The original spinning-plates deadline app

Stop Just
Managing
Tasks.
Start Winning
at Life.

9 Plates gamifies your deadlines — plates wobble as time runs out, turn red under pressure, and crash when you miss them. Weirdly addictive. Completely free.

100% free forever. No ads. No limits. No credit card.

9 Plates Life Goals screen showing big goals broken into spinning plate tasks
9 Plates dark mode showing spinning plates with deadlines
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Platforms — iPhone & Android
See it in action

WATCH THE PLATES SPIN

Two minutes. That's all it takes to see why 9 Plates is a completely different approach to managing your deadlines.

The app

DARK, LIGHT &
LIFE GOALS MODE

Three views. Every deadline visible. Nothing getting lost.

9 Plates light mode – deadline tracker with spinning plates on white background
Light mode Clean and sharp for daytime. Plates colour by urgency — green, orange, red. You always know what's pressing.
9 Plates dark mode – premium deadline app for Android
Dark mode Premium. Focused. Built for late nights when the to-do list won't leave you alone.
9 Plates Life Goals mode – set big life goals and track with spinning plates
Life Goals mode Up to 9 big goals broken into plate tasks. Stack turns golden as you progress toward what actually matters.
Features

EVERY FEATURE
YOU ACTUALLY NEED

Built for people who have too much on their plate — and not enough satisfaction crossing things off.

🎙️

Voice commands

Say "Add Plate, dentist March 15th" — done. No typing.

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Plates that react

Steady when you're on top, wobbling as time runs out, smashed when you miss.

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Satisfying sounds

Spins, wobbles and crashes you can hear. Clearing a plate feels properly good.

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Dark & light mode

Sharp in both — dark mode built for late nights.

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Projects & 18 plates

Split life into up to 9 tabs — work, home, side hustle — with 18 plates per screen. (Life Goals upgrade.)

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Level system

Climb from Starter to Excellence — your consistency, measured and rewarded.

The Life Goals framework

WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT
FROM YOUR LIFE?

Not the emails. Not the errands. The big stuff — the career change, the business sale, the finish line, the dream you keep telling people about "one day". Most goals die because they're too big to start. Life Goals is a framework built on one idea: every enormous ambition is just nine plates.

STEP 1

Name the dream

"I want to… so that… by…" — say what you want, why it matters, and when. Vague dreams stay dreams. Named ones become plans.

STEP 2

Break it into 9 plates

Nine tasks between you and the goal. Suddenly "become an actor" is "join a class", "get headshots", "attend 20 auditions". Doable things.

STEP 3

Spin & stack

Each completed plate joins the stack. Your progress isn't a number in a list — it's a stack you can see growing, turning golden.

STEP 4

The Victory Celebration

When you set the goal, you seal a promise — how you'll celebrate. It's revealed when you're one plate away. One task between you and the reward.

STEP 5

Enter the Trophy Room

Complete the stack, claim the celebration, and the trophy is yours — permanently. A brag wall of proof you do what you say you will.

EXAMPLES ONLY — your goals are entirely your own, and you break them down your way.
Hover any example to see how it might split into nine plates (tap on mobile) — notes and all.

🎬 Star in a series

Become an actor — the 9 plates

  1. Join a local acting class
  2. Study 10 great performances
  3. Get professional headshots📝 Book Sarah — £150. Wear the blue shirt
  4. Create casting profiles
  5. Land 3 student-film roles
  6. Cut a 2-minute showreel
  7. Attend 20 auditions📝 Colston Hall 2.30 — breathe, take your time
  8. Sign with an agent
  9. Land a paid screen role
💼 Sell my company

Sell the business — the 9 plates

  1. Get a professional valuation📝 3 valuers booked — don't accept the first number
  2. Clean up the accounts
  3. Document every process
  4. Make it run without you
  5. Grow recurring revenue
  6. Appoint a broker or advisor
  7. Prepare the data room
  8. Court 3 serious buyers
  9. Negotiate and sign the deal
🏃 Run the half marathon

Half marathon — the 9 plates

  1. Health check and proper shoes
  2. Follow a couch-to-5K plan
  3. Run a full 5K
  4. Add a weekly long run
  5. Enter the race — pay up📝 Cardiff Half, October — £38. No backing out now
  6. Run 10K without stopping
  7. Practise race-day fuelling
  8. Complete a 16K long run
  9. Race day — cross the line
⛳ Get to a 5 handicap

