Waypoint

The path is flexible; the result is what counts

Waypoint is an experiment in goal-oriented interfaces. Instead of opening an app and bending your goal to fit it, you say what you're trying to get done — pick a laptop under $1,000, sell the car this month, host dinner for six — and the interface is built around that.

Tapping, typing, and pasting in research all change the same underlying state. The question we're testing: do different ways of getting there lead to an equally good result?

How it works

• Describe the goal — Waypoint may ask a couple of clarifying questions first
• Work through waypoints — each one is a single action (compare, decide, research, steps) with a clear finish line
• Steer — type under any screen's title to correct it; undo works everywhere
• Look it up — hand a search to Safari, then paste links and pictures back to fill in things like a price
• Finish — get a summary of what you decided and what's left

Private by design

Goals are interpreted by Apple's on-device model. The app makes no network requests, has no account, and has no analytics or tracking. Everything stays on your iPhone unless you choose to share it.