01. Capacity Check-in
Before you even see your task stack, select the mode that matches your energy today.
Tear Off dynamically adapts typography, layout complexity, and visual noise to match your bandwidth. Read more about TearOff's Day Two.
Tear Off: One Task at a time.
No overwhelm.
Long lists are overwhelming. One task at a time is manageable. When you finish, it disappears. The next one appears. That's it. Tear Off doesn't keep score, will not gamify your life, and will not shame you for missing a task in your stack. It will adapt to you and your capacity.
Open Tear Off
Your Brain Changes.
Based on your energy, the entire interface adapts. Same tasks—different experience. Toggle cognitive modes to see standard text, OpenDyslexic fonts, high contrast, and simplified layouts:
01 Standard
Full features. Standard interface. All options available.
Active Settings
- Theme: Default
- Text Size: Standard
- Font: Atkinson Hyperlegible
- Notifications: On
Start Fresh Every Morning. Zero Guilt.
Traditional to-do lists hoard yesterday's failures. Tear Off starts every day by asking where your head is at—not judging what you didn't finish.
02. Guilt-Free Reset
Leftover tasks from yesterday aren't marked as overdue or highlighted in red.
Easily carry over what matters, drop what you don't need or have energy for, or start with a completely clean slate. Read more about checking your capacity.
03. Intentional Order
Reorder your stack so your primary focus sits right on top. Move tasks as needed.
Need a mental anchor? Peek underneath your top task anytime without losing your place or getting overwhelmed by the full list. Learn how to manage your tasks and stack in TearOff.
How it's made
Tear Off exists because nothing else worked. Every feature is here because someone needed it to manage executive dysfunction.
Fully Client-Side
Zero-Backend. Two programs share one local database on your device: the UI app and a Service Worker that runs background tasks and notifications. No servers mean no database leaks, no outages, and no company folding with your logs.
Accessibility First
Built to WCAG 2.2 AAA standards. Multiple dyslexia-friendly fonts, high-contrast themes, large tap targets, keyboard navigability, and screen-reader support are baked directly into the layout from day one, not added at the end.
Offline-First
The app does not need internet because there is no remote server to ping. Airplane mode? Works. Subways? Works. The open web used to work this way—and it still can.
No Shame Mechanics
"Not Today" is a valid option. "Already Did It" validates fuzzy memory. No streaks, no guilt, no metric tracking. Tear Off validates that capacity changes daily, but your worth does not.
Privacy
Your tasks and life data are yours. We built Tear Off so that we literally cannot access your information, even if we wanted to.
Zero Remote Servers
Tear Off does not collect, aggregate, or sell personal data. Your tasks, templates, and schedule details stay strictly local to your browser.
Zero Analytics Trackers
We load no Google Analytics, no telemetry, no cookie tracking, and no external CDNs. We have no trackers "to improve user experience."
Local IndexedDB
All data resides in your browser's sandboxed IndexedDB storage. If you clear your browser site data, your task records are deleted.
JSON Export Always
You can export your database as raw JSON anytime from the settings. No premium upgrade needed to access your own data.
Bottom Line
Your tasks, schedule, and capacity logs stay on your device. We can't see them, we don't want to see them, and we designed the system so that's impossible.
Latest Updates
Making a stack of tasks from a paper list
TearOff can turn your paper list into a stack of tasks on your phone. Use your phone's camera to snap a picture of your list and convert it into a bunch of tasks.
Banana Bread - A Valid Reason to Use Time-Blindness Mode!
TearOff's Time-Blindness Mode is designed to help you keep focus on more than just the current thing so you don't lose your day. And it could even help prevent you from ruining another attempt at making banana bread.
TearOff Today - Understanding Cognitive Modes
TearOff Today's Routines let you easily add routines to your day. These can help people with executive funtion issue to remind them of daily activites that get lost in the noise.