IdeaTamer
Stop collecting ideas. Start finishing one.
IdeaTamer launched on April 22, 2026 with 2 votes, #4,561 of 21,248 launches that month.
What it does
I had 47 ideas in Apple Notes and shipped zero. So I built IdeaTamer. Score each idea on Impact, Effort, Alignment. The top score becomes your Quest. Everything else waits. Every Monday you duel last week's version of you across four rounds: XP, milestones, quests shipped, streak. Beat your shadow or get humbled. No account. No cloud. No ads. Free on the App Store.
The gamified focus app for makers and creators. Score your ideas, activate one quest at a time, compete with your past self. Offline, private.
Three sliders score every idea from 1 → 100 . Your top score becomes a Quest. You literally can't start another until you ship it, or shelve it. scored 1 → 100 built solo from Ambon, Indonesia. nearest Apple Store is a 4-hour flight. Ambon Section 01 / contact sheet ideas scattered across Apple Notes, Notion, and text files I forgot existed. Dump every scrap into your inbox. No folders. No tags. No friction. Max 10 unscored ideas keeps you honest. Three sliders — Impact, Effort, Alignment. Out pops a single number from 1 to 100. Your ideas finally have a pecking order. Your top-scored idea becomes your active Quest. One idea. Full attention. Milestones track the slog. Finish milestones,…from ideatamer.app
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