Finalist
Your All-in-one Day Organizer
Free · In-App Purchases
A planner that fills itself with your calendar, reminders, habits, and weather. A notable reviewer summarized it well: "I’m kind of blown away by how robust and thoughtful Finalist is. It’s not a web app with iOS and Mac clients. It’s a suite of native apps designed with care for Apple’s platforms."
Unlike task managers that create more work than they solve, Finalist is organized around days, not endless task lists. Open the app and see what's ahead. Pull unfinished tasks from yesterday. Punt to tomorrow. Or let them go entirely.
What makes Finalist different:
• Days are the containers. Tasks, events, habits, journal entries, and weather live inside each day. No due dates. No overdue guilt. Just today.
• It fills itself. Your calendar syncs automatically. Reminders appear where they belong. Weather shows up so you can plan around it.
• Paper planner energy, digital convenience. Inspired by bullet journals and proven planning systems. Not another generic productivity app.
• Native Apple apps. Built with care for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. No account required. Syncs via iCloud.
Plan your day:
See everything that matters in one place. Drag to reorder. Tap to complete. Swipe to reschedule.
Plan your week:
The weekly planner shows what's coming with full context.
Plan your year:
Color-code your year with the Highlighter. See patterns emerge. Design your life with intention.
Journal:
Capture moments with Apple's Journal Suggestions and Activity Rings built right in.
What people are saying:
"This is the best to-do/daily planner app I've ever used. I've gotten rid of all my other 'to-do' apps and now this is the only one I'll use."
"It's one of the few planning apps that feels simple and enjoyable to use. The simple timeline helps me stay focused and get things done without overthinking."
"It ties together those basic and rather bland looking apps and improves on both their interface, personality and functionality."
"The best in its category. This app ticks all the boxes. Neatly designed. Useful practical features."
Finalist is a love letter to paper planners. Give it a try, it feels great :)
Purchasing information
To get the full functionality in Finalist you will need to either purchase a subscription or a one time In-App Purchase for Lifetime access. The purchase amount will be applied to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Lifetime purchase is a one-time fee. For more information, see our Terms of Use at https://finalist.works/eula/ and our Privacy Policy at https://finalist.works/privacy-policy/
more Lots new in this latest version:
Subtasks
- Add, check off, reorder, and swipe-to-delete subtasks inside any task
- Chain new subtasks with Return key, works with hardware keyboards
- Subtasks show inline in task lists with collapsible disclosure
Calendar Bookmarks
- Colored tabs on Daily to toggle individual calendars on and off
- Solo mode: one tap to show only your calendars, hide shared ones
- Focus mode: isolate a single calendar via long press
- Swipe up/down on tabs to collapse into a compact deck or expand
- Long press for quick actions: set default calendar, add event, Show All, Configure
- Choose which calendars appear in bookmarks from Calendar settings
- Non-editable calendars hidden in Solo mode
HealthKit in Journal
- Activity Rings displayed per day in Journal
- Steps, Distance, Flights Climbed with bar graph visualizations
- Sleep and Resting Heart Rate available in Settings
- Journal becomes a glanceable health dashboard alongside your entries
Journal Quick Actions
- Map Check In: drop a pin of your current location
- Last Photo: attach your most recent photo
- Workout: log an exercise entry
- New accessory bar with map and photo capsule thumbnails
- Actions append to recent entries or create new ones
Hear Summary Everywhere
- Lock Screen widget
- Siri command ("Hear my summary in Finalist")
- Shortcuts app action via HearSummaryIntent
- New Control Center button
- Deep link (finalist://hear-summary)
Outstanding Tasks Overhaul
- Expandable section at top of Lists tab with recent week tasks and SEE ALL
- Collapsible date sections: Recent, Last 30 days, Last 3 months, Last 6 months, Last year, Over a year old
- Per-section Edit menu: move to today/tomorrow, move to list, complete, delete with confirmation
And that's just the big items, many more features and fixes included in this release.
