The thought that pulls you away? Park it in half a second.

A quiet macOS app. Hit ⌘⇧Space, jot what just barged in, and you're back to work. The thought waits in your box until you're ready to look.

Free during early access · Apple Silicon (M1 and later) · macOS 12+

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When your brain interrupts your brain

You're deep in something that matters. A stray thought barges in: an errand, a worry, a better idea. Ignore it and it keeps knocking. Chase it and you've lost your place.

Every thought you can't act on yet is an open loop, and open loops nag quietly until they're closed. Kistle gives each one a place to wait so your mind can let go.

Made by a maker with ADHD/OCD, for the same kind of mind.

How the loop works

Close the loop on every stray thought

Catch it

A thought barges in. Press ⌘⇧Space, type it, hit enter. You're back in your work in about half a second.

reply to Sarah's email

⌘⏎ to stash · esc to cancel

It waits

The thought lands in your box. Nothing nags, nothing auto-deletes. It just waits, safely out of your head.

The Box tab in Kistle: parked thoughts resting on quiet cards, each with Do now and Drop actions

Look once a day

Open the box when you're ready, or let Kistle nudge you once a day at a time you pick. For each thought, decide: do it now, set it aside, or let it go. Take one on and it gets your full screen, with a quiet timer if you want one.

The Now screen in Kistle: a single task with a calm countdown ring

The loop closes

Finished things clear themselves after a week. No graveyard of old tasks, no guilt. Your head stays quiet.

The Done tab in Kistle: completed items that clear themselves after seven days

Not just a place to dump thoughts. A calm loop that actually closes.

No streaks. No badges. No confetti. No sounds.

Kistle is built to disappear into your day and protect your attention. It's the calm opposite of an app fighting for it. The only notification it will ever send is the one you asked for: a single daily nudge to look in your box, and only if you turned it on.

Early access

Free today. About $15 at 1.0. Free for good if you're early.

Today, in early access

Free

Everything Kistle does, free while it grows. Download now and 1.0 stays free for you, for good. That's the founding user deal, a thank-you for early feedback.

Get it on the Mac App Store

When 1.0 ships

~$15

A one-time purchase, never a subscription. On the roadmap for 1.0: an iOS companion with private iCloud sync. Your notes still never touch our servers.

Stay in the loop.

One short email when something meaningful ships: new features, fixes, an occasional ask for feedback. That's it.