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Stop pretending you'll do it later.
Pretext tracks what you avoid, puts your excuses on trial with private on-device Excuse Court, and turns delay into insight — no streak pressure, no productivity cosplay.
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roast levels
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languages
Core Philosophy
Clarity over motivation. Honesty over hustle.
Pretext is a procrastination-focused anti-to-do app. You log what you avoided, pick the excuse, and see the pattern clearly — with dry humor, not fake cheerleading.
Mochi has opinions
Your mascot reacts across logging, reminders, and summaries. On iOS 26+, on-device AI can personalize mirror lines — still private, still local.
Meet GUPI
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
GUPI is Pretext's core mechanic — an inverted daily checklist. Avoidance is treated as the default. Facing something is the deliberate, conscious choice you have to make.
Traditional to-do
Check = done (good)
Open circle = not done
GUPI in Pretext
Checked = avoided (guilty)
Uncheck = you faced it
Guilty by default
Each morning, your anti-checklist items auto-check. Pretext assumes you avoided them until you say otherwise.
Innocence is active
Unchecking is the honest move — you are proving you faced the task, not chasing a streak.
Excuse Court follows
When you log an avoidance with an excuse, GUPI builds a private on-device case: charge, verdict, appeal, tiny next step.
A better day means fewer checked items — not more. Excuse Court, weekly summaries, and Mochi all sit on top of that honest baseline.
What you get
Built for self-aware procrastinators.
Anti-Checklist
A daily confession board for what you keep dodging. Check off what you actually did, skip what you didn't, and see your compliance score — no gold stars.
Excuse Court
Every excuse becomes an on-device case: evidence, charges, verdicts, appeals, repeat-offender badges, and a tiny next step. Processed privately on your iPhone.
Sarcastic Mirror
Pick your roast level (gentle, sarcastic, or brutal but fair). Mirror messages call out the pattern with dry humor — plus six notification tone packs if you want more flavor.
Procrastination Autopsy
After you uncheck something, reflect with a Delusion Score: how long you thought it would take versus reality. Optional replacement tracking for what you did instead.
Insight Mode
Heatmaps, weekly and monthly summaries (now Weekly Excuse Court), autopsy trends, pattern callouts, and shareable cards. $2.99/month or $12.99/year with a 7-day trial.
Private by Default
No account, no analytics SDKs, no ad tracking, no cloud sync for your excuse data. Core storage stays on-device; widgets read local App Group data only.
How it works
Simple flow. Sharp reflection.
Inside the app
- 1
Seed your anti-checklist with the tasks you procrastinate on most.
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Log an avoidance, pick an excuse, and let Excuse Court build the case locally.
- 3
Get a sarcastic mirror line in your chosen roast level.
- 4
Review patterns, widgets, and weekly Excuse Court summaries in Insights.
What's new in v2.4
- 1
Excuse Court on Home — charges, verdicts, appeals, and case history at a glance.
- 2
Richer offline growth insights in weekly and monthly summaries.
- 3
Home screen widgets (small, medium, large) with compliance and longest-avoided item.
- 4
GUPI onboarding and smoother roast-level setup for new installs.
No hype. No productivity cosplay.