NowThis
Your tasks, your workflow, your cloud.
Privacy-first task manager for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
Open source. Zero tracking. No subscriptions.
NowThis 26.9 · Built natively with SwiftUI · Liquid Glass on iOS 26+
Your workflow, your way.
New in NowThis 26.9: move tasks between lists, arrange your tabs, and keep your Board in order.
Choose Your Views
Choose and reorder up to three middle tabs for Board, Calendar, Matrix, or Smart Lists — or hide them all. Tasks and Settings stay close; other views open from a list's title menu.
Move Tasks Between Lists
Move a task and its nested subtasks between lists, accounts, and Vault Mode. Tags, reminders, locations, and linked journals come along. Shared lists respect your server permissions.
A Board That Follows Your Moves
Drop cards between columns, reorder within a column, and keep your manual order. Status and Lists remember the same selected list through sync and relaunch.
Privacy without compromise.
Your task data belongs to you — and only you. No corporate clouds. No data harvesting.
Zero Tracking
No analytics. No ads. No data harvesting. Your task data belongs to you and never leaves your device unless you choose to sync.
Nextcloud Sync
Keep tasks, subtasks, completions, priorities, tags, and list colors in sync with Nextcloud. Edit offline and reconnect when ready. Works with standard CalDAV servers too.
Vault Mode
No server needed. Vault Mode keeps everything on-device — your tasks, lists, and history never leave your phone. Full functionality, zero sync.
Native to the core.
SwiftUI, Liquid Glass, and deep Apple integration — built for the devices you use every day.
Beautiful & Native
Built with SwiftUI and Liquid Glass on supported iOS versions. The quick-add bar follows your system appearance, with smooth animations and full Light & Dark mode.
Geofence Reminders
Get reminded at the right place. Location-based alerts trigger when you arrive at or leave a location — fully processed on-device, 100% private.
Markdown Journals
Attach rich Markdown journal entries to any task via the open VJOURNAL standard. Keep notes, decisions, and reflections alongside your to-dos.
Your day, on your wrist.
Today's and overdue tasks, pushed live from your iPhone — with complications for your watch face.
Today on Your Wrist
The watch app opens to today's and overdue tasks, pushed live from your iPhone. Browse Smart Lists and every list of your own, with live counts.
Complications
Put NowThis on your watch face or in the Smart Stack: a remaining-today count, your next task with its due time, or an inline count.
NowThis Pro
Browsing and complications are included. Pro unlocks task completion and voice quick-add, now with due-date presets and priority choices — a one-time purchase, no subscription, that supports continued development.
The Details
Everything you need in a task manager. Nothing you don't.
Task Management
- Rich metadata: priority, due/start dates, notes, URLs, locations, and tags
- Infinite subtask nesting with collapsible hierarchies and progress rings
- Natural language quick-add — by typing or by voice — with real-time parsing
- Single-tap entry with smart due-date defaults and one default list across the app, Calendar, Siri, Shortcuts, and Apple Watch
- Recurring tasks: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or custom intervals
- Swipe to complete or delete, drag to indent, long-press for quick actions
- Move a task and its nested subtasks between lists, accounts, and Vault Mode
Multiple Views
- Task List — classic checklist with smart sorting and filter chips
- Kanban Board — drag between Needs Action, In Progress, and Completed; reorder within columns and keep manual order
- Calendar — month and week views with drag-to-reschedule
- Eisenhower Matrix — prioritize by urgency × importance
- Journals — Markdown entries linked to tasks via VJOURNAL
- Choose and reorder up to three middle tabs, or hide them all; open other views from a list's title menu
System Integration
- Siri: natural-language quick-add by voice — dictate one sentence, hands-free
- Home Screen Widgets: small, medium, and large with tap-to-complete, using the app's language
- Spotlight Search: find any task from your home screen
- Shortcuts & App Intents for automation
- Focus Filters: show relevant lists per Focus mode
Sync & Storage
- Built for Nextcloud Tasks — subtasks sync natively, no workarounds
- Two-way sync: server-side edits, completions, priorities, tags, and reorders reach your device and widget
- Manual ordering round-trips with the Nextcloud Tasks web app, both directions
- Sign in with Nextcloud Login Flow v2 (2FA/SSO) or app passwords
- Offline-first: edit hundreds of tasks offline, sync when connected
- List names and colors survive sync; deleted tasks stay deleted and incomplete server responses cannot trigger deletion
- Vault Mode for pure local operation — no account required
Reminders & Notifications
- Due dates schedule local reminders, including tasks created in Vault Mode or from Apple Watch
- Location-based geofence alerts on arrival or departure
- Rescheduling moves reminders; completing repeating tasks schedules the next occurrence
- Overdue task count on the app icon, with configurable banner and badge controls
- 100% local — no push server needed
Accessibility
- VoiceOver labels and actions, including task moves and Board reordering
- Full Dynamic Type scaling
- Respects Reduce Motion, Reduce Transparency, and Increase Contrast
- Widget tinted mode conveys status without relying on color alone
Apple Watch
- Opens to today's and overdue tasks, pushed live from your iPhone
- Smart Lists and your own lists, with live counts
- Complications: remaining today, next task with its due time, or an inline count
- NowThis Pro: tap to complete and sync the change back through your phone
- NowThis Pro: voice quick-add with None, Today, Tomorrow, or Next Week due presets and High, Medium, or Low priority
- Browsing and complications are included; dictated dates override presets and new tasks use your default list
Smart Lists & Filters
- Built-in Smart Lists: Today, Upcoming, Overdue, All Tasks, and Completed
- Custom filter builder with AND/OR logic across 8 fields
- Save any filter as a sidebar preset with its own icon
- Overdue tasks surface in Today; repeating tasks appear once in Upcoming and Overdue with their next deadline
Languages
- English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Dutch
- The whole app, the widgets, the Apple Watch app, and its complications
- Dates, numbers, and counts follow your language and region
- Translations are made by AI while the app is built — nothing you write is ever sent to an AI service
- The app explains this in your language, with a link to report a bad translation
- Quick-add parsing understands English date phrases
Ready to own
your task data?
No tracking. No corporate cloud. Just you and your tasks.
Open source, privacy-first, and built for iPhone, iPad & Apple Watch.
On the US App Store for $4.99, one time. NowThis Pro adds Apple Watch task completion and voice quick-add with due-date and priority choices for $9.99 — also one time, and a direct way to support continued development. No subscription.