A meeting reminder that breaks through hyperfocus
For people who see the banner, mean to go, and look up ten minutes late.
Many people with ADHD know the pattern. You are deep in something, a notification slides in at the corner of the screen, you register it for half a second, and it is gone. Time passes without you feeling it. The meeting was not forgotten, the reminder just never got through.
Slapss does not try to be polite. When a meeting starts, it covers the whole screen, on every display if you want, with the meeting, the time, and a Join button. You can't keep typing until you deal with it.
How it helps
- Hard to ignore. A full-screen alert instead of a banner. You choose Join, Snooze or Dismiss.
- A buffer before the start. Have the alert appear at the start, or 10 seconds to 15 minutes before, so you have time to wrap up and find your headphones.
- Snooze that comes back. Snooze for a few minutes and the alert returns. Dismissing is a separate, deliberate choice.
- Time you can see. The next meeting and a live countdown sit in the menu bar.
- A sound if you want one. Turn on "Play sound when alert appears" for an audio cue with the alert.
- Less noise. Skip alerts for meetings titled "Lunch" or "Focus time", or for meetings you have not accepted.
- Calm visuals on request. Slapss respects Reduce Motion and Reduce Transparency, and works with VoiceOver and the keyboard.
It works with the calendars you already use: iCloud, Google, Outlook, Microsoft 365 and Exchange. It is free with no limits, open source, and it does not collect anything about you.
Get Slapss free on the Mac App Store
Questions
Is Slapss made for ADHD?
Slapss is for anyone who keeps missing meetings because normal notifications don't reach them. Many of the people who use it describe hyperfocus or time blindness. It is a productivity tool, not a medical product.
Can the alert come before the meeting starts?
Yes. Choose when the alert appears: at the start, 10 or 30 seconds before, or 1, 2, 5, 10 or 15 minutes before, or set a custom time.
What if I snooze and forget again?
The alert comes back when the snooze ends. You can snooze for 1 to 30 minutes, 1 hour, or until the end of the meeting.
Does it cost anything?
No. Slapss is free, with no subscription, no in-app purchase and no limit on alerts.
Slapss is a productivity app. It does not diagnose, treat or manage any medical condition.