WEEK 1 · JAN 1–7
THE FLOOR
−110 / day
know your delta.
virtues minus vices. one number, every day. talyq scores what you actually did — including the parts you don’t talk about.
get talyq — $49 once → one payment. lifetime access. no subscription, ever. your data stays on your device.JANUARY 2026 · DAY 28 OF 28 · FIRST POSITIVE WEEK
twenty-eight days.
one number per day.
january 2026. the operator used talyq daily for 28 days. cigarettes held at 3/day all month. nothing was added without something being subtracted. the data below is what that looks like.
this is the founder's actual manual ledger. january 2026, kept in a spreadsheet before the app existed. talyq is what the spreadsheet became.
WEEK 2 · JAN 8–14
THE DIP
−125 / day
WEEK 3 · JAN 15–21
THE TURN
−19 / day
WEEK 4 · JAN 22–28
FIRST POSITIVE
+14 / day
“subtracting a vice is worth more than adding a virtue. the month proves it. sixty-eight percent of the recovery came from cutting things out — not from doing more.”
— THE OPERATOR · MONTH 01
FROM CUTTING VICES
+595
68% of total improvement
FROM ADDING VIRTUES
+275
32% of total improvement
most self-improvement apps lie. talyq does the opposite.
most apps reward you for opening them. they hide your bad days behind streaks and badges. they tell you you’re doing great when you’re not.
talyq does the opposite. you define what counts as good. you define what counts as bad. the score is the difference — including the days you’d rather forget.
no streaks. no celebration. no flattery. just a number. what you actually did, expressed as arithmetic.
if the number goes up, you improved. if it goes down, you didn’t. that’s the whole product.
WHAT IT IS
- a private daily ledger
- user-defined virtues and vices, weighted by you
- your data on your device, never on a server
- one number per day. the truth.
- a license key you paste once. no account, no email, no login.
WHAT IT ISN’T
- a wellness app
- a meditation or mood tracker
- a coach, a guru, or a friend
- a streak-based habit tracker
- anything that needs your data to work
one payment. lifetime access. no subscription.
talyq is $49, once. you get lifetime access to every paid feature, ever — including everything released in the future. not a year. not until you stop paying. no monthly bill, no yearly bill, nothing to cancel.
$49 isn’t pricing. it’s a filter. free attracts the wrong users. paying once, up front, attracts people who mean it. that signal matters more than the price.
your data lives on your device. talyq never sees it. your license key arrives by email the moment you pay. paste it once. done.
the obvious ones.
- do i need an account?
- no. there is no signup, no email, no password. your license key unlocks the app. your data lives in your browser’s local storage.
- what if i clear my browser data?
- your history lives in local storage. clear the browser, lose the data — that’s honest. export to csv from settings before anything risky. cloud sync is on the roadmap.
- why is this $49 instead of free?
- free attracts the wrong users. paying once means you’re betting on the long-term product. that signal matters more than the price.
- is there a subscription?
- no. one payment of $49, lifetime access. no monthly, no yearly, no upsell. you buy it once and it’s yours.