About Faffalot
Reducing overwhelm, one tiny step at a time
When everything feels urgent, where do you begin?
Maybe you have a long list of things to do but can't work out where to start. Maybe you forget important things until they're suddenly an emergency. Maybe you spend more time deciding what to do than actually doing it. If that sounds familiar, you're not alone.
Faffalot was created to make everyday life feel a little less overwhelming. Instead of long lists and complicated systems, it gently guides you one small step at a time. No pressure. No guilt. No judgement. Just a calmer way to get started.
I couldn't find an app that worked, so I built one!
I've spent most of my life feeling like I was failing at the basics. Starting tasks, finishing tasks, choosing what to do next. Not being able to get started on anything useful at all. I tried planners, calendars, time-blocking, timers, productivity apps, notebooks... you name it. Some worked for a few days, but nothing really worked for the way my brain works.
Eventually I realised something. Maybe I didn't need more features. Maybe I needed a different kind of support. So I started building my own apps. Not because I wanted to start a business, because I needed something that actually helped me get through the day.
The first app I built became Faffalot.
Instead of expecting me to manage everything at once, it helps me focus on just one task at a time. It doesn't make life perfect, but it makes life feel more manageable. The difference was so noticeable that my boss became concerned when I started arriving nearly an hour early for work. "Are you okay?" she asked. I was. Better than I'd been in years. It felt almost ridiculous to reply, "It's because of an app I wrote for myself."
Then I realised something else...
My mornings were better, my workdays were easier, but my shower was still a black hole of lost time. I'd lose track of where I was in my routine, forget what I'd already done, and somehow turn a quick shower into something that took far longer than it should.
So I built Faffalot Shower.
It guides me through my routine one step at a time so I don't have to keep everything in my head. Early testers suggested improvements, and many of those ideas are now part of the app.
Designed by someone who needed it
Everything in Faffalot has been shaped by lived experience. Not by productivity theory. Not by trying to squeeze more work into the day but by asking one simple question: "How can I make the next step easier?" That's the question behind every feature. Whether it's breaking a task into tiny steps, helping you get unstuck, or guiding you through a routine, the goal is always the same: Reduce the mental effort needed to begin.
Free, simple and private
Both Faffalot and Faffalot Shower are free to download from the App Store. One day there may be a Faffalot Plus with optional extra features, but the core apps will always remain free. Your information belongs to you. No selling your data. No harvesting email addresses. Just simple tools that live on your phone and quietly help you through the day.
From my family to yours
I originally built these apps for myself and my daughter. Today I'm sharing them because if they've helped us, they may help someone else too.
If Faffalot makes your day feel just a little lighter, then it has done exactly what it was created to do.
Fiona x
Do you forget things until they become urgent?
Do you struggle to start tasks? Even easy ones?
Faffalot is a warm, pressure-free place to focus without distractions or judgement.
Do you freeze when you don't know where to start?
Do you get overwhelmed when there are too many steps?
If any of this sounds familiar, you're not alone.
Faffalot reminds you about your everyday tasks and turns heavy, overwhelming tasks into tiny manageable steps.
No pressure, judgment or complicated systems. Just a calm, supportive space to help you begin.
Built carefully and honestly, shaped by someone who knows what it feels like to be stuck.
Download Faffalot.
A softer way to get started.
Turn overwhelming tasks into small, easy actions you can start anytime.
Will it work for you?
This has been written by someone who has struggled to get things done, every day, for decades. Not by someone with theoretical knowledge, but by someone who knows that long messy lists don't work. They look great, but starting them just doesn't happen. The easy things and fun things get done, but everything else is left until it's beyond urgent! Timers don't work for me either, they just make me panic. Just plain and simple, one job at a time. Even if I skip a task, it keeps coming back until my brain is ready to start the very first step.
Designed by someone who experiences executive dysfunction every day
No guilt-trip when you haven't completed everything.
Built for step-by-step progress on the things you want to get done
Gentle language and no pressure
Routines and tasks in one place
“Help me” button for getting unstuck
Our Story
After many years of trying to find something that worked for me, I decided to put exactly what I needed into an app.
I have tried so many things - calendars and planners, time-blocking, the pomodoro technique, to-do lists scattered around my house, work and devices! Nothing has ever worked. I have lists of tasks everywhere, but nothing to actually get me started.
When I look down a list of tasks, I am looking for anything fun or easy! Urgent tasks get done in a panic last-minute, but important items get ignored. I literally need someone standing beside me giving me a prod 😂
Once I had the tasks working better, I realised that the morning shower was still stealing time that I didn't have to spare! I developed Faffalot Shower to complete the system and surprised everyone by arriving at work and other events twenty minutes early.
I have built these apps for myself, my daughter and some close friends who struggle. We are finding them really useful and we hope they can help you too.
Fiona
