Changelog

  • Focused 1.9

    Search & Filter

    • Added a search field to filter lists and calendar [iOS]
    • Added a search filed to filter the calendar view [iOS]
    • Global searchbar to search tasks

    Improved calendar

    • Much improved Month view on phones [iOS]
    • You can now swipe left/right between months [iOS]
    • Week Mode for Planning View
    • Day Mode for Planning View

    Changes

    • Added “Reschedule Planned tasks” option [macOS]
    • Much improved list performance
    • Improved defer tasks dialogs
  • Focused 1.8.3

    Changes

    • Defer tasks is now a submenu
    • Tasks set aside for this evning now show a “During the day” in context menu
    • Dropping tasks on “Today” now sets them as planned for today, not for anytime
    • Defer anytime/planned tasks now respects to focused area
    • Improved scheduling in task context menu
    • Added more app translations

    Fixes

    • Fixed titles in tabs (if using tabs for multiple lists) [macOS]
    • Improved upgrade views in edit view and tag list viewer
    • Fixed an issue where the note text would not appear immediately after adding in today list
    • Fixed an issue where tasks could loose their starting date on editing
    • Projects in task context menu now respect the sidebar order
    • Fixed tags in copies of repeating tasks
    • Fixed progress lockscreen widget layout
    • Improved list scroll performance [macOS]
    • More reliably updates data in widgets
    • Fixed area limits in cleanup logic
    • Fixed a layout issue in lists
    • Fixed widgets for free users
  • Focused 1.8.2

    Changes

    • Added “Defer Evening Tasks” to defer menu
    • Moved “Today” to the top of the planned context menu
    • Added dates to scheduling entries in context menu
    • Added Bluesky link in about view
    • Added “Add Tag” in plus menu
    • Added “Add Tag” to tags context menu in sidebar
    • Added log file viewer in about view
    • Haptic feedback when rearranging projects
    • Minor layout change for iPhone main list [iOS]
    • Tap a note preview in Today to show the full note

    Fixes

    • Much improved list appear performance [macOS]
    • “Defer Planned Tasks” no longer defers task with “can defer” disabled
    • Top Navigation menu can now also select areas [macOS]
    • Fixed control center widget titles
    • Fixed rescheduling in calendar view by dropping on another task
    • Fixed drop highlights in compact sidebar [iOS]
    • Larger tap area for checkmarks in lists
  • Focused 1.8.1

    Fixed

    • Fixed potential crash
    • Fixed dragging tasks to projects
    • Fixed drop highlights in inbox
    • Now showing tips just once

  • Focused 1.8

    New Daily Task Limits

    • Option to disable the global task limit
    • Option to set a task limit per tag
    • Option to set a task limit per project
    • Tag/Project/Area task limits are now also editable in main settings

    Reworked Clean Up

    • Added option for automatic clean up
    • Removed Strict Scheduling setting
    • Removed automatic task deferal setting
    • Removed Defer Next Tasks setting
    • Added separate defer next tasks entry to defer menu

    Sidebar Tweaks

    • The main view can now switch between tags and projects
    • You can assign tasks directly to areas
    • You can view all tasks in an area
    • Drag & Drop works on iOS as well

    Better scheduling

    • “Next” tasks are now called “Anytime” tasks again
    • “Later” tasks are now called “Next”
    • Added new “Later” schedule to set aside tasks
    • Option to set tasks aside for this evening

    Widgets & Intents

    • Added Open Inbox and Open Later App Intents
    • The “Focused” widget is now called “Quick Access” and has an updated design and large mode
    • Removed “Anytime Tasks” widget, instead the “Task List” widget can now be configured to show planned, anytime or all tasks
    • Updated the projects home screen widget layout and added an option to directly open the “new task” view
    • Added view project lockscreen and control center widgets
    • Added separate progress lockscreen widgets [iOS]
    • Simplified the Today task list widget layout
    • Fixed opening projects from wigdets
    • Task list widget can now select a source list
    • Task list widget can be filtered by tags

    Changes

    • Status icons in lists now offer menus to quickly change date/repeat/project/priority/checklists
    • Selecting multiple tags in the tag filter now shows only tasks with all selected tags
    • Added planned next week, next month to date context menu
    • Internal changes for improved performance
    • Switched to a more robust Drag & Drop API
    • Sections in lists can now be expanded and collapsed
    • You can now paste multiple lines into a checklist to get multiple entries
    • Allows large titlebars on iPhone if compact sidebar is disabled [iOS]
    • Hides notes & checklist in today view for done tasks
    • Allows multiple main windows [macOS]
    • Changed default app icon

    Fixed

    • Improved calendar performance
    • Improved list performance with long lists
    • Fixed tag suggestions in share sheet
    • Fixed calendar layout issue
  • Focused 1.7.3

