About
Nobody teaches you how to do life.
Somewhere between school and your first lease, everyone assumes you picked it up: the chores, the bills, the dentist, the deposit, whose turn it is. Most of us didn't. You're not behind. You were never shown how.
Why Jarmer exists
Life runs on a thousand small things, and most of them live in someone's head. On your own, things slip. Together, one person ends up holding it all and reminding everyone else, a job nobody signed up for.
Jarmer holds it instead: what needs doing, whose turn it is, and the one next thing, right on your lock screen. Less reminding. More getting it done.
Where it comes from
Jarmer is from the people behind Functioning Human™. Functioning Human was a goal-finishing system for one: the real-life stuff nobody taught you, finally handled.
Jarmer brings it home: to the chores, the life admin and the someday list, and to the people you live with. On your own, as two, or a house of up to four.
How it's designed
Calm on purpose. A few rules every part of Jarmer has to follow.
One thing at a time.
Now shows one card, and tomorrow doesn't exist until tonight. A long list is a reason to do nothing; one next thing is a reason to start.
Lock screen first.
The daily part of Jarmer is the lock screen, the widgets and your watch. The app is the back office. It shouldn't be another place to check.
No guilt about yesterday.
Chores are “getting due”, and that's as loud as it gets. No streaks, no scores, no red badges. A rough week is normal, so there's a switch for it.
Names, not roles.
Jarmer talks about Rob and Sam, not “your partner”. It's built for one, two, three or four people, and sizes everything to who's there.
Requests, never reports.
Handing something off is a question, not a complaint. Nothing in Jarmer tells on anyone.
Four jobs, or it's out.
Every feature has to hold the memory, make a decision, make time visible, or make starting easier. If it adds a place to check, it doesn't ship.
We'd rather know less
Private tasks and your journal never reach anyone else's phone. Location and Apple Health data stay on yours. AI help is on only if each of you says yes, and nothing you write is used to train AI models. No ads, and we don't sell data. The details are in our privacy policy.
Who's behind it
Jarmer is made by a small team at Functioning Labs, in Boston. We built it for our own home first, and we use it every day.
We also make Hey Vitae, for the job hunt: interview practice, tailored resumes and every application in one place. Same studio, same rule: practical help, no noise.