Firetask - Task List & Planner

Firetask - Task List & Planner


Get done more with Kanban GTD®


$17.99
4.8for iPhone, iPad and more
9.3
27 Ratings
Elemental Tools GmbH
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Oct 19, 2023
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About Firetask - Task List & Planner

Get done more with Kanban & GTD®. Firetask supports you continuously from capturing your thoughts and managing your personal to-dos, to organizing your projects and focusing on your most important tasks., Firetask uniquely combines Kanban & GTD to boost your productivity to a whole new level.

# Capture: Getting It All Out Of Your Head

Free your mind for the important things in life and work by easily capturing everything in a single, trusted system.

Inbox. Quickly capture everything in your Firetask Inbox. You can easily enrich your task with notes, links and more if needed. A badge count reminds you if your Inbox is not empty.

# Clarify: Always Staying in Control

Get into the driver's seat and always work on getting your Inbox to zero by deciding what is actionable and what is not.

In Focus. If something is actionable simply put it into the "In Focus" list. In Focus lets you keep track of things you want to do today or as soon as possible. Want to do it on a specific date? Set a Start or Due date instead

# Organize: Bringing Order into Chaos

Turn chaos into order by putting your tasks into context, breaking them down if needed and neatly organizing them in projects and portfolios.

Projects & portfolios. By grouping tasks into projects you can put your tasks in a defined order and provide them with additional context. You can also organize related projects into portfolios and define checklists as reusable task list templates

# Reflect: Keeping Your System Up-to-Date

Weekly reviews ensure that your system stays up-to-date empowering you to achieve more by making informed decisions and focusing on the right things.

Kanban. Firetask combines GTD with Kanban in a unique way providing you with unparalleled, clear overviews for reflecting on your tasks. Supported boards are organized by Status, by Categories, by Due and by Start date and by Priorities -- with drag & drop support for fast changes

# Engage: Achieving More By Improving Focus

Having a clear picture on what is important here and now allows you to achieve more by helping you both focus faster and to stay in the "zone".

Today. By showing you all tasks that are "In Focus" as well as tasks that are scheduled for or due today in a single view, Firetask provides you with the big picture on what to focus on today. If you are using the Pomodoro Technique you can even enable a Pomodoro timer for helping you staying focused

# Key Features

- Intuitive GTD Workflow. Easy, logical navigation based on the major GTD phases: Collect (Capture), Focus, Manage, and Review
- Clear Today View. One overview across all your due, scheduled and in focus tasks (in-progress and completed today optional)
- Pomodoro® Technique. Configurable support for Pomodoro task estimation with in focus Pomodoros count and Pomodoro timer
- Waiting For List. A GTD list for managing all your delegated tasks in one place - practically grouped by assignee
- Multiple Kanban Views. Drag & drop Kanban views by status, due and start dates, priorities, and categories
- Calendar visualization. Practical Dates view shows monthly calendar overview of your tasks (with due and scheduled modes)
- Projects & Portfolios. Comprehensive support for project task lists - complete with progress visualization and optional portfolios
- Categories for Context. Unique color and icon-based approach to task and project categories for providing visually rich GTD context
- Actions and Checklists. Split complex tasks into smaller actions and save repeatedly used tasks as reusable checklists
- Today Widget & Watch App. Practical Today widget and highly focused Apple Watch app providing quick access to Inbox, Today, Upcoming, and Waiting For lists
- Integrations & API. Integrated with built-in Calendar and Reminder apps - simple URL scheme-based API
- Syncing via iCloud. Transparent syncing via Apple's iCloud - no separate account needed
- Privacy by Design. Your tasks stay on your devices and on your iCloud account only
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What's New in the Latest Version 4.8

Last updated on Oct 19, 2023
Old Versions
Firetask 4.8 features many practical improvements including:

- Improved interactive Focus widget: You can now tick off tasks directly from your home screen (requires iOS 17)
- Improved Status Kanban board: We dropped the Someday column and instead introduced a new column for "On Hold"
- Confirmation for stopping the Pomodoro timer: No more accidentally stopping a Pomodoro
- Optional deletion of imported Reminders: Configure this now easily in the Firetask Settings
- Improved sharing messages and links: Improved text structure as well as share link now include also actions
- Easier task completion from Apple Watch: A new "Complete" button in the task details replaces the previous context menu

