For a very limited time get a year of Finalist for zero dollars. I hope you get as much out of it as I do, and please tell your friends 🙏

To get the free year, make sure to download Finalist then use the coupon FRIDAY. It expires soon, so go ahead and give Finalist a whirl!

The most requested feature has now just gone live in Finalist 1.4: more colors! 🌈

Choose your own color for each tab in Finalist. Select from provided palettes or pick your own. All this can be found on the newly refreshed Settings tab. This new version also comes with lots of small improvements and fixes throughout. Let me know what you think!

Version 1.3 brings the new Weekly planner, in addition to the Monthly planner. Lists tab gets Outstanding Tasks list, showing you all the tasks that got missed. Widgets are all improved, with beautiful new StandBy widget. Finally, you’ll find lots of tweaks and improvements in this version - let me know how you find it!

Finalist 1.2 is here to make your iOS 17 update (also out today) way more interesting. The new Interactive Widgets will let you complete your tasks without opening the app. This works very nicely in the new StandBy mode. Finalist also got more widget support across the board: several lock screen variants for iPhone and new-to-iPad larger lock screen widgets.

You’ll also see hourly weather forecast inline on your Calendar Peek, very helpful when planning and reviewing your tasks. I’ve added more clipboard task import and export options (see … menu), new haptics when using the app, some more calendar display options and lots of tweaks and bug fixes you’ve reported over the last month - thank you! 🙏

Finalist 1.2 was just updated to Beta build 14. Lots of small improvements over 1.1 so far:

• Weather forecast on calendar peek overlay
• New lock screen widgets
• Interactive widgets and StandBy support for iOS 17
• More task import and export options in the menu
• More options which calendar events to show in Calendar Peek and Monthly tab
• New haptics

You can try the beta from our TestFlight page.

Finalist 1.1 is now out, and 1.2 Beta is already underway. This time I’ll be focusing on iOS 17 features for Apple’s September release, with a few general improvements for everyone 😀

Lots of improvements in 1.1 beta 54: 24-hour clock, non all-day event can now be shown on Monthly tab, more start and end day options for Daily tab and lots of small fixes. This build is also not going to be free anymore for new installs.

Finalist review from MacStories:

Finalist is a new iPhone and iPad task manager that combines elements of note-taking apps, Kanban boards, and calendar apps in a unique and interesting way. The result is a lightweight app that’s simple and quick to use but unlikely to replace a fully-featured task manager for most users.

Spot on!

Finalist is on Product Hunt today 🎉

You can vote for it here: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/finalist

The long Finalist 1.0 beta is over! *

Download it now from the app store and let me know what you think. It is free for a limited time!

*Beta 1.1 is starting asap 😆

Build 45 has smoother task editing, swapped date info in headers, animation for Lists (still has some quirks). Release is getting close - if you haven’t pre-ordered, you can do it at https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/finalist/id6447014685, it will help the launch 🙏

Build 44 (hammertime edition) fixes various foibles in data entry on iOS 16 and 17, improving vertical date line in Monthly, tweaking spacing and adding horizontal Today line to Monthly.

Build 43 adds faint drag handles to tasks, removes empty tasks on keyboard Done, workarounds for animation bugs in iOS 17 (not all)

Build 41 (now version 1.0.3) fixes some list ordering errors, reverse sorts Lists tab, optimizations and animations improvements, new Add Below button, adding Copy to clipboard to single tasks and task lists.

…and version 1.0.2 was just approved and ready for pre-orders 😅

Finalist is a slick and simple way to keep track of your daily tasks. Imagine a daily task sticky note, but that works on your phone and syncs with your calendar.

Every day gets a list. Swipe through your days to view and add tasks. See your whole month on one page.

Pre-order today for free and get lifetime of perks. Join TestFlight for an early peek.

Beta 38 improves new user onboarding, adds shading for Monthly tab weekends and adds past calendar events to the monthly timeline, smoother data entry, other tweaks and fixes.

Beta 36 adds new expanded Daily view on wider screens, improved Monthly view with better calendar timelines and fixed task entry, tweaked design for bottom navigation tabs, tweaks to Settings workflow and other fixes.