Routines
Keep habits by weekday or time of day. Weekdays only, Mon/Wed/Fri, every other week, monthly — repeats are flexible.
e.g. Tue 7:30 burnable trash / Daily 23:30 time for a bath
Idea
To-do lists
can feel heavy.
Things that don't need deadlines or completion rates, but that you'd be glad to remember. MellowPace never scolds you for what you didn't do. It just shows you how today is flowing.
Burnable trash on Tue & Fri
That stream at 9 PM
The 8:00 train
Buy soy sauce this evening
Someday: autumn leaves in Kyoto
Mom's birthday
Features
The little things in life,
under one sky.
No separate apps for each feature. What matters now shows up large; everything else sits lightly as a single line.
Little errands
Set them loosely: “this evening,” “this weekend.” Done, skip this time, or push to tomorrow all carry the same weight.
e.g. Buy a light bulb / Return a book / Book a haircut
Don't want to miss
Streams and TV, with alerts 30 minutes before, 5 minutes before, and at the start. Add a URL and open it straight from the notification.
e.g. Every Wednesday 21:00 YouTube Live
Your usual departure
How many minutes until your usual train, together with when to leave home. Miss it, and it quietly switches to the next one.
e.g. Weekdays 8:00, leave 10 minutes before
Focus a little · Put the phone down
A timer you can start without deciding what to do. Stop early, and it still counts what you did.
e.g. Focus 25 min / Detox 30 min
Someday, and anniversaries
Places to go, movies to see. It gently reminds you months later. And on anniversary nights, fireworks light up the sky.
e.g. Someday: autumn leaves in Kyoto / Wedding anniversary
Focus · Detox
A little time, right now.
Focus. Or step away.
Twenty-five minutes before starting work. Thirty minutes away from your phone before bed. Start right where you are, without choosing a task.
End early, and the time you spent still counts. Choose a length that fits today.
Natural input
Write naturally.
Check, then save.
Enter basic dates, repeats and Focus or Detox durations in Japanese, English, French, Traditional Chinese, Korean or Spanish. On supported iPhones, on-device AI can help when the model and selected language are available.
Review the result and adjust its date or type before saving. Ambiguous phrases can be kept as a Thing with your original words. Complete understanding of every phrase or date is not guaranteed.
tomorrow buy milk→Things · tomorrow
every Monday 09:30 walk→Pace · Monday 09:30
Focus 25 minutes→Focus · 25 min
Maybe a visit sometime after lunch→Things · review before saving
Time of day
Morning, noon, evening, night —
the air changes.
The background is the sky of the current time of day. Colors drift slowly; at night, city lights and that night's real moon phase appear. Home Screen widgets share the same sky.
Widget and Lock Screen images show Japanese examples.
Live Activities
On your Lock Screen,
without opening the app.
- Automatically, at set times: 30 minutes before your usual train or 15 minutes before a stream, the countdown appears on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.
- Timers, too: the time left in Focus or Detox, in the sky color of when you started. +5 min or end, right there.
- From a notification: just tap “Show on Lock Screen.”
Widget and Lock Screen images show Japanese examples.
Apple Watch
Your day,
on your wrist.
Your iPhone day, on Apple Watch too. Glance at your departure and what comes next before reaching for your phone.
See your usual departure and upcoming moments. Mark a Thing done, move it to tomorrow or let it go from your wrist.
Check the time left in Focus or Detox, and start, extend or finish a timer.
Send words to your iPhone using system dictation or Siri. Your paired iPhone handles interpretation and saving.
Requires an iPhone with iOS 26 or later and a paired Apple Watch with watchOS 26 or later and the Watch app installed. Your iPhone holds the primary data; updates depend on the connection.
Nightstand
On your nightstand,
it becomes a clock.
Charge it on its side and the time left sits large next to the time now. Detox before bed, the train you scheduled in the morning. In a dark room, iOS switches to a calm red display.
A layout that follows the Duo fold is in development in the 27.1 beta environment. The regular build adapts to screen width and does not enable fold-aware placement. The images below illustrate the layout.
Tone
It never says
“you failed.”
No completion rates, no streaks, no red warnings. It picks up what you did, and makes the next time a little easier. The Me screen shows this week's time and small insights, not grades.
Incomplete: 12 of 25 min
You focused for 12 min
Detox failed
You stayed away for 18 minutes. Next time, a bit longer
Overdue
I'll gently remind you again tomorrow
Privacy
Your records stay
on your device.
Schedules, errands, and your Focus and Detox records are all stored on your iPhone. No account needed. Dates and repeats are calculated precisely by the app, not guessed by AI.
Pricing
Every feature is free.
MellowPace
Free
Use every feature. A subtle banner ad appears on the Today, Pace, and Me screens. No ads on Focus and Detox screens, the Lock Screen, or widgets.
Remove Ads (one-time purchase)
$2.99
One purchase removes all ads from the app.
*Ads are shown without personalization. Prices vary by region.
Requires iOS 26 or later. On-device AI is optional help when the device, model and language are supported. Rule-based input and basic features remain available without AI.