A reminder in Bead is a place, not an event. Bead sets no alarms and schedules nothing in the background. It has no way to send you a notification, no address to email you, and nothing to unsubscribe from later.
Your lists live on your phone. No account, no server, no sync, nothing collected. Read the whole privacy story →
Why it exists
Bead started as an argument with a to-do app. It sent a marketing email most days. It counted things. It kept score. And when the time came to leave, cancelling was a maze. The tasks were never the problem — being managed by the app was.
So Bead does the opposite. There is no notification permission in it, no streak, no badge, no percentage complete, and nothing that turns a date into an accusation. When something isn't done, Bead says it's waiting — in muted amber, never red.
How it works
One screen. Bead opens straight to Today — no home screen behind it, no tabs, no inbox to process first. Everything else sits below it, quieter, and folds away.
Today
Due today, in electric blue, at the top and always visible. On a clear day it says “Nothing scheduled — enjoy it.” and leaves you alone.
Waiting
Open, and dated before today. Muted amber, newest first, and collapsed to one line: “4 waiting — still here when you're ready.” Never red, never a tally of what you didn't do.
Soon
The next seven days, quieter than Today because they aren't asking for anything yet.
Later
Further out, or with no date at all. Folded away until you open it.
Nothing schedules those lanes. They're worked out from today's date each time the screen draws, so at midnight an unfinished task simply moves down into Waiting — no alarm fires, and Bead schedules nothing in the background.
Doing things
Two swipes cover almost everything, and nothing you do here is one-way.
Swipe right: done
A green bead slides along the thread behind the row and a tick lands. There's a small sound if you want one, an Undo for a few seconds, and everything you finished stays in Done today until tomorrow.
Swipe left: tomorrow
“Moved. It'll be there tomorrow.” That's the whole response — no penalty, and no counter of how many times you've moved it.
Or just hold
Park a finger on a row and a quiet green fill sweeps across it. Reach the far edge and it's done — same tick, same undo. Both gestures are reachable from a screen reader too.
Repeats that never pile up
Every day, weekdays, weekly, every few days, or monthly on a day you choose. The next occurrence is created only when you finish or skip the current one — ignore a daily task for three weeks and it's still exactly one row, not twenty-one.
“Skip this one”
A first-class button, not something hidden in a menu. Skipping sets the next occurrence and says nothing else about it. It stays deliberately silent — a different sound would turn a neutral act into a verdict.
Adding is one line
The add bar is docked to the screen you're already on. Type milk tomorrow and the date comes off the words; Enter adds it and clears. There's a date chip beside it when you want to be exact.
Lists, and All lists
Personal, work, the house — as many as you like, plus an All lists view that shows the lot in the same lanes. Delete a list and its tasks move to another one — the confirmation says where they're going, because nothing is lost.
A time, without an alarm
A task can carry a time, and Bead shows it — 9:05, sitting quietly on the row. Bead does not ring it. There is nothing in the app that can.
Make it yours
Four accents
Electric, Violet, Teal and Moss. Accents only — the dark ground never changes, on any phone, because the wallpaper doesn't get a vote here.
One small sound, or none
Bead, Chime or Pop when something is finished — or Silent. Nothing else in the app ever makes a noise, and on iPhone the cue sits on top of your music instead of stopping it.
A widget, on Android
Today at a glance on your home screen: the next few things, a factual n waiting, and All clear. when there's nothing. Tap it to open Bead. It never nags either.
Notes, photos and files
A task can carry a note, and photos or documents you pick yourself. They're copies kept inside the app — the originals stay exactly where they were.
What it looks like
A clear day, on an iPhone. This is a real screen from a test build — the app is one calm list, and on a day with nothing due it says so.
What Bead will never do
Not settings you have to find and switch off. Not in the app at all.
- Send you a notification
- Set an alarm, or schedule background work
- Email you, ever, about anything
- Ask you to keep a streak
- Show a badge, a score or a percentage
- Colour a date red
- Count what you didn't do
- Ask for an account or a sign-in
- Carry an ad, or a tracker
- Beg you for a rating
- Interrupt you with an upsell
- Need a network connection to work
Early Access opens soon
Bead isn't released yet. Android goes first, in Early Access on Google Play — no invites and no waiting list when it opens, and this page will say so on the day. The iPhone build is real and in testing; it has no date yet.
There's nothing to sign up for here — no mailing list, no email box, no “notify me”. Bead doesn't email people, and that starts with this page. What Early Access will mean →
From the same maker
Bead is a Zone7 Studios app — the same quiet-software rules as the rest of the family: private by design, no ads anywhere, and nothing that treats your attention as inventory.