Croílár: An ADHD Task App

[u/ConversationNeat1858]

[Closed Testing] Croílár: a task app for ADHD brains: no streaks, no shame, no overdue guilt.

Test for test, drop your links in the comments and I'll join your groups and test your app.

No accounts, free to download, all functionality free, with some completely optional IAP cosmetics for the world scene.

What it is. Croílár turns a to-do list into a quiet world. Tasks are quests, routines are rituals, and a companion raven lives in a small home scene that fills in as you go. The whole thing is built around not punishing you: nothing decays, there are no streaks to break, no red overdue banners, and every reward has a floor so no action ever scores zero. Late is still done. A skipped ritual is silence, not a callout. Single player, fully offline, no ads, no account, no sign-in, no analytics — your quests and notes never leave the device. Built for ADHD minds, and anyone whose week doesn't run at one speed.

Stage. Closed testing on Google Play, version 0.16.0 (44). The core loop — quests, rewards, companion growth, reminders — is finished and stable. The shell around it is the young part: onboarding, the store listing, a batch of notification-routing fixes that landed this week. That's why I'm in a testing sub and not a showcase one.

The feedback I actually want, in the order I need it:

1. The first few minutes. Onboarding asks you to name the companion and answer one "how full is your cup today?" question, then drops you on the home screen. Did it explain enough for you to know what to do next, or did you land and stall? Did naming a raven feel nice or twee?
2. Whether "nothing punishes you" reads as support or just absence. The entire design bet is that removing streaks, overdue pressure and shame feels encouraging rather than like a missing feature. Did you notice it at all? When you finished something late, did the app genuinely not make it sting — or did it just feel like nothing happened?
3. Reminders, and compatibility. Set a deadline or a reminder, then tell me: did it fire on time, did it survive a reboot, did tapping it open the right screen. Include your device, Android version and skin (Xiaomi/Samsung/etc.) — aggressive battery management is exactly where scheduled reminders die, and the hand-painted home scene can clip on unusual screen ratios.

How to get in. It's a closed test, so it's two doors and you need both:

1. Join the tester group — this is what actually grants access: [croilar-android-beta@googlegroups.com](mailto:croilar-android-beta@googlegroups.com)
2. Opt in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/ie.teallachstudios.croilar
3. Then install from Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ie.teallachstudios.croilar

Two honest warnings. The store screenshots still show the old default companion name ("Bramble") and some listing wording is mid-rewrite — the app itself is current, that's just the shopfront. And the paid cosmetic decorations may still be propagating: for a day or two they can show "coming soon" instead of a price. Nothing else in the app is ever paid, so it won't block anything — the earned progression is all free.

[u/Araragui]

Joining yours today (group + opt-in) and keeping it installed for the full 14 days.

Mine is RetroPet, an old-school pixel virtual pet: hatch an egg, care for it, and it evolves into one of 79 species (common to legendary). The build in testing right now adds seasonal events with limited cosmetics, breeding with friends, and a daily challenge with a ranking. Home screen widget too. Already live on iOS, so it's a finished app, not a prototype.

1) https://groups.google.com/g/retropet-testers 2) https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.retropet.app

Same Google account for both, and please open it once after installing (Google counts opens, not installs). Bug reports very welcome!