09:30Standup
15:00Pay the bills
19:00Pick up parcel
Schedule
Write it the way you think. Ticka puts it on the line with a time, a reminder and a countdown when it matters.
Your day is a system, not a pile of alarms.
Schedule, habits and focus timers — three sides of the same day, so you stop remembering and start doing.
Today, 28 Aug 3 events
09:30
Standup
Work
14:12
now 15:00
Pay the bills
Home
18:30
Dentist
Health
Habits 2 / 4
Meds 21
Morning walk 12
Water 4/6
Reading after coffee
this week
17:24
Focus 25
Your day, from the first reminder to the last
- Morning reminders
- Habits
- Deep work
- Evening review
Meds21
Walk12
Water 4/6
Habits
Stack a habit after an existing one — “after coffee” holds better than “at 9:00”. Streaks and limits included.
17:24
Focus 25
Focus
Different work — different timers. Each one rings even with the app closed, and shows up as a Live Activity.
What the built-in reminders app doesn’t do
- Treat a habit as a habit and a focus session as a session. In Reminders both are just one more checkbox — and a checkbox can’t hold a streak or run a timer.
- Attach a habit to another habit. “After coffee” is not a time, and time is all Reminders understands.
- Keep a streak. Checking something off today says nothing about the twenty days before it.
- Count down to what matters — a trip, a deadline, a birthday — right where your day already lives.
You can see yourself change
Schedule, habits and focus fold into one canvas — a week in, it’s already your history.
Your canvas last 16 weeks
less more
Balance wheel
Where the week actually went — by your own categories.
Less to worry about
Everything you had to remember, Ticka remembers. The curve goes down.
Questions
Is Ticka free?
Yes — 5 scheduled items a day, 3 habits and unlimited focus timers, forever. Plus removes the limits.
How is it different from Apple Reminders?
Reminders stores tasks. Ticka covers the whole day: a schedule, habits that keep a streak, and focus timers — each built for what it actually is.
Do I need an account?
No. Everything works on your device. Sign in with Apple or Google only if you want a backup.
Do timers work with the app closed?
Yes. Timers ring from notifications and show live progress on the lock screen and Dynamic Island.
Can I cancel the subscription anytime?
Yes, in your store settings — App Store or Google Play. It stays active until the end of the paid period.
Is my data private?
Your day is stored on your device — it only leaves it if you turn on backup. We don’t sell your data.
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