This app is built for people dealing with cognitive load — sensory overload, stress, situations where too many impressions arrive at once and the head can’t keep up.
What already works today
- Calm mode — strips the app down to the essentials, no distraction, no unnecessary blinking or beeping
- Stimulus indicator — shows the estimated current sensory load as a simple traffic-light system instead of a complex explanation
- Plain language — text gets simplified rule-based: short sentences, clear words
Two functions are fully real; a third (plain language) runs rule-based and already works, even though it isn’t backed by a large language model yet.
What’s still open
The step assistant — breaking a task down into individual, clearly guided steps so the whole thing doesn’t overwhelm you — currently only runs with the V2 cloud connection. On-device isn’t possible yet, because the model size it needs doesn’t run cleanly on an ordinary smartphone alone. Until that’s solved, the function stays honestly marked as „cloud only“ instead of being sold as finished.
That puts Cognition at two and a half of four planned functions — mid-alpha, with a clear next step in sight.
This series: Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 — Vision · Part 4 — Hearing