A project management tool that reads like a plain list
Plan your work in sections that stack down the page, or flip them into columns when you want a board. Every task shows its owner, due date and priority on one line, so you can take in a whole project at a glance and then start a focus timer on any part of it.
Free to useNo credit cardPomodoro timer included
Everything between the beta and the public launch.
Most project tools make you manage the tool
You open the app to check what is due this week. Twenty minutes later you have renamed a column, dragged four cards around, added a custom field that nobody will ever fill in, and you still could not say out loud what is actually late.
This tool is built the other way round. A project is a list of sections. A section is a list of tasks. A task shows everything about itself on a single line. Adding work takes one keystroke, and changing an owner or a date takes one click, right where the task sits, with no pop up window in the way.
Because it lives in the same place as the Pomodoro timer, your plan and your focus time are not split across two apps. You estimate a task in hours, the tool shows it back to you as a number of pomodoros, and then you go and do them.
Two views, one project
A list to plan with, a board when you want columns
The list view stacks your sections down the page so the whole project reads top to bottom. It is the calmest way to plan a week and the easiest to use on a phone.
Prefer columns? Switch to the board view and the same sections line up side by side, with tasks as cards you can drag between them. To do, in progress and review, laid out left to right. Same project, same data, a different shape for a different moment.
You are never locked into one. The switch sits in the toolbar above your tasks, and the board remembers which view you left it in.
Task detail
Every task carries its own detail
Open a task and a panel slides in with the full picture. Who owns it, when it is due, what state it is in, how important it is, which section it belongs to, a time estimate, tags and a description with room to think.
Under that sit subtasks with their own progress bar, and a comment thread for the context that never fits in a title. Everything saves as you type, so there is no save button to forget and no work lost when you close the panel.
Ship the pricing page rewrite
Description
Subtasks
2 of 3 doneComments
Sam Ortiz Jul 20
Staging looks right. One nit: the annual saving badge wraps on mobile.
Grouping
See the same project five different ways
Group by section to plan. Group by assignee to see who is carrying too much. Group by due date to pull this week to the top. Group by priority when something has caught fire, or by status to find what is stuck.
Changing the grouping rearranges the view, never the data. Your sections stay exactly where you left them, so you can look at a project from five angles in a few seconds and put it back without a second thought.
Table view
A table for planning and for review
Flip to the table and every task becomes a row with columns you can sort. Sort by due date to build tomorrow morning in order. Sort by priority before a status meeting. Run your eye down the owner column and spot the blanks.
The cells are live, not a frozen report. Change a status or a date straight from the grid and it is saved, the same as anywhere else.
| Task | Status | Assignee | Due | Priority | Section | Est. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship the pricing page rewrite | In progress | MRMaya Rao | Today | Urgent | This week | 3h |
| Cut the launch trailer to 45 seconds | In progress | DKDev Kapoor | Jul 24 | High | This week | 2h |
| Fix onboarding email that never sends | Blocked | SOSam Ortiz | Jul 19 | Urgent | This week | 1.5h |
| Draft the changelog post | Not started | Unassigned | Jul 26 | Medium | This week | no estimate |
| Dark mode audit across the dashboard | In progress | MRMaya Rao | Jul 25 | Medium | In review | 4h |
| Rewrite the empty states | In progress | DKDev Kapoor | Jul 28 | Low | In review | no estimate |
Bulk actions
Move fifteen tasks as fast as one
Tick a handful of tasks, or click one and shift click another to grab the whole run between them. A bar appears with the things you actually reach for: set the status, set the priority, move them to another section, or delete.
It is the difference between tidying a project at the end of a sprint and quietly putting it off for another week.
The small things you notice on day two
None of these make the headline. All of them are why a tool stops getting in your way.
Search and filters
Search titles, notes, tags and owners. Stack filters for status, priority, person, tag and due window until only what matters is left.
Subtasks with progress
Break a big task into steps. The parent shows a live count and a small bar as the steps get ticked off.
Estimates in pomodoros
Type 2h or 45m on a task and see roughly how many focus sessions that is. Planning and doing finally share a unit.
