You know what matters.
You still can't start it.

It leaves.

Most tools are built to keep you in the app. Tangent is built to get you out of it and into the work. One question at most, one physical action, then it stops talking.

It checks once, about ten minutes later, whether you're still in it. If you're not, it writes that down and leaves you alone.

What it refuses to do

• It won't nag. Silence gets one gentle follow-up, then nothing. Not replying is never read as failure — you might be focused, asleep, or driving.
• It won't push you when you're empty. If you haven't slept or eaten, it asks about capacity instead of pretending you need discipline. Rest is a real answer, not a missed target.
• It won't call a nice chat a win. A pleasant conversation where nothing moved is a failure, and it's measured that way. Fewer nudges and more actual starts is the only score that counts.
• It won't just agree with you. A partner who tells you everything is brilliant is worth nothing. If an idea is weak, it says so, and says why.

Tell it every idea. All of them.

Say them out loud whenever they land — Tangent catches them so you can stop carrying them around. Then sit down whenever you like and it tells you straight: this one holds up, these two are the same idea wearing different hats, this one you can let go of.

Capturing an idea isn't a distraction. Only acting on one competes.

Nothing you bank demands anything from you. That's the point — the weight of an unexamined idea is the thing it's taking off you.

Built for a divergent brain.

Voice-first, because typing when you're already stuck is one more wall. Honest, because you have enough people being encouraging at you. Zero judgment, because the reflex was never a character flaw — it's the asset, misfiring.

What it costs

$20 a month, and your first month is $10 — the discount is already applied when you get there, so there is nothing to remember. Cancel whenever: no call, no retention flow, no dark pattern.

It isn't free because it isn't cheap to run: every voice note is transcribed, thought about, and spoken back. Charging for it is also the only honest test of whether it's worth anything.