Tend turns long-term direction into a day you can act on.
Define the life you want to build, catch yourself before
autopilot takes over, protect one meaningful block, and
close the day with an honest record of how you showed up.
Write the life you're building — and the dull, tolerable version of it you refuse to drift into. Everything after is measured against those two.
All day
Get interrupted before the day is gone
Four Check-ins land at the hours that matter and pull your stated direction back into view while there is still time to act on it.
Each night
Get an honest read from on-device AI
Tend Debrief compares the direction you named with the choices you actually recorded, then names the gap, the pattern, and one move for tomorrow.
Runs entirely on your device
No account required
No ads, no feed
Free on the App Store
Tend in 10 seconds
A daily practice built for real change.
See how Tend connects identity, daily action, Focus,
reflection, and private on-device intelligence without
turning self-improvement into another noisy feed.
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Vision, daily action, Focus, Journal, and private Tend
Debrief in ten seconds. Contains music and on-screen text.
Set the compass once
Start with the life you want to build.
Onboarding explains the practice, helps you write your
Vision first and your Anti-Vision second, and lets you
choose how Tend looks and when it should remind you.
Your direction becomes the context for every day after.
Vision: describe the life you want to build and who you must become to build it.
Anti-Vision: name the patterns and costs you are no longer willing to tolerate.
Choose green, blue, or brown in light, dark, or system mode.
Optional reminders bring the four Check-ins and Evening Synthesis back into your day.
The daily practice
Ten actions. One clear measure of your progress.
Each completed action adds 10 points: four Check-ins, two
Evening Synthesis answers, three Lens answers, and one Focus
session. The score measures participation, not your worth.
4
Check-ins
Interrupt autopilot
Morning Ignition, Avoidance, Direction, and Truth bring your stated direction back into the day while there is still time to act.
2
Synthesis
Turn the day into direction
Name what today revealed about who you are becoming, then choose one honest move for tomorrow. Two questions, one useful close.
3
Lens
Connect today to the horizon
Move from the life you want in one year, to the project that matters this month, to the actions you will time-block tomorrow.
1
Focus
Protect one meaningful block
Choose a concrete commitment, run the timer, and capture the result. The point is not more activity; it is one block that actually mattered.
How it lands in a real day
08:00 · Morning Ignition
You start pointed somewhere.
Answer the first Check-in with your Vision in view. The day starts with a direction instead of whatever arrives first.
11:00 — 18:00 · Daytime
You notice drift and protect one block.
Avoidance, Direction, and Truth Check-ins interrupt autopilot. Focus turns the next meaningful move into protected time.
21:00 · Evening Synthesis
You close the loop and choose tomorrow.
Answer the two Synthesis prompts, align the One Year, One Month, and Today Lens, then open Tend Debrief when it is unlocked.
Tend Debrief
Earn a sharper read on the day you actually lived.
Once your Vision and Anti-Vision are defined, your Evening
Synthesis is complete, and today's score reaches 30,
Tend uses Apple Intelligence on your device to compare
your stated direction with the choices you recorded.
Tend Debrief runs on your device; your entries do not leave the app.
It requires an Apple Intelligence-compatible device with Apple Intelligence enabled.
The rest of Tend works on every supported device running iOS 26 or iPadOS 26.
On-device · Apple Intelligence
The Gap
Where your stated direction and your recorded behavior diverged today.
The Enemy
The internal pattern that kept getting in the way, named plainly.
Tomorrow
One concrete adjustment, grounded in what actually happened today.
Go deeper. Continue with a short, private follow-up conversation about any of the three.
Keep the evidence
Focus turns direction into work. Journal makes patterns visible.
These are not separate productivity features. They connect
the intention you set to the work you complete and the record
you can inspect later.
Focus
Commit to one block before the timer starts.
Name the meaningful move, choose a duration, work, then record the result, blocker, or insight. Tend restores an in-progress session if you leave or reopen the app. Completing a Focus session contributes 10 points to the day.
Journal
Your record of direction, execution, and reflection.
Review daily scores, Check-ins, Synthesis, Lens, Focus notes, and Tend Debriefs in one timeline. The seven-day view makes repeated patterns easier to see.
Before you download
Is Tend for you?
Do I need Apple Intelligence to use Tend?
Only for Tend Debrief. The full daily practice — Vision and
Anti-Vision, the four Check-ins, Evening Synthesis, Lens,
Focus, the daily score, and the Journal — works on every
supported device running iOS 26 or iPadOS 26. Tend Debrief
additionally requires an Apple Intelligence-compatible device
with Apple Intelligence turned on.
Does anything I write leave my device?
No. Your entries stay in the app, and Tend Debrief runs on
your device rather than on a server. There is no account to
create and nothing to sync.
What does a day with Tend actually involve?
Ten actions spread across the day: four short Check-ins,
two Evening Synthesis answers, three Lens answers, and one
Focus block you choose the length of. The Check-ins and
Synthesis are brief prompts, not long journaling sessions.
What if I miss a day?
Nothing breaks. The score measures participation for that
day, not your worth, and the Journal keeps the record so
you can see patterns rather than chase a perfect streak.
How much does Tend cost?
Tend is free to download on the App Store.
Vision. Action. Reflection. Repeat.
Tend the version of yourself you're choosing to become.
Set a direction you can name. Complete ten actions you can
count. Keep a record you can inspect. Tend is a calm,
private practice for closing the gap between the person you
intend to become and the day you actually live.
