v1.0 · Private beta · 412 on the list

A quiet operating system for the day you're trying to have.

Scarcity is a small, careful set of pages for the work that matters, the body you live in, and the choices you'd rather not forget. One page for today. One for the year. An assistant that remembers everything else.

Free during beta·Web · iOS soon·Built in London
scarcity.app / daily
Wednesday · 06 May

Daily inputs

7-day avg
72
Atlas · 06:42Two blocks logged. The 14:00 slot is your highest-scoring window all month — worth defending against drop-ins.

Day shape

Woke
06:18
Started
07:02
Finished
—:—
GMAT (min)
45

Work blocks

01
Beta onboarding flow — copy + states
07:30 → 09:45
78/100
02
Calls with Maya, Tom — sequence the week
10:00 → 11:30
64/100
03
Deep block — Atlas memory model
14:00 → 16:30
/100

What's inside · six pages

Small pages that hold one thing each, well.

Not a productivity suite. Not a journal. A handful of pages you'll actually open — for the parts of your life worth tracking by hand.

01 · Daily

The page you open every morning.

When you woke, when you started, three blocks of work, how each one scored. That's it.

02 · Score

A number for the week, the month, the year.

Rolling averages across 7, 30, and 91 days. You see whether you're actually doing the thing you said.

7D · 30D · 91D72 · 68 · 71
03 · Choice

A place for a hard decision.

Write down a choice. List both sides honestly. Pick, and keep a record of why — so you can re-read it in six months.

04 · Schedule

A day that drafts itself before you wake up.

Atlas blocks your calendar around the work you said matters, the calls you've accepted, and the body you're trying to keep.

05 · Body & House

Gym, supplements, expenses, recipes.

The boring stuff. One page each. No streaks-as-anxiety, no notifications you didn't ask for.

06 · Atlas

An assistant that reads only what you wrote.

Ask Atlas anything. It answers from your pages — not from the internet. Your data is the corpus.

Principles · how it's built

Slow software, made by hand.

I'm one person. I get to decide what kind of tool this is. These are the rules I won't break, even later.

Attention, not engagement.

No streaks-as-anxiety. No notifications you didn't ask for. No growth loops. If you forget to open it for a week, that's fine.

Your data is yours.

One export button. I'm not selling it, training on it, or showing ads against it. I'd rather charge a small fair fee.

One author, many years.

I'm building this for myself first. That means it gets quieter and more careful over time, not more featured.

J
From the maker
JaySole maker.
London, on a good day.

I built Scarcity because I couldn't find a tool that did one thing properly: hold the day I'm trying to have, and tell me honestly whether I had it.

Most apps want more from you. More entries, more streaks, more screens. This one wants less. The whole thing fits on a handful of pages because that's what I actually open — and what I don't open, I delete.

For two years it was a Notion mess. Then a Python script. Then this. A few friends saw it and asked if they could have it too, which is why there's a sign-up form on this page. If you're here, thank you for taking the time.

— Jay

Pricing · plainly

Start free. Upgrade when you want the full product.

A free plan to get going, and a full plan for serious use. This is the intended packaging — billing isn't switched on yet.

Free
Free
A useful starter version with the core of Scarcity. Enough to build the habit and see if it fits.
  • Daily inputs and basic planning
  • Goals and projects
  • Basic Atlas support
  • Good for getting started

Questions · asked already

The honest answers.

Is Scarcity free?

There will be a free plan for getting started with the core product. The full product is planned at $20/month, but billing is not switched on yet.

What is included in the free plan?

The free plan is intended to cover basic daily inputs, goals and projects, and basic Atlas support. Exact limits may change while the product is still being built.

What do I get with the full plan?

The full plan is intended to include full Atlas access, full planning and tracking tools, richer history, and deeper decision support.

Is billing active yet?

No. Billing is not active yet. The pricing on this page shows the intended packaging, not an active checkout flow.

Who is Scarcity for?

Scarcity is for people who want a personal operating system for goals, projects, daily inputs, and better decisions — especially when they need help staying aligned with what matters.

What is Atlas?

Atlas is the assistant inside Scarcity. It uses your goals, projects, daily inputs, and saved context to help you think through decisions and prioritise better. Your data isn't used to train any model, and you can disable Atlas from settings.

Is this a productivity app or an AI assistant?

Both. The planner gives Atlas the context it needs, and Atlas helps turn that context into better choices.

Can I export my data?

Yes, the product should remain export-friendly. The current product is still early, so export options may be basic at first and improve over time.

Will there be teams / sharing / collaboration?

No. This is single-player on purpose. Your day is not a Google Doc.

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