3.6.1 19 Mar
Lots new in this latest version:
Subtasks
- Add, check off, reorder, and swipe-to-delete subtasks inside any task
- Chain new subtasks with Return key, works with hardware keyboards
- Subtasks show inline in task lists with collapsible disclosure
Calendar Bookmarks
- Colored tabs on Daily to toggle individual calendars on and off
- Solo mode: one tap to show only your calendars, hide shared ones
- Focus mode: isolate a single calendar via long press
- Swipe up/down on tabs to collapse into a compact deck or expand
- Long press for quick actions: set default calendar, add event, Show All, Configure
- Choose which calendars appear in bookmarks from Calendar settings
- Non-editable calendars hidden in Solo mode
HealthKit in Journal
- Activity Rings displayed per day in Journal
- Steps, Distance, Flights Climbed with bar graph visualizations
- Sleep and Resting Heart Rate available in Settings
- Journal becomes a glanceable health dashboard alongside your entries
Journal Quick Actions
- Map Check In: drop a pin of your current location
- Last Photo: attach your most recent photo
- Workout: log an exercise entry
- New accessory bar with map and photo capsule thumbnails
- Actions append to recent entries or create new ones
Hear Summary Everywhere
- Lock Screen widget
- Siri command ("Hear my summary in Finalist")
- Shortcuts app action via HearSummaryIntent
- New Control Center button
- Deep link (finalist://hear-summary)
Outstanding Tasks Overhaul
- Expandable section at top of Lists tab with recent week tasks and SEE ALL
- Collapsible date sections: Recent, Last 30 days, Last 3 months, Last 6 months, Last year, Over a year old
- Per-section Edit menu: move to today/tomorrow, move to list, complete, delete with confirmation
And that's just the big items, many more features and fixes included in this release.
3.6 8 Mar
Calendars & Reminders organized by account
Your calendars and reminder lists are now grouped by the account they belong to, everywhere in the app.
Location support for events
Add locations to calendar events. Tap map locations in Daily to share.
Journal improvements
Reversed sort order (newest first). Fixed editing and clipboard on macOS.
New options
- "Dim read-only calendar events" to de-emphasize subscribed calendars
- "Show event details" to toggle event notes on Daily
Daily view
Tap Morning, Afternoon, or Evening headers to quickly add a task to that section.
macOS
Context menus for events and habits. Better multi-window support. Cmd+N now creates a new task.
Also
Improved iCloud sync frequency. Various bug fixes and polish.
3.5.10 27 Jan
Calendars & Reminders organized by account
Your calendars and reminder lists are now grouped by the account they belong to, everywhere in the app.
Location support for events
Add locations to calendar events. Tap map locations in Daily to share.
Journal improvements
Reversed sort order (newest first). Fixed editing and clipboard on macOS.
New options
- "Dim read-only calendar events" to de-emphasize subscribed calendars
- "Show event details" to toggle event notes on Daily
Daily view
Tap Morning, Afternoon, or Evening headers to quickly add a task to that section.
macOS
Context menus for events and habits. Better multi-window support. Cmd+N now creates a new task.
Also
Improved iCloud sync frequency. Various bug fixes and polish.
3.5.9 23 Jan
Lots new in this update:
macOS Improvements
- Redesigned menu bar window with reminders, weather, calendar and planner
highlights at a glance
- Better default window sizing
- New toggle to enable/disable menu bar icon
- Fixes to Yearly Planner UI
Calendar & Reminders
- New option to show event end times
- Performance improvements for large reminders collections
- Reminders checkboxes now use their list color for easier identification
- New Ignored Reminder Lists section
Planner Enhancements
- Add highlights directly from Weekly/Monthly planner via long-press
- Current day and week number highlighted in Yearly Planner
- Long-press days in week browser to add items directly
Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac/iPad)
- ⌘⇧N — New Task
- ⌘1-4 — Switch tabs
- ⌘T — Go to Today
- ⌘⌥←/→ — Browse days
- Ctrl⌥←/→ — Browse weeks
Other Improvements
- Redesigned Add Task sheet with Cancel/Add buttons
- Event gap duration shown in Daily tab margins
- Improved habit and challenge handling
- Many small theme and color fixes
- Various bug fixes and performance tweaks
3.5.8 11 Jan
Lots new in this update:
macOS Improvements
- Redesigned menu bar window with reminders, weather, calendar and planner
highlights at a glance
- Better default window sizing
- New toggle to enable/disable menu bar icon
- Fixes to Yearly Planner UI
Calendar & Reminders
- New option to show event end times
- Performance improvements for large reminders collections
- Reminders checkboxes now use their list color for easier identification
- New Ignored Reminder Lists section
Planner Enhancements
- Add highlights directly from Weekly/Monthly planner via long-press
- Current day and week number highlighted in Yearly Planner
- Long-press days in week browser to add items directly
Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac/iPad)
- ⌘⇧N — New Task
- ⌘1-4 — Switch tabs
- ⌘T — Go to Today
- ⌘⌥←/→ — Browse days
- Ctrl⌥←/→ — Browse weeks
Other Improvements
- Redesigned Add Task sheet with Cancel/Add buttons
- Event gap duration shown in Daily tab margins
- Improved habit and challenge handling
- Many small theme and color fixes
- Various bug fixes and performance tweaks
3.5.7 10 Jan
Yearly Planner is here! Plan your month, quarter, or entire year with the new Yearly Planner view.
Create custom Day Highlights like "Vacation," "Focus Day," or "Project Sprint" and paint them across your calendar with a tap. Highlights appear throughout the app - in Daily view, Week Browser, and other Planner modes.
