SpoonfulStep-by-step guide

Spoonful · version 0.2.1

Something to do, for the energy you have

Tell Spoonful how many spoons you have today, from 0 to 5, and it deals three cards, each from a different interest of yours, each something you can actually do right now. Here's every step, in the order you'll use them.

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Spoonful's Choose a Card screen: three cards turned over, from Walking, Gaming and Reading, with the chosen one's details below.

Chapter 1

Get the app

Three ways to run it, all the same app. Nothing to sign up for, and it never needs the internet once it's open.

  1. 1

    Pick how you'll use it

    Everything is on the app's page. Your interests and history stay on your device in every version, and each version keeps its own.

    In your browserPress Open in Your Browser. Works on computers, tablets and phones, with nothing to install, in an up-to-date Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari. What you add is saved in that browser.
    Android appDownload spoonful-0.2.1-android.apk and open it. The first time, Android asks you to allow installs from your browser: allow it, then tap Install. Newer versions install over the top and keep your data.
    WindowsDownload spoonful-0.2.1-windows.exe and run it. It installs for you only, no admin rights needed; if Windows asks, choose More info, then Run anyway. Open it from the Start menu; remove it from Settings → Apps.

Chapter 2

First steps

Spoonful starts empty: the cards come from your own interests, so the first run sets one up.

  1. 2

    Choose your language

    English, Español or Deutsch, picked for you from your device's language.

    • Change it any time in Settings, or choose Follow Phone.
    Choose Your Language, with English, Español and Deutsch.
    The first screen
  2. 3

    Read the five cards

    A sentence or two each on spoon theory, decision paralysis and executive dysfunction, then how Spoonful helps. Read More on Wikipedia opens the article in your language.

    • They come back any time from What Are Spoons? on the check-in.
    The first intro card, A Way to Count Energy, about spoon theory.
    Card 1 of 5
  3. 4

    Add your first interest

    Name a hobby, pick its colour and icon, then answer "What could you do with…" for each spoon level, from 0 (lying down) to 5. Every box is optional.

    • Add one idea at 0 or 1 spoons and one at 2 or more, so low and higher days both get a card.
    • Two more interests give you a full hand of three; Start Now is always there.
    What Are You Into? with a name box, six colours, the icons and the spoon levels.
    The interest builder

Chapter 3

Draw a card

The whole point: three cards, so you don't have to choose from everything.

  1. 5

    Check in

    Tap how many spoons you have right now. Nothing is picked for you: be honest, a small amount still counts.

    • More Options adds the time you have (5 minutes to an hour) and three filters: Easy to Stop, Not Messy and Quiet.
    • At 0 spoons, a Rest Counts card comes first.
    How Many Spoons Do You Have? with 3 picked.
    3 spoons today
  2. 6

    Draw three cards Draw Three Cards

    Three cards land face down, each from a different interest, each costing no more than you have. Tap one to turn it over.

    • Redraw deals three new ones.
    Turn Over a Card: three face-down cards with a spoon on the back.
    Face down
  3. 7

    Choose one

    Tap a face-up card to see why it came up (spoons, minutes, quiet, how long since you last did it) and its tip, then press Do This One.

    • Press and hold a card for Not Today or Never Show Again; a new card takes its place.
    Choose a Card with the Gaming card chosen and its details below.
    The chosen card's details

Chapter 4

Do it

No streaks and no guilt: every outcome counts the same.

  1. 8

    Doing it

    The activity, its tip, and an Open button when it has a link or an app. A silent timer counts up, or down from 5 minutes to the activity's own length, if you want one.

    • Leave whenever you like; Spoonful asks how it went next time.
    The Doing It screen with the timer running and Done, Partly and Skipped buttons.
    The timer running
  2. 9

    Say how it went

    Done, Partly or Skipped, all logged the same way. Then, if you like, one tap for how many spoons you have now.

    How Many Spoons Now? with the six spoon buttons and Skip.
    Optional, one tap

Chapter 5

Your interests

The more ideas you give each interest, the better the cards fit your day.

  1. 10

    The library Library

    Every interest, in groups if you like, with how many activities it has and which spoon levels are still empty.

    • Add Interest and Add Group at the top.
    • Star an interest as a favourite, or pause it until you unpause it, or for a week, a month or three months.
    Your Interests: Drawing, Guitar, Gaming, Reading, Baking and Walking.
    Six interests
  2. 11

    Fill the ladder

    Open an interest to see its ladder: activities from no effort at the top to a full session at the bottom, with "Nothing at 3 spoons yet" gaps you can tap to fill.

    • Quick Add: a title and its spoons.
    • Paste a List: one per line; a line starting 3: gets 3 spoons.
    • Tap an activity for everything else: size, minutes, setup and cleanup, filters, a tip, notes, and a link or app to open.
    The Drawing interest: Quick Add, then the ladder from 0 spoons down.
    One interest's ladder

Chapter 6

Make it yours

  1. 12

    Settings Settings

    • How cards are chosen: Gentle Rotation (a nudge toward interests you haven't touched lately), Favourites, or Pure Random.
    • Which activity sizes to include, and whether cards show them.
    • Motion (reduced motion turns cards over instantly) and an Easy Reading Font.
    • Your Data at the bottom can clear every interest at once; your history stays.
    Make It Yours: interests, language and how cards are chosen.
    Settings
  2. 13

    Dark or light

    Spoonful follows your device, or pick Dark or Light in Settings.

    The check-in screen in the light theme.
    The light theme

Chapter 7

Good to know

Private by designNo account and no internet: everything stays on your device, and nothing is sent anywhere.
In the browserYour interests are saved in that browser on that device. Clearing the site's data clears them, and a private window forgets them when it closes.
KeyboardOn a computer, Tab moves between buttons and Esc goes back a screen.
UpdatingThe browser version is always the newest. On Android and Windows, install the newer version over the top; your data stays.