    Changes

    • Clickable links in notes in tasks and basic markdown support
    • Now shows all assigned tags in the tag filter list (not just the top 5)
    • Number of preview lines setting for today view
    • Added support for assigning tags in create task shortcut

    Fixed

    • Area order when sorting list by area
    • Update tag filter when assigning tags while filtering the list
    • Improved defer in context menu (moves next task to tomorrow, and scheduled tasks to the next workday)
    • Improved task context menu > date: Shows the next workday instead of tomorrow, if tomorrow is not a workday
    • Main view bottom padding on phones is now large enough to scroll above the plus button [iOS]
    • Creating tasks from shortcuts and share extension more reliable

  • Focused 1.7.2

    Changes

    • Editing a task now trimms whitespaces in title and notes
    • Minor improvements to edit task view layout
    • Added option to include inbox tasks in app badge
    • Support for dynamic text sizes

    Fixed

    • Shows defer entry in context menu more reliable
    • Area order when sorting list by area
    • Sorting by date within sections is newest first
    • Performance improvements in lists

  • Focused 1.7.1

    Changes

    • “New Project” entry in area context menu
    • Better “Next” task context menu
    • Shows future next starting dates in list, even if sorted by date
    • Regular confirmation dialogs when deleting projects or areas
    • Showing “No Project” group again

    Fixed

    • Checkmark App Icon preview
    • Fixed an issue sorting lists by date
    • Improved task editor tabs
    • Missing save/cancel button in new task in calendar [iPhone]
    • Fixed project order in compact sidebar
    • Improved checklist layout [macOS]
  • Focused 1.7

    Tags

    • You can assign tags to each task
    • You can easily filter lists by tags
    • Group tags with subtags
    • Optionally mark subtags as mutually exclusive

    Areas

    • Group projects into different areas
    • Focus on one area by hiding everything else
    • Set separate daily task limits per area
    • Sort lists by areas

    Next Starting Dates

    • Next Tasks can now have a starting date
    • When next tasks repeat, they are no longer converted to planned tasks
    • Deferring next tasks no longer converts them to planned tasks
    • Remove hide next tasks on non-workdays option, since they can now be scheduled

    Drag & Drop

    • You can drag tasks to other apps to insert their titles
    • You can drag text into lists to insert new tasks
    • You can drag tasks from Things into Focused
    • Areas are re-orderable in the sidebar
    • Projects are re-orderable in the sidebar

    App Icons

    • Improved the three checkmarks icon
    • Added supported for dark & tinted icons
    • Added checkmark + calendar icon
    • Added checkmark + dots icon

    Control Center Widget

    • You can now add tasks right from your control center or lockscreen

    Other Changes

    • Actual task inbox
    • Renamed subtasks to checklist
    • Counts subtasks in today progress calculation
    • Option to hide the today progress bar
    • Fixed repeating tasks date calculation
    • Projects and priorties in context menus now show the current selection
    • Context menu shows actual dates in next day / next available day options
    • Relative dates now use weekdays if in the current week
    • More opacity for subtasks when completed
    • Stability & performance improvements
    • Sort list menu now includes icons [iOS]
    • Unlocked list sorting for free users
    • Unlocked projects for free users
    • Improved list animations
    • Better readable overdue red in dark mode
    • Improved compact sidebar layout
    • Improved sorting tasks in lists (completed > priority > completed subtasks > date > project)
  • Focused 1.6.1

    Changes

    • Improved animations
    • Separate task background color for calendar
    • Improved adding subtasks

    Fixed

    • Edit Task Layout [visionOS]
    • No weird animations when switching lists [iOS]
    • Fix daily progress with archived tasks
    • Fixed potential crash when deleting a task
    • Sorting done tasks to the bottom in lists
    • Fixed switching tabs in edit view
    • Layout fixes in lists

  • Focused 1.6

    Subtasks

    • You can now add subtasks to your tasks
    • Option to automatically complete tasks on completing all subtasks

    Widgets

    • Option to show/hide anytime tasks in today widget
    • Shows notes in large and extra large widgets
    • Added a widget to quickly open today/planned/later/archive
    • Added a widget to quickly open projects
    • Added a widget to show specifically anytime tasks

    Intents

    • Added Open Project Intent
    • Added intents to open today/next/later/archive
    • Properly localised all intents

    Changes

    • Updated main list design
    • Dropped sort order in archive
    • Anytime Tasks are now called Next Tasks
    • Option to hide the coloured task background
    • Option to keep the compact sidebar always displayed
    • Added an icon indicating repeating tasks in lists
    • Improved animations in lists

    Fixed

    • Progress lock-screen widget now counts archived tasks too
    • CMD+N new task is now also context sensitive
  • Focused 1.5.2

    Changes

    • Added archive to menu in lists [iOS]
    • Shows notes in drag preview again [iOS]
    • Widget layout adjustments to match app

    Fixed

    • Icons in tutorial project
    • List padding [macOS]