Lately’s new gamified app helps people arrive on time

A new app called Lately Started in the App Store a few weeks ago, aimed at people with ADHD to arrive on time and to reward them.

The service should help users manage their travel plans by notifying them when it is time to go for a trip and reminds 30 minutes, 10 minutes and 5 minutes before departure. It also has live activities on the iPhone and Apple Watch that display a countdown.

In order to promote timely drains, a Point Reward system with four levels of difficulty has been using.

The simplest level, “Goldfish”, acquires users 3 points for early, 2 points for the punctual and 0 for the delay, while the other levels – “coffee”, “adult” and “Yoda” – are increasingly less forgiving. Yoda, for example, pulls 2 points for the delay.

When users collect points, various virtual characters are picked up and unlocked in the app that serve as a service badge. Although the reward may seem simple, it can convey a feeling of progress and performance to the users.

The indie developer Erik Macinnis has recently been created to meet challenges of people with ADHD, especially in connection with time management.

“I’ve always been the” late “in my friendship group,” Macinnis told Techcrunch. “For many of us, our most difficult challenges are to leave on time, time blindness and poor time estimation. Lately these two problems have been dealing with constantly drawing the user, when they go and it is gamified. So they get points when they arrive on time, which is frankly feels good.”

While other similar apps exist – called an Android app Time to go – Macinnis believes that they are outdated. ADHD apps like Structured And Timtick are mainly for the task management and do not deal especially for time blindness for commuting.

We have been helping during our tests recently, but we would like commuters to deliver time estimates in large cities that use public transport or cycling. At the moment, the app only offers options for driving or walking.

Despite this low restriction, we believe that the app can be successful under your target group.

People with ADHD often feel unmotivated, and specialists often recommend using a reward system to help with self -discipline. Another gamified app, finchhas attracted attention for his point system. The Self-Care app encourages users to do daily tasks at home or do other healthy habits by reward them with points with which they can adapt their virtual pet.

Macinnis revealed future plans for recent times that contain a social function that friends automatically notify when users leave when they are five minutes away and when they arrive. An Android version is also part of the long-term roadmap.

It has been available free of charge lately, but there is also a premium subscription ($ 3 per month or 10 US dollars per year) that offers functions such as adapting difficulties and planning recurring trips.