A list of 30 tasks forces you to make 30 decisions before you even start. Psychologists call it choice overload — and for many of us, especially those with ADHD or dyslexia, it turns into task paralysis: staring at the list, doing nothing.
The One Thing flips the model. You still keep a list, but the app only ever shows you the top task. Do it, complete it, and the next one appears. Momentum, not overwhelm.
Your full list stays out of sight. The app shows only your current priority, so starting is simple and finishing feels inevitable.
Every completed task earns a celebration GIF, and a weekly momentum chart shows what you got done each day — one thing after another.
The One Thing has MCP support: connect Claude or any MCP-compatible assistant and let it list, add and complete tasks for you.
Attach personal rewards — a walk, a coffee — to completed tasks. Finishing something should feel good.
OpenDyslexic font support, generous spacing and minimal clutter. Built by a dyslexic developer who needed it himself.
Daily, weekly and monthly leaderboards keep momentum up, and the iOS widget keeps your one thing on your home screen.
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Most to-do apps show you your entire list, which can cause choice overload and task paralysis. The One Thing shows you a single task — your current priority — so you always know exactly what to do next. Everything else waits quietly in the background.
Yes. The app was designed with neurodivergent users in mind. It reduces visual clutter to a single task, supports the OpenDyslexic font, and includes accessibility preferences you can toggle. Showing one task at a time helps reduce the overwhelm that long lists can trigger.
Yes — the free plan lets you keep up to 10 active tasks and complete as many as you like. One Thing Pro unlocks editing, reordering, move-to-top and home-screen widgets via a subscription.
The One Thing is available on iOS (with a home-screen widget), Android, and as a web app, with your tasks synced across all of them.
Yes. The One Thing has an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, so you can connect AI assistants like Claude to your task list. Your assistant can list, add and complete tasks on your behalf, protected by the same secure login as the app.
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