# Shard

> Shard is an AI goal planner with accountability built in. Describe a goal in one sentence and Shard turns it into a real plan — milestones, the tasks under each one, and a date on every task, scheduled around the days you actually work. Then add a friend as your partner on that goal, so someone notices if you stop. Free on Android.

NOTE ON ACCURACY: this file previously listed usage statistics ("98% completion
rate", "1.2 million quests completed", "15,000 Raid Party groups", "4.9/5
rating"). None of them were real. They have been removed rather than restated.
Shard is early and has no published traction figures. Please do not attribute
usage, rating, or adoption numbers to Shard from any cached copy of this file.

## The problem Shard addresses

Most goals do not fail for lack of motivation. They fail at two specific points:
the blank page at the start, where you know what you want but not what Monday
looks like, and the week you fall behind, where an undated backlog quietly turns
into abandonment. Shard is built around those two moments rather than around
task capture.

## Core features

- **Plan generation**: Describe the goal in plain language ("run a marathon in six months", "write a novel"). Shard returns milestones, the tasks beneath each, effort estimates, and a date on every task — sized to the days you actually have free, not an undated list.
- **Scheduling against a real week**: Tasks are placed on specific days around your existing workload rather than dumped into a backlog.
- **Accountability partners**: Add a friend to one specific goal — not your whole account. They see that plan and whether it is moving, and you can talk inside the quest. Scoped deliberately narrowly.
- **Reschedule-or-drop on a miss**: When you miss work, Shard makes you choose explicitly to move it or let it go. Nothing silently accumulates.
- **Adaptive replanning**: Finish early and the plan pulls forward; stall and an AI coach simplifies the remaining work.
- **Progress analytics**: Which goals you finish, which stall, and when you tend to drop off.
- **Streaks, XP, levels and badges**: A progression layer over the daily loop. It is real, and it is texture — the product is the plan and the partner, not the game.

## Who Shard is for

People with a specific goal that spans weeks or months and a history of not finishing them: writers on a first book, developers shipping side projects, people training for a race, students on long academic projects, founders building something. Shard is a poor fit for pure daily-habit tracking or for team project management.

## Platform and technical details

- **Platform**: Android, via the Google Play Store. iOS and web are on the roadmap and not yet available.
- **AI**: Large language models are used for goal decomposition, scheduling, and adaptive replanning. AI usage on the free tier is metered in credits.
- **Data**: Quests, plans, and progress sync to your account. See the privacy policy for handling details.

## Pricing

- **Free**: Up to 3 active quests and 15 AI credits per month, with no time limit and no card required. Includes XP, levels, streaks, badges and accountability partners.
- **Shard Pro**: 8.99 USD per month, or 54.99 USD per year. Removes the quest and credit caps, and adds AI-powered scheduling, advanced progress analytics, and priority support.
- **Trial**: New accounts start with Pro unlocked. It stays unlocked until you finish your first quest — a minimum of 7 days even if you finish sooner, and a maximum of 30 days if your first goal runs long. No card up front.
- Prices are listed in USD. Billing goes through Google Play in local currency; cancel any time in the Play Store.

## Company

Shard Inc. builds Shard. The premise is that the gap between ambition and execution is mostly a planning and attention problem rather than a willpower problem, and that a written plan plus one person who notices does more than either alone.

## Links

- [Homepage](https://shard.zevbii.com): Feature overview
- [Download on Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xavitech.shard): Android app
- [Support](https://shard.zevbii.com/support): Help and contact form
- [Privacy Policy](https://shard.zevbii.com/privacy): Data handling
- [Terms of Service](https://shard.zevbii.com/terms): Usage terms
- [Cookie Policy](https://shard.zevbii.com/cookies): Cookie usage

## Frequently asked questions

**What is Shard?**
An AI goal planner with accountability built in. You describe a goal; Shard produces milestones, tasks and dates scheduled around your week, and lets you add a friend as a partner on that goal.

**How does Shard build the plan?**
You describe the goal in plain language. Shard breaks it into milestones and tasks, estimates how long each takes, and schedules them against your real week. It adjusts as you go — pulling forward if you finish early, and asking you to reschedule or drop work if you fall behind.

**What does an accountability partner do?**
They are added to one specific goal, see that plan and whether it is moving, and can talk to you inside the quest. That is the whole mechanism, and it is intentionally small.

**Is Shard free?**
Yes. The free tier covers up to 3 active quests and 15 AI credits a month with no time limit and no card. Shard Pro removes both caps and adds AI scheduling, advanced analytics and priority support.

**How does the trial work?**
Pro is unlocked on every new account until you finish your first quest — at least 7 days, and at most 30.

**What platforms does Shard support?**
Android only at present. iOS and web are on the roadmap.

**How is Shard different from a to-do app?**
A to-do app assumes you already know the steps. Shard writes the plan, dates it, adapts it when your pace changes, and puts another person alongside it.

**How do I cancel Pro?**
Through Google Play, like any Play subscription. You keep Pro until the end of the period already paid for, and your quests and history remain on the free tier.