Micro-step decomposition
Any task becomes 3 to 6 steps, each 30 seconds to 2 minutes. No more staring at “clean room” wondering where the entry point is.
iOS & Android · 3-day free trial
The task isn't hard. Starting is.
You know exactly what needs doing. You've known for three days. LaunchPad chops it into 30-second pieces and shows you one at a time, so there's never a whole task in front of you.
25+ built-in task templates
Steps in under a second
Works offline
Who this is for
If any of this is familiar, you're the reason it exists.
The task is one solid block in your head. There's no first move, just “the whole thing”.
LaunchPad never shows you the whole thing.You've spent forty minutes deciding which task to start instead of doing a two-minute one.
Type it, get step one, go.The dishes have been “five minutes” for three days.
Step one is “put one plate in the water”. That's it.Once you're moving you're completely fine. Getting moving is the entire problem.
The first step is deliberately almost insultingly small.A checklist makes it worse, because now you can see all of it at once.
One step fills the screen. The rest doesn't exist yet.You finish and feel nothing, so there's no reason to do it again.
Haptics and sound on every single step. Small, immediate, repeatable.To be clear about what this is. LaunchPad is a general wellness tool, not a medical device, and it doesn't diagnose or treat anything. It's a task starter built by someone who needed one. Plenty of people who use it have ADHD, depression, chronic fatigue or long covid, and plenty just have a bad week. You don't need a diagnosis to be stuck.
What it looks like
Three screens. That's the whole app.
No projects, no tags, no due dates, no streak guilt. Deliberately.
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What are you stuck on?
Say it however it sounds in your head.
clean my room
Break it down
1. Say it badly
No categories, no priority field. Type the messy version.
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Step 2 of 6
Put the clean clothes in a pile on the bed. Dirty ones in the basket.
90 seconds
Done →
2. One at a time
The step fills the screen. You physically cannot see what's next.
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Room: done.
6 steps · 7 minutes · 3-day streak
Start another
3. Feel it land
Haptic on every step, sound at the end. The reward has to be immediate or your brain won't file it.
Features
Not a to-do list. A paralysis breaker.
A to-do list tells you what you already know. This tells you what to do in the next thirty seconds.
25+ built-in templates
Dishes, laundry, email, showering, cooking, essays and twenty more already have hand-written step sequences. Instant, offline, no AI cost.
AI for everything else
When no template fits, Gemini writes custom micro-steps in about a second, with a two-retry pipeline so you always get something back.
One step at a time
Each step takes the full screen. No list, no scroll, no preview of what's coming. Seeing the whole thing is what stopped you in the first place.
Haptics and sound
A tap you can feel on every completed step, a proper sound at the end. Immediate feedback is the difference between doing it once and doing it again tomorrow.
Never loses your place
Close the app mid-task, get distracted for two hours, come back. It reopens on the exact step you were on. Losing your place is a great excuse to give up.
Pricing
Free for the everyday stuff. $4.99 for all of it.
Three days of Pro when you install, no card. The free plan stays free and doesn't nag.
Free
$0 / forever
No card, no trial clock, no ads
- 3 task breakdowns per day
- All 25+ built-in templates
- One-step-at-a-time mode
- Basic haptic feedback
- Fully offline
- AI steps for custom tasks
- Resume an interrupted task
- Your own saved templates
3 days free
Pro
$4.99 / month
or $39.99/year · save 33%
- Unlimited breakdowns
- AI steps for any task, however weird
- Session resume, always exactly where you left off
- Full haptics and completion sounds
- Save and edit your own templates
- Adjust step size: gentler or faster
- Streaks and completion history
Yes, you could ask a chatbot to break down a task. You'd have to open it, phrase the request, read a wall of text with all six steps visible at once, and keep your place yourself. That's four decisions before you've started. LaunchPad is one field, one button, one step on screen. The whole point is that it asks nothing of you.
FAQ
Common questions.
Getting started
What is LaunchPad?
An app that turns any task into 3 to 6 tiny steps and walks you through them one screen at a time. You type what you're stuck on, it hands you something you can do in the next thirty seconds, and it keeps doing that until the task is finished.
Is LaunchPad a medical device?
No. LaunchPad is a general wellness tool. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition, and it is not a substitute for professional care. If task paralysis is seriously affecting your life, talk to a doctor or therapist.
Plenty of people who find it useful have ADHD, depression or chronic fatigue. We can't and won't claim it treats any of that. It's a task starter.
How is this different from a to-do app?
A to-do app stores tasks. LaunchPad starts them. There's no list, no backlog, nothing accumulating guilt. You open it when you're stuck, and you close it when you're moving.
Features
What counts as a micro-step?
Something you can finish in 30 seconds to 2 minutes, with no decisions in it. “Tidy the kitchen” isn't a micro-step. “Put every cup in the sink” is. If a step makes you think, it's too big and we'll split it.
How does the AI work?
Most common tasks hit a hand-written template, which is instant and needs no connection. When nothing matches, the task text goes to Gemini, which returns custom steps in about a second. There's a two-retry pipeline, so a hiccup doesn't leave you staring at an error.
What if I close the app mid-task?
It reopens exactly where you were, on the same step, with the same progress. Pro only. Losing your place is far too good an excuse to quit.
Does it work offline?
Yes, for all 25+ templates, which covers most of what people get stuck on. Only custom AI breakdowns need a connection.
Can I edit the steps?
You can skip any step, go back, and on Pro you can save an edited version as your own template so your version comes up next time.
Pricing
How much does it cost?
Free plan: 3 breakdowns a day, all templates, forever, no card. Pro: $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year, with a 3-day free trial that doesn't ask for a card up front.
How do I cancel?
In your Apple or Google account settings, two taps, any time. Access runs to the end of the period you paid for. No retention flow, no “are you sure” screens.
Privacy
Is my data private?
Your tasks live on your device. There's no account required to use the free plan, no ads, no analytics SDKs selling behaviour, and nothing is sold to anyone. Read the privacy policy, it's short.
What does the AI actually see?
Only the task text you typed, and only when no template matches. Nothing else: no name, no email, no device ID, no history. The text isn't used to train anything and isn't retained after the steps come back.
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