Sync highlights to your calendar for instant two-way updates.
Many other changes, including:
- 30-Day Planning Challenge
- Repeating Reminders
- Add from Yesterday - Extended: choose how many days back to look for outstanding tasks when triaging - no longer limited to just yesterday.
- Many more smaller improvements and fixes.
3.5.6 31/12/2025
Yearly Planner is here! Plan your month, quarter, or entire year with the new Yearly Planner view.
Create custom Day Highlights like "Vacation," "Focus Day," or "Project Sprint" and paint them across your calendar with a tap. Highlights appear throughout the app - in Daily view, Week Browser, and other Planner modes.
Sync highlights to your calendar for instant two-way updates.
Many other changes, including:
- 30-Day Planning Challenge
- Repeating Reminders
- Add from Yesterday - Extended: choose how many days back to look for outstanding tasks when triaging - no longer limited to just yesterday.
- Many more smaller improvements and fixes.
3.5.4 19/12/2025
Yearly Planner is here! Plan your month, quarter, or entire year with the new Yearly Planner view.
Create custom Day Highlights like "Vacation," "Focus Day," or "Project Sprint" and paint them across your calendar with a tap. Highlights appear throughout the app - in Daily view, Week Browser, and other Planner modes.
Sync highlights to your calendar for instant two-way updates.
Many other changes, including:
- 30-Day Planning Challenge
- Repeating Reminders
- Add from Yesterday - Extended: choose how many days back to look for outstanding tasks when triaging - no longer limited to just yesterday.
- Many more smaller improvements and fixes.
3.5.3 17/12/2025
Yearly Planner is here! Plan your month, quarter, or entire year with the new Yearly Planner view.
Create custom Day Highlights like "Vacation," "Focus Day," or "Project Sprint" and paint them across your calendar with a tap. Highlights appear throughout the app - in Daily view, Week Browser, and other Planner modes.
Sync highlights to your calendar for instant two-way updates.
Many other changes, including:
- 30-Day Planning Challenge
- Repeating Reminders
- Add from Yesterday - Extended: choose how many days back to look for outstanding tasks when triaging - no longer limited to just yesterday.
- Many more smaller improvements and fixes.
3.5.2 12/12/2025
Yearly Planner is here! Plan your month, quarter, or entire year with the new Yearly Planner view.
Create custom Day Highlights like "Vacation," "Focus Day," or "Project Sprint" and paint them across your calendar with a tap. Highlights appear throughout the app - in Daily view, Week Browser, and other Planner modes.
Sync highlights to your calendar for instant two-way updates.
Many other changes, including:
- 30-Day Planning Challenge
- Repeating Reminders
- Add from Yesterday - Extended: choose how many days back to look for outstanding tasks when triaging - no longer limited to just yesterday.
- Many more smaller improvements and fixes.
3.5.1 05/12/2025
Yearly Planner is here! Plan your month, quarter, or entire year with the new Yearly Planner view.
Create custom Day Highlights like "Vacation," "Focus Day," or "Project Sprint" and paint them across your calendar with a tap. Highlights appear throughout the app - in Daily view, Week Browser, and other Planner modes.
Sync highlights to your calendar for instant two-way updates.
Many other changes, including:
- 30-Day Planning Challenge
- Repeating Reminders
- Add from Yesterday - Extended: choose how many days back to look for outstanding tasks when triaging - no longer limited to just yesterday.
- Many more smaller improvements and fixes.
3.5 29/11/2025
The latest update is all about making your daily planning more natural and less cluttered. Journaling is now part of the Daily view, letting you jot a quick thought or set a goal for tomorrow right where you plan your time. These goals stay visible to guide your focus each morning.
Finalist now also supports Journal Suggestions, with new photo stickers added to your Journal timeline, exercise route maps, and more.
The task editing has been overhauled: you can now edit inline, expand into a full sheet when needed, and add notes across all task types.
Drag-and-drop now works across the app, whether you’re reordering lists or managing your Planner. New clearer Settings screen makes it easy to toggle Daily sections you care about, while Plan Solo mode lets you focus on only your own calendars.
Under the hood, scrolling is faster, notifications are tidier, and widgets work better — all small fixes that add up to a smoother and more productive experience.
3.4 13/11/2025
The latest update is all about making your daily planning more natural and less cluttered. Journaling is now part of the Daily view, letting you jot a quick thought or set a goal for tomorrow right where you plan your time. These goals stay visible to guide your focus each morning.
Finalist now also supports Journal Suggestions, with new photo stickers added to your Journal timeline, exercise route maps, and more.
The task editing has been overhauled: you can now edit inline, expand into a full sheet when needed, and add notes across all task types.
Drag-and-drop now works across the app, whether you’re reordering lists or managing your Planner. New clearer Settings screen makes it easy to toggle Daily sections you care about, while Plan Solo mode lets you focus on only your own calendars.
