Goblin Tools
Free single-task AI helpers for neurodivergent people
Overview
Goblin Tools is a set of nine small AI tools by Bram De Buyser, led by Magic ToDo's task breakdown and built mainly for neurodivergent people. It is free on the web without an account or ads; paid mobile apps and an optional $3-a-month Pro tier add sync and history.
Pricing
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- All nine tools
- No ads or paywall
- Existing features promised never to be locked
- Official iOS and Android app
- Purchase helps keep the website free
- Task lists synced across devices
- Last 50 results on every tool
- Saved templates and custom Formalizer tones
- Custom instructions and shareable lists
- Same Pro features as the web
What you can produce with Goblin Tools
- A daunting task broken into steps with Magic ToDo, with the spiciness setting controlling how fine the breakdown is
- A message rewritten in a different tone or level of formality with Formalizer
- A read on how a message might come across emotionally, from Judge, before you send it
- A rough time estimate for a task or activity from Estimator
- A messy brain dump turned into actions with Compiler, worked through one at a time in Taskmaster
- Plain explanations from Professor and pros and cons on a decision from Consultant
- Magic ToDo lists exported to Todoist, Notion, Asana, TickTick or calendar files, or synced across devices with Pro
Goblin Tools does one thing well: it gets you started. Magic ToDo turns a task you have been avoiding into steps you can begin, and a spiciness setting decides how small those steps get. Eight companion tools handle tone, message reading, time estimates, brain dumps, explanations, decisions, focus and recipes. The website stays free with no account, ads or paywall, and since August 2026 an optional Pro subscription adds sync, history, templates and sharing.
Expect plain language-model output, no API and no team features, though lists export to Todoist, Notion, Asana and TickTick. The iOS app has a record of crash complaints, so the browser version is the safer start. Best for students, ADHD and autistic users, and anyone who freezes in front of a vague task.
What we found
Goblin Tools is a set of small, single-purpose AI helpers written and maintained by Bram De Buyser and operated by Skyhook BV, a company based in Bruges, Belgium. The site says the tools are designed mostly for neurodivergent people facing tasks that feel overwhelming. Magic ToDo is the centrepiece: type a task, press the wand, and it splits into subtasks, with a spiciness setting that controls how finely it breaks things down. Eight more tools sit beside it, covering tone rewriting, reading the emotion in a message, time estimates, turning a brain dump into actions, plain-language explanations, pros-and-cons decisions, one-task-at-a-time focus and recipes from what is in the fridge.
The web version is still free, with no account, ads or paywall, and the About page promises that existing features will never be locked. What changed in August 2026 is Goblin Tools Pro, a monthly subscription that adds accounts, cross-device sync, per-tool history, templates, shareable lists and custom instructions. On the web it costs $3, €3 or £3 a month after a one-week trial; inside the apps Apple and Google bill it, and the US App Store lists $3.99 a month or $39.99 a year. The mobile apps themselves remain a one-off purchase. Earlier versions of this page described the product as free only and listed six tools.
Reception is warm with two sore spots. Of the 500 most recent US App Store reviews, 61 mention crashing, clustered in the first half of 2026, and seven written between 21 August and 6 September objected to being offered a subscription after buying the app. Both store ratings remain high, and the developer's own listing warns that unofficial copycat apps exist.
The limits are of scope rather than quality. There is no API, no team workspace and no live sync with other planners, though Magic ToDo lists export to Todoist, Notion, Asana, TickTick and calendar files. It fits anyone who freezes in front of a vague task; people wanting a full planner should look elsewhere.
Compiled by RECATOOLS from public sources: vendor documentation and pricing, code repositories and published reporting.
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