We built Savor for the small intentions that are too meaningful to lose but too half-formed for a task list: the flyer on the fridge, the person you meant to call, the place someone recommended, or the bill you photographed so you wouldn t forget.
Before we launch on Product Hunt, I d love to learn from you: what kind of thought tends to slip through your system? Where does it live now, and what usually makes it resurface too late?
Reply with a real example, minus anything private. I ll share what we hear and how it shapes Savor.
congrats, the team! why there is no streaks, points, badges, or productivity scores, feel it may be some lack of motivation to move through the tasks?
@subhash_kanagamani Thanks! And that's a great question. The absence of streaks, points, badges, and productivity scores is actually very intentional, and gets at something pretty fundamental to our philosophy.
We believe a person's most valuable resources are their time, attention, presence, and focus. And we want sAVoR to be a tool that helps them cultivate those things and direct them to the arenas where they want them. One user might get a lot of satisfaction from getting through a lot of tasks, but another user may view their tasks as endless and want to just prioritize the ones they find essential (so that they can spend more time on their passion: swimming or crocheting or whatever it is).
A lot of productivity apps are designed to encourage more engagement, more activity, and more boxes checked. But we don't believe that being more productive necessarily means living a better or more fulfilling life. Sometimes the most valuable thing you can do is absolutely nothing on your to-do list.
That's part of why we don't think of SAVOR as a task management app, but rather as an Intention Layer™. Our goal isn't to motivate people to complete more tasks for the sake of completing tasks. It's to help them stay connected to what genuinely matters to them, and to follow through on those intentions when the time is right.
Ultimately, we want people to use SAVOR just enough. If it helps you spend less time managing your life and more time actually living it, then we think we've succeeded.
Really appreciate you raising the question!
@subhash_kanagamani I wanted to address this too - As a mom, I don't know you've ever seen the docu "Screenagers" - Everything has been gamified and it's all-consuming, unrelenting, and it feels, at least to me, we are letting apps take our lives from us - maybe that's a bit over exaggerated (just a teeny bit), but that's how it feels. It was so important to me that we don't get lured into that co-erced, "volunteered", offering our time to something that really isn't real - real money to buy fake coins to buy fake things...
Savor is purposely not that - it aims to be not that. We wanted to help people continue with living their lives. Period. Full Stop.
handing off one step with its own context is the detail that stands out here
a whole task can be too much to delegate when u only need someone to help with one small part
@saad_el_gueddari Totally couldn't agree more!
@saad_el_gueddari Yeah, one of our favorites that we discovered in building and testing was something like "Organize a family picnic" We discovered that one person might do the grocery shopping while another might be responsible for bringing a picnic blanket and soccer ball, etc. But all of them working together toward the shared intention of a fun family picnic :-)
I have a question for any of you out there exploring our app for the first time today, one that those of us here at SAVOR have been curious about. What do you think of our onboarding experience?
We're aware that if it's too long people will skip it but then they may not know about some of SAVOR's more powerful features under the hood.
But if we make the onboarding shorter and quicker, then many of those more powerful features are still undiscovered.
We're super curious to hear the community's thoughts and opinions.
This looks really interesting. The ease and 'just pop this in for later' is crucial in this space
@a_s71 Hi Alicam We definitely had many discussions about the separate panels. Glad you like where we landed. And super happy to have created an app that helps people. That's always been our goal.
@a_s71 Another thing - what sits in Later on my screen is, "Update living will" - I don't have a place for that, and it's not an emergency, but when I see it in later, I try and get to it a little at a time.
Congrats, team! I like the concept, but I can't totally get how is this different from Apple Reminders or a regular to-do app?
@yana_abazher Thanks Yana - We didn't start Savor trying to make money - we really did see a gap in what was available, and then asked ourselve: Are others also struggling like us? or is it just us? <Cringe>
There are just too many apps and places, that do so many things, but put together, just not the right tool. So we're making it! Always welcome to feedback - what is working, and more importantly, what isn't working...
Such a simple idea, but it makes sense. not everything needs a deadline.
@alexkhlystova Right~!? I'm right there with you.
We tried to make the UX as simple as possible. But for a feature like TakeAction, admittedly it's a bit less-simple - would love to hear your thoughts on that UX.
I like that it’s for all the little things you think, 'I should remember that' and then immediately forget. Nice Launch!@lhenleycohn @aaditya_menon @juri_henley_cohn
@lhenleycohn @juri_henley_cohn @harshyadav yes! Personally, I used to juggle between apple notes and messaging myself on WhatsApp. I’ve moved almost completely to SAVOR now
@aaditya_menon @juri_henley_cohn @harshyadav I used to use my camera roll or what'sapp- the first feature we created was the photo feature - trying to find my last thought, or even remember to return to the gallery was awful - I used to kick myself when I forgot to look - no more of that! :)
If there is anything else that you would find helpful, let us know!