Under the hood, scrolling is faster, notifications are tidier, and widgets work better — all small fixes that add up to a smoother and more productive experience.
3.3 11/10/2025
New features that take advantage of iOS 26 on-device AI and a beautiful new theme.
- Speak Your Tasks: automatically build dated and undated Reminders and Tasks just from talking (requires Apple Intelligence)
- New iOS 26 Liquid Glass themes
- Finalist is now on visionOS 26
- More powerful Journal tab
- Improved Planner tab
- New Live Activity with countdown to the next task
3.2.1 15/09/2025
New features that take advantage of iOS 26 on-device AI and a beautiful new theme.
- Speak Your Tasks: automatically build dated and undated Reminders and Tasks just from talking (requires Apple Intelligence)
- New iOS 26 Liquid Glass themes
- Finalist is now on visionOS 26
- More powerful Journal tab
- Improved Planner tab
- New Live Activity with countdown to the next task
3.2 11/09/2025
Day Planner now gets Weekly and Monthly Planner tab, letting you look at calendars and Reminders lists in isolation.
3.1.2 20/08/2025
Finalist gets a new Planner tab, letting you look at calendars and Reminders lists in isolation, in weekly and monthly detail.
3.1.1 18/08/2025
Daily Planner reborn: completely rewritten to work seamlessly with your Reminders and Calendars, Finalist is the simplest way to plan, organize and complete your goals. It now also includes Habits, Journal, list datelines, new Monthly view, and lots more.
3.0 02/07/2025
Your Recap feature is a one-page summary of your streaks, weekly cadence and year-long productivity pulse for tasks and Reminders. You can now also receive Notifications when your timed tasks are due.
2.2.3 03/03/2025
Your Recap feature is a one-page summary of your streaks, weekly cadence and year-long productivity pulse for tasks and Reminders. You can now also receive Notifications when your timed tasks are due.
2.2.2 10/02/2025
Your Recap feature is a one-page summary of your streaks, weekly cadence and year-long productivity pulse for tasks and Reminders. You can now also receive Notifications when your timed tasks are due.
2.2.1 03/02/2025
2025 is here with Year Recap feature, a one-page summary of your streaks, weekly cadence and year-long productivity pulse for tasks and Reminders. You can now also receive Notifications when your timed tasks are due.
2.2 17/12/2024
Heaps of new features: Tags for tasks, Nested Lists and List Archiving for better organization, Evening Notes to start your morning on the right foot, URLs and addresses in tasks linked to Safari and Maps, new layouts and Pencil-friendly features for iPad, updates to Themes, better Mac experience and lots more.
2.1.1 10/11/2024
Heaps of new features: Tags for tasks, Nested Lists and List Archiving for better organization, Evening Notes to start your morning on the right foot, URLs and addresses in tasks linked to Safari and Maps, new layouts and Pencil-friendly features for iPad, updates to Themes, better Mac experience and lots more.
2.1 08/11/2024
Lots new in this latest version:
Subtasks
- Add, check off, reorder, and swipe-to-delete subtasks inside any task
- Chain new subtasks with Return key, works with hardware keyboards
- Subtasks show inline in task lists with collapsible disclosure
Calendar Bookmarks
- Colored tabs on Daily to toggle individual calendars on and off
- Solo mode: one tap to show only your calendars, hide shared ones
- Focus mode: isolate a single calendar via long press
- Swipe up/down on tabs to collapse into a compact deck or expand
- Long press for quick actions: set default calendar, add event, Show All, Configure
- Choose which calendars appear in bookmarks from Calendar settings
- Non-editable calendars hidden in Solo mode
HealthKit in Journal
- Activity Rings displayed per day in Journal
- Steps, Distance, Flights Climbed with bar graph visualizations
- Sleep and Resting Heart Rate available in Settings
- Journal becomes a glanceable health dashboard alongside your entries
Journal Quick Actions
- Map Check In: drop a pin of your current location
- Last Photo: attach your most recent photo
- Workout: log an exercise entry
- New accessory bar with map and photo capsule thumbnails
- Actions append to recent entries or create new ones
Hear Summary Everywhere
- Lock Screen widget
- Siri command ("Hear my summary in Finalist")
- Shortcuts app action via HearSummaryIntent
- New Control Center button
- Deep link (finalist://hear-summary)
Outstanding Tasks Overhaul
- Expandable section at top of Lists tab with recent week tasks and SEE ALL
- Collapsible date sections: Recent, Last 30 days, Last 3 months, Last 6 months, Last year, Over a year old
- Per-section Edit menu: move to today/tomorrow, move to list, complete, delete with confirmation
And that's just the big items, many more features and fixes included in this release.
more Version 3.6.1 19 Mar
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