Tikkado: Discipline Made Fun

Discipline is just doing it again tomorrow. Tikkado turns that into points, streaks and a friendly scoreboard, so keeping it up feels like play instead of pressure.

Discipline isn't knowing what to do. You already know. It's doing it again tomorrow, and the day after that.

Tikkado makes that part fun.

Make a challenge out of anything you want to keep up — five new words a day, a plank three times every other day, vacuuming once a week. Tell Tikkado how often it comes back and how long one round takes. From then on it appears on Today whenever it's your turn.

Check it off and you score.

SMALL AND OFTEN BEATS BIG AND RARE Points come from how long something takes and how often it repeats. Longer earns more, but not in a straight line, so five minutes every day stays worth as much as one long session. Coming back more often earns a bonus, because showing up again is the hard part. That's the whole trick: the scoring rewards exactly the behaviour that builds discipline.

FRIENDS MAKE IT STICK Willpower runs out. A friend who can see your scoreboard doesn't.

Make a group, send the link, compare. Every group has a scoreboard for today, this week and this month. You pick which challenges you share; the rest stays private. See one you like? Tap "Do this too" and it lands in your own list, so you're both keeping it up, each with your own streak.

Send a sticker when someone deserves a nudge. Get a notification when a friend checks something off. Encouragement, not a race you can lose.

NO GUILT, NO PROOF Nobody checks up on you. No timers, no photos, no sensors. Tikkado assumes you tick honestly, because guilt is a poor motivator and momentum is a good one.

Finish everything due today and you get fireworks. Small thing. It works.

WHAT'S IN IT • Repeating challenges: daily, every other day, weekly, monthly or your own interval • Several checks per round, for the things you do three times over • Points calculated from duration, frequency and kind • Groups with a scoreboard for today, this week and this month • Invite by link • Share one challenge with more than one group • Take over a friend's challenge with a single tap • Stickers to cheer each other on • Streaks, and fireworks when your day is done • Push notifications when someone in your group checks off • English and Dutch, light and dark • Free, no ads