TapDone Get the app
For the chores that leave no trace

Did anyone water the basil?Done

TapDone turns an old phone into a Done button that hangs right where the task lives. Kids tap it on the spot — no device of their own, no app to open. The checklist stays with the chore, not in someone's pocket.

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Free · iPhone, iPad & Android · no account needed to start

Hallway · online
7:00Tue Jul 21
Pianotoday 4 PMDone
Biscuit · morningdone 7:04 · Ben
June's medsdue 7:00 PMOpens 6:30
Fish feedtoday 8 PMOpens 7:30
Trash outThursdayDone
MonsteraSunday · in 5 daysDone
Meds cabinet · online
7:00Tue Jul 21
Evening meds due now · 7 PM Done
Done · 7:02 Maya · face match
the whole circle is the button
9:41
One glance, from across the room

Green means done. That's the whole interface.

One dial per task. The ring drains as the deadline nears — a five-year-old and a grandparent can both run the board.

Evening medsdue 7 PM · 40 min leftDone

Due soonthe ring is almost out of time

Watered · 8:04Maya · face match

Doneand who did it, with no typing

Fish feedoverdue since 8 PMOverdue — Done

Overdueimpossible to walk past

Night feeddue 10 PMOpens 9:30

Not open yettime-gated until it matters

How it works

Three minutes. One drawer phone.

Set up on your phone, then hand the job to a device you already stopped using.

1

Write the task

One plain sentence. Photo, points and who it belongs to are optional.

Water the monstera
every 6 days by 7 PM + points
2

Mount the spare phone

Enter a code, lock kiosk mode, hang it where the task happens. Anything from the last decade works.

Pairing code H4·TR2 Hallway Button linked
3

Tap when it's done

The button fills, the check pops, the ring goes green. No unlocking, no logging in, no typing.

MonsteraDone
The board

It earns its wall space all day.

Every task keeps its slot, so the board never rearranges itself under someone's thumb. At night it becomes a clock that quietly holds the one thing left.

Kitchen · online
3:20Tue Jul 21
Pianodone 3:05 · Maya
till tomorrow
Biscuit · dinnertoday 6 PM
Done
June's medstoday 7 PM
in 3 h 40 m
Fish feedtoday 8 PM
in 4 h 40 m
Trash outThursday
Done
MonsteraSunday · in 5 days
Done
tap a row for details · the week ahead
Six tasks, fixed rows — a Done button when it's tappable, a worded pill when it isn't
10:04 Tuesday, July 21
Evening medsby 11 PM · the only thing left
tap anywhere to wake
10 PM — a calm clock, still holding the evening meds
Features

Built for a hallway, not a to-do app.

It knows who tapped

Optional face match credits the right person as they walk up. Unsure? One tap picks the name — it never blocks the done.

Make it fun for the kids

Tasks can carry points, streaks and rewards you write yourself. The board shows their total the moment they walk up.

Nudges before it's a problem

A quiet ping 30 minutes before due, an escalation if it slips, and quiet hours so nobody gets buzzed at 2 AM.

Works with the Wi-Fi down

Everything lives on the device first. Taps log instantly and sync later — the router is never between someone and their meds.

Any schedule, in one sentence

Daily, weekdays, every six days, twice a day, or a window that opens at 7 PM. Away mode hands it to a sitter.

One Button per room

Kitchen, hallway, bedside — each device shows only the tasks that belong to it, and your phone sees the whole house.

Privacy

A camera in the hallway is a big ask.

So we made it the smallest one we could — and entirely optional. Turn face match off and every other feature still works.

Recognition never leaves the device

Matching runs on the phone itself — frames are read in memory and discarded. Enrollment is sealed with a key only your devices hold; our servers store ciphertext they can't open.

No video, ever

Nothing is recorded, streamed or saved. The camera reads a frame to answer one question — who's standing here — then forgets it.

Delete everything in one tap

Every enrolled face is listed in settings with its own delete, plus a single wipe for the whole household.

Points & rewards

Nagging, replaced by a scoreboard.

Put points on the tasks you're tired of asking about. Kids see their total the second the board recognises them, and cash it in for rewards you write yourself — screen time, a movie pick, pancake Saturday.

No leaderboards, no shaming, no comparing siblings. Just their own number going up.

M
Hi, Maya12-day streak
340 pts
Movie pick Friday200 pts
Redeem
Pancake Saturday150 pts
Redeem
30 min screen time400 pts · 60 to go
Locked

Questions

Which old devices actually work?

Anything running iOS 15 or Android 8 and up — most phones and tablets made since about 2016. The board is deliberately simple to draw; that's the point of using hardware you already wrote off. Plug it in and leave it plugged in.

Do I need a Button at all?+

No. TapDone works as a normal task app on your own phone from day one. The wall-mounted Button is what makes it visible to everyone else in the house.

Does it need internet?+

Only to sync between devices. Each Button holds its own tasks and logs taps offline; when the Wi-Fi comes back, everything catches up in the background.

Is there a subscription?+

Not right now — TapDone is free while it finds its first homes. Long-term pricing isn't settled yet; when it is, early households will get the friendliest version of whatever we land on.

Can grandparents use it without an account?+

Yes. Only the person who sets up the house signs in. Everyone else joins with a code — or is simply a face and a name on the board. No phone, no login, no password.

What happens when someone forgets?+

The dial goes red and stays red until someone taps it. At midnight it logs as missed and the next day starts clean — no guilt streaks, no punishment mechanics.

Go find that phone in the drawer.

Set up the first task in three minutes. It'll still be on the wall a year from now.

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