Single figures — the 9 plates

  1. Get an official handicap
  2. Weekly lessons with a pro📝 Tuesdays 6pm with Gareth — film the swing
  3. Short game twice a week
  4. 100 putts of drills a week
  5. Play 2 comps a month
  6. Build a course-management plan
  7. Break 85 consistently
  8. Break 80 in competition
  9. Bring it down to 5
👨‍🍳 Master 9 signature dishes

Host without panic — the 9 plates

  1. Perfect a spag bol
  2. Nail the Sunday roast
  3. Curry from scratch📝 Rick Stein's madras — toast the spices first
  4. A showstopper chilli
  5. Steak with a pan sauce
  6. Fresh pasta night
  7. Whole baked fish
  8. One signature dessert
  9. Host a 3-course dinner
🏡 Build the house

Build the house — the 9 plates

  1. Set the budget and finance
  2. Find the right plot
  3. Agree purchase, subject to planning📝 Never complete before permission — protect yourself
  4. Architect draws the plans
  5. Win planning permission
  6. Complete the plot purchase
  7. Appoint the builder
  8. Foundations to watertight
  9. Fit-out, snag, move in
📚 Write the book

Write the book — the 9 plates

  1. Nail the one-line premise
  2. Outline every chapter
  3. Write 500 words a day📝 Before work — phone in the other room
  4. Finish the first draft
  5. Rest it, then re-read
  6. Second-draft rewrite
  7. Three beta readers
  8. Professional edit and polish
  9. Publish or submit it
✈️ Take the big trip

The big trip — the 9 plates

  1. Pick the destination
  2. Open the savings pot
  3. Book the time off
  4. Book the flights
  5. Plan the route and stays
  6. Passports, visas, jabs
  7. Book the big experiences
  8. Pack and sort home cover
  9. Wheels up

You already know your goal — it's the one you thought of while reading this. There are nine plates between you and it.

Start spinning yours →
9 Plates Life Goals screen – set life goals and track progress with golden spinning plates
Life Goals — £4.99/month

FROM SURVIVING THE WEEK TO OWNING YOUR LIFE

9 Plates keeps your days under control. Life Goals is where you build the life you actually want.

  • Set up to 9 big life goals — career, health, finances, whatever matters most
  • Break each goal into spinning-plate tasks and watch progress accumulate
  • Your plate stack turns golden as you inch toward completion
  • Set personal rewards — a Ritz weekend, a golf trip, whatever means something to you
  • Earn Trophy Room trophies — but only after you've claimed your reward first
  • Daily motivational boosts and priority support
Life Goals demo

SEE LIFE GOALS
IN 60 SECONDS

Watch how Life Goals transforms big ambitions into a daily system of spinning plates, golden stacks, and properly earned trophies.

  • Set your goal and break it into plates
  • Watch the stack build as you complete tasks
  • Claim your reward, then earn your trophy
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Just by having your goals visually in front of you will allow you to achieve them quicker.
The 9 Plates philosophy
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  • 9 spinning plates at a time — focus by design
  • Voice command input
  • Wobble, red alert & crash animations
  • Realistic sound effects
  • Dark & light mode
  • Level & status system
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Life Goals
Build the life you want
£4.99/mo
Everything in 9 Plates, plus…
  • Up to 9 big life goals
  • Break goals into plate tasks
  • Projects — up to 9 tabbed workspaces
  • 18 plates per screen (double capacity)
  • Golden stack progress visualisation
  • Personal rewards you define
  • Trophy Room (reward first, trophy after)
  • Daily motivational boosts
  • Priority support
Start Life Goals →
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Now on iPhone

iOS IS
HERE

9 Plates has landed on the App Store. Spinning plates, smashing deadlines, voice commands and Life Goals — now on iPhone as well as Android, with your plates in sync wherever you sign in.

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SPIN PLATES TO OWN YOUR DAYS.
STACK PLATES TO OWN YOUR LIFE.

Download 9 Plates free today on iPhone or Android. Master your deadlines first — upgrade when you're ready to start winning tomorrow.

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Free on iPhone and Android · Life Goals £4.99/month

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