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Pingy
A reminder app built around how an ADHD brain actually works.
- Year
- 2025
- Role
- Designer & developer
- Stack
- React Native · Expo · TypeScript · Notifications API
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Abstract
Most reminder apps assume you'll see a notification the moment it fires. Pingy is built for the times you don't — with randomised nudges that catch you when you're actually looking.
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Problem
A fixed 9:00 AM reminder gets dismissed at 9:00 AM and forgotten by 9:01. For people with ADHD, a single scheduled ping is easy to bounce off and never return to.
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Solution
Pingy fires reminders on a randomised cadence inside a window you set, so the nudge lands when your attention is genuinely available — not on a rigid schedule your brain has already learned to ignore. Quiet hours keep it from firing when you're asleep or heads-down.
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Outcome
Reminders stopped being a single missable event and became a gentle, recurring presence — which is the whole point.
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Capabilities
Randomised nudges
Reminders fire at unpredictable moments inside your chosen window, so they don't become background noise.
Quiet hours
Define windows where Pingy stays silent — sleep, deep work, anything you protect.
Built for the brain it serves
Every interaction is low-friction by design — adding a reminder takes seconds, not a setup wizard.