendar events. There are no activity reminders until you turn notifications on. Tapping a reminder opens activity details. Completing an activity clears its reminder. KEEPCUE Built for iOS. One-time purchase, lifetime access. No sign-up. No subscription. SUPPORT Questions or feedback? Reach out at support@keepcue.app https://keepcue.app