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PeskyPet

The task manager with a pet who won't let it go.

Add a task and a deadline. Your pet stays calm while there is time, then gets harder and harder to ignore as the deadline gets close.

Coming soon to Google Play For Android 13 and up. Not available yet in the European Economic Area (EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) or the UK.
Buda sits on top of a news article with a bubble: “Just passing through. About Call granny.”
Buda drops in on other apps too.
The ambush screen: Buda knocks a cup off the table until “Pay the electricity bill” is done
Important task? She won’t let it go.

What it does

Shows up outside the app

Android only, for now

When a deadline gets close, Buda appears on your screen even while you are in another app.

Tasks, subtasks, dates

Break a task into steps, give it a date and a time, and set reminders.

Reminders that escalate

Mark a task as important and the reminders get more insistent as its deadline nears. The strongest steps, ambush and yowl, stay off until you turn them on.

Buda’s little gifts

An important task due tomorrow? Buda leaves you gifts on your screen. We won’t say what kind, only that they don’t smell great. We don’t recommend putting the task off once that happens. Trust us.

Lists

Shopping or packing lists, kept apart from your tasks, with no nagging. Attach one to a task like “Weekend groceries”.

Your own cat

PeskyPet Plus

Pick a different cat, or have your own cat made from a photo. Buda stays on as the manager.

Everything else on this page is free. PeskyPet Plus is one payment in the app, yours for good.

Your cat, as a PeskyPet

With Plus, a photo of your cat becomes a pet that lives in the app. Here are a few real cats, and what came out of their photos.

Photos are from Wikimedia Commons, cropped. The cropped photos are shared under the same licence as the originals.

See it in action

Real screens from PeskyPet.

Today’s tasks, each with a mood chip and a progress ring
Every task shows how pushy Buda is about it.
Buda asks “Done-done, or I’m-leaving-now done?” before a task is ticked
Buda checks that it’s really done.
Buda sits over a video app and asks about “Call granny”, with the buttons On it, 5 more minutes and In half an hour
Stuck scrolling? Buda noticed. PeskyPet Plus.
Buda chasing a laser dot in her yard
Buda’s yard. Tasks first, then play.
A month calendar with task dots
Your tasks on a calendar.
A grid of cat breeds to pick from
Pick your own cat. PeskyPet Plus.
An orange tabby called Meatball on the Today screen
Meet Meatball. Same nagging, different cat.
Buda, a white cat with yellow eyes, peeking out from under a grey blanket

Based on a real cat

PeskyPet is based on Buda, a real cat. No task that involves Buda ever gets put off. She sees to that herself: open the door in the middle of the night, fetch a treat the moment we sit down on the sofa, pet her in the middle of a Zoom call. In the end we thought: why not put that talent to work for us? That is how PeskyPet was born.

Not a cat person?

Man’s best friend is on its way to PeskyPet. Leave your email and we’ll tell you when we let the dogs out.

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