I got a side of justice sensitivity with my personal blend of ADHD. That means a lot of apps make me angry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not annoyed. Angry.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Angry at the “are you sure?” loops when I try to cancel. Angry at the downgrade button hidden in a menu six layers deep. Angry at apps that hope<\/em> I forget I subscribed, as if my forgetfulness is a revenue stream they\u2019ve earned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s how I came to the ethic that powers Tailor. And it\u2019s nonnegotiable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No dark patterns. Ever.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No hoping you forget. No hiding the button. No endless loops of shame if you want to quit. If you don\u2019t want to use Tailor anymore, you should be able to leave as easily as you arrived. That\u2019s the bare minimum of respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So I had to build an app that\u2019s good enough<\/strong> to keep users without trickery. No problem, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t believe in shipping a crummy experience just because you haven\u2019t paid me yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Free Tailor has everything you need<\/strong> to use the app and get the benefits. The full core functionality \u2014 planning, sprinting, and unpacking with your AI companion. All eight doubles (they unlock as you use the app, not for money). The intentions backlog where you store your tasks. The insights into your own focus data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I didn\u2019t let the existence of a Pro tier wreck the free tier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Pro user, in my mind, is a free user who likes the app so much they want more.<\/strong> Not a user who got a 14-day taste test and then got cut off from all the good stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So here\u2019s what\u2019s actually locked behind Pro:<\/p>\n\n\n\n And here\u2019s what\u2019s never<\/strong> locked behind a credit card:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I hate ads in productivity apps. They\u2019re productivity poison. The last thing you need when you\u2019re trying to focus is a dancing video interrupting your flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So free users will never<\/strong> see an ad during their productivity loop. Never during a sprint. Never when you\u2019re typing in your backlog. Never during your debrief. That\u2019s antithetical to what this app is for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But ads are a necessary evil. I need to cover infrastructure and inference costs. I\u2019m not a VC-funded startup, I don’t have private equity backers or angel investors with money to burn. I\u2019m just one person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s the compromise: you watch one 15-second ad after your sprint concludes to unlock the next one.<\/strong> That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your sprint ends. The memory card is written. Then \u2014 and only then \u2014 you have the option<\/em> to watch a 15-second ad before sprinting again. No pop-ups. No banners. No mid-focus interruptions. Just a single, transparent ask at a natural break point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you like the app enough that you want to upgrade to Pro and get additional functionality, that’s great. But I’m not going to build an app that can’t deliver a solid free experience without going broke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m not trying to get rich. The goal is to make the thing I need and share it with the other people who need it. That\u2019s all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019ve ever felt trapped by an app that didn\u2019t respect you \u2014 your time, your attention, your right to leave \u2014 you already know why this matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tailor isn\u2019t perfect. But it isn’t going to keep subscribers by tricking them. If you don’t like the app, I want you to walk away free and clear and never worry about it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014Catherine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just an App That Respects Your Brain I got a side of justice sensitivity with my personal blend of ADHD. That means a lot of apps make me angry. Not annoyed. Angry. Angry at the “are you sure?” loops when I try to cancel. 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About ads (because I have to be honest with you)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The real goal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n