Undo on delete
Delete the wrong task and an undo button waits in the corner for a few seconds. Nothing important vanishes on a mis-click.
Comments on tasks
Leave context where the work is. Handy as private notes today, and the thread your team joins tomorrow.
Your view is remembered
Grouping, sorting and the list or board choice are saved per project, so a project opens the way you left it.
Built for one person now, ready for a team next
Sharing is not switched on yet, and this page will not pretend otherwise. What is worth knowing is that it was designed in from the beginning rather than bolted on later. The day invites arrive, none of your existing projects will need to change.
- Projects keep a list of members with owner, admin, editor and viewer roles.
- Tasks carry an assignee and record who created them, not just a name in a box.
- Comments belong to the task, so a note left today is the thread a teammate reads tomorrow.
- Boards update in real time, which is multi tab today and shared work tomorrow.
A plan is only half of it
Plenty of project management tools help you write down the work. Far fewer help you do it. This one shares a home with a Pomodoro timer, so the moment you have decided what to work on, the timer to work on it with is one click away. Estimate a task in hours and the board tells you how many pomodoros that is likely to take, which keeps your plan honest about how big the week really is.
Up and running in about a minute
Make a project
Name it, pick a colour, choose a template or start blank. You get sections like Backlog, This week, In review and Done, all yours to rename.
Fill it as fast as you type
Every section has an add a task line at the bottom. Type, press enter, keep going. Add owners, dates and priorities later, or not at all.
Work it down with the timer
Group by due date to pull this week up, start a pomodoro, and tick tasks off. The dashboard shows what is overdue before you go looking for it.
Who uses it
It suits anyone who has more to do than fits comfortably in their head.
Founders and small teams
Keep the launch, the backlog and the this week list in one place, and see what is slipping before a customer does.
Freelancers and agencies
One project per client, with due dates and priorities that make it obvious what to pick up next and what can wait.
Students and researchers
Turn a syllabus or a thesis into sections you move through week by week, with real deadlines attached to real work.
Anyone with a side project
The nights and weekends kind of project that dies in a notes app. Give it sections, dates and a timer instead.
A word on Kanban boards
The board view here gives you columns, and for many people that is all the Kanban they want. A dedicated Kanban board with its own workflow rules is coming to the dashboard as a separate view. The point of the project board is to let you read and plan a whole project without being forced sideways into columns before you are ready. You get to choose the shape, not the tool.
Questions people ask
Is this project management tool really free?
Yes. You make an account and the project board is yours to use, together with the Pomodoro timer, your stats and the rest of the dashboard. There is no card asked for at signup and no trial that runs out on you.
How many projects can I create?
As many as you need. Each project has its own sections, tasks, colours and members, and you switch between them from a menu at the top of the board. People tend to keep one project per client, per goal or per part of their life.
Do I have to learn a complicated setup before I can use it?
No. A new project starts with four sections already named for you, so you can type your first task within a few seconds. You rename sections, add new ones and pick colours later, only if you want to.
Can I use it with my team?
Sharing is on the way, and the tool was built for it from the start. Every project already keeps a list of members and roles, every task records who owns it and who created it, and comments live on the task itself. When invites arrive, your current projects will not need to change.
What happens to my tasks if I delete a section?
They move to the first section instead of being deleted. Removing a section is meant to be a tidy up, not a way to lose work. Deleting a single task does remove it, but an undo button waits in the corner for a few seconds so a wrong click is easy to take back.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. The board adjusts to a small screen, so you can check what is due and tick tasks off from your phone. The list view is the most comfortable one on a narrow screen, and the board and table views are there when you have more room.
How is this different from a spreadsheet?
A spreadsheet can hold your tasks, but it will not remind you what is overdue, group your week by owner in one click, or start a focus timer on a task. This tool does the reading and the sorting for you, and it keeps the plan next to the place you actually do the work.
Put your project somewhere you can see it
Make a project, type your tasks, and let the board tell you what is due instead of finding out the hard way.
New to focus timers? Try the The Classic 25/5 Pomodoro Timer first.