Nearer - Card-based to-do app that shows one task at a time

What is Nearer

Nearer = card-based to-do app + tasks, routines, flashcards. One card at a time. Finish a card, the next appears. The full list stays nearby, out of sight.

Traditional to-do lists show every unfinished item at once. You scan. You compare priorities. You ask "where do I start." That cost of choosing—before any work begins—is decision fatigue.

Nearer removes that step. One active card gets your attention. Adjacent cards sit quietly, signaling progress is waiting. No reprioritizing. No re-deciding. One clear next action, then the next.

Tasks, habits, and flashcards live in one app. Daily routine, project kickoff, exam prep—same flow. See the card. Do it. Mark done. Move on.

The market differentiator is deliberate: Nearer doesn't add more to your list. It subtracts the choosing.

Core Features

Focused View

The screen gives one card real attention. The rest of the list stays nearby but hidden. Adjacent cards hint that more work is waiting. You never scan the whole list before starting. The decision is made for you—do the card in front of you.

Automatic Progression

Mark a card done. The flow keeps going. The next card is ready without stopping, scanning, or reprioritizing. Completed cards fade out of the way. No new decision after each checkoff. The next step surfaces itself. Each step costs one tap, not one decision.

Custom Resets

Repeatable work gets a schedule. Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, manual, or on-completion resets bring routines back automatically. Set the cadence once. Reset a routine now when plans shift. On-completion resets power repeatable loops—study decks, review cycles, recurring tasks. The system refreshes the cards when the cycle restarts.

Customizable UI

Nearer stays quiet by default. List-level controls add cues only where you want them—a progress bar, a timer—without crowding every card. Toggle progress per routine. Reorder cards when sequence matters. Controls stay tucked away until needed.

Available list-level controls: new list, rename list, reorder cards, reset routine, progress bar, timer, archive list, delete list.

Who Uses Nearer

Long to-do lists → a noisy list becomes one clear next task. Add every task. Nearer surfaces them one card at a time. Finishing a card gets it out of the way automatically. The list goes from source of anxiety to sequence of actions.

Repeatable days / routines → set daily, weekly, or custom resets. Check off each habit. Nearer refreshes the cards when the cycle restarts. Morning routine, weekly review, monthly admin—each runs on its own schedule.

Studying / flashcards → one question per card. Flip to test recall. Keep moving through the deck. Exam prep, languages, anything you need to remember. The one-card constraint turns a deck into a focused stream.

Each use case shares the same logic: user has a pile of things → Nearer shows exactly one → user does it → next appears.

Getting Started

Three steps. No onboarding call.

Step 1 — Create a list. Name it. Pick the type: routine, project, exam.

Step 2 — Add one card per task, habit, or thing to learn. Each card holds exactly one thing. That constraint is intentional—it's what makes Nearer work.

Step 3 — Open Nearer and work through the cards. See the first. Do it. Mark done. The next appears. Repeat.

That's it. Full app in the trial, no credit card required.

Pricing

7-day free trial. No credit card to start. Full app during the trial—no limited free tier.

Every plan includes unlimited lists, unlimited cards per list, tasks, routines, and flashcards, cross-device sync, activity history, and priority support. Yearly saves you over 30% versus monthly.

FAQ

User Feedback

People who use Nearer report the same shift: lists stopped being a source of anxiety and became a sequence of actions. The doing replaces the planning. Flow replaces the spiral.

What Nearer gives: focus, forward motion, no decision fatigue. What it removes: list scanning, reprioritizing, overwhelm.

If your pattern is "I know what to do but I keep choosing not to start"—Nearer makes starting the only option. It suits people who want to execute, not just organize.

Nearer — do the list instead of spiraling about what's left. Try it free at nearer.io or reach support at support@nearer.io.