In addition, we solved a number of usability issues and minor bugs that have been brought to our attention by our valued users. As always, thank you for your feedback!
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Version History
4.8
Oct 19, 2023
Firetask 4.8 features many practical improvements including:

- Improved interactive Focus widget: You can now tick off tasks directly from your home screen (requires iOS 17)
- Improved Status Kanban board: We dropped the Someday column and instead introduced a new column for "On Hold"
- Confirmation for stopping the Pomodoro timer: No more accidentally stopping a Pomodoro
- Optional deletion of imported Reminders: Configure this now easily in the Firetask Settings
- Improved sharing messages and links: Improved text structure as well as share link now include also actions
- Easier task completion from Apple Watch: A new "Complete" button in the task details replaces the previous context menu

In addition, we solved a number of usability issues and minor bugs that have been brought to our attention by our valued users. As always, thank you for your feedback!
4.7.2
Aug 15, 2023
Firetask 4.7.2 updates our syncing functionality enhancing compatibility with future operating system versions.

IMPORTANT: It can happen that the update forces "deleeching", i.e., the system switches off syncing with an error message indicating that the "hardware" or "device ID" changed. In this case please long-press the "Clear Database" button (at least 3 seconds) in the "Database" area under "Settings" in order to delete all local data and then re-switch on syncing from the "Syncing" settings view and wait until all data is re-downloaded from iCloud.

You can find the "Settings" area on the "More" tab on iPhone and iPad and under the "Firetask" menu on the Mac.

More information can be found in our FAQs on our support website: https://www.firetask.com/support.html
4.7.1
Dec 22, 2022
Firetask 4.7.1 introduces built-in functionality for rating and sharing the app -- directly from the "More" area.
4.7
Sep 6, 2022
Firetask 4.7 integrates Francesco Cirillo's Pomodoro® Technique into our Kanban GTD® task management app:

- New Pomodoro timer (standard 25 minutes) in Today view
- Ability to estimate tasks in Pomodoros via new "Effort" field
- Automatic Pomodoros count for the In Focus list on Today -- so you can use it as your daily Pomodoro to-do list

If you are into the Pomodoro time management technique you will love this new update -- simply switch on "Use Pomodoro Technique" in the Settings area.
4.6.12
Jul 25, 2022
Firetask 4.6.12 fixes a startup issue surfacing only on some iOS versions.
4.6.11
Jul 10, 2022
Firetask 4.6.11 features modernized icons for all home screen quick actions and introduces a new preference for controlling whether add-task-links are included when sharing tasks.
4.6.10
Mar 27, 2022
Firetask 4.6.10 provides stability improvements and bug fixes.
4.6.9
Feb 15, 2022
Firetask 4.6.9 introduces a brand new widget with a much improved "Today" visualization.
4.6.8
Jan 27, 2022
Firetask 4.6.8 provides stability improvements and bug fixes.
4.6.6
Oct 14, 2021
Firetask 4.6.6 provides minor user interface improvements for iOS 15.
4.6.5
Aug 31, 2021
Firetask 4.6.5 comes with two important changes:

- We retired the "Next" [tasks per project] section in "Upcoming" as it confuses many new users and is basically superseded by the new Kanban views
- We also switched full text searching to Core Spotlight with improved support for non-latin character languages such as, e.g., Russian
4.6.4
Jul 28, 2021
Firetask 4.6.4 fixes a few small issues.
4.6.3
Jul 13, 2021
Firetask 4.6.3 improves overall user interface consistency and fixes a few bugs.
4.6.2
Jun 27, 2021
Firetask 4.6.2 builds on the user interface improvements introduced with Firetask 4.6 -- especially our new Kanban views:

- Kanban cards now show notes and attachments indicators
- Actions are visualized as open vs. total counts in Kanban and Dates views
- Repeating tasks are now also marked as such in Kanban and Dates views
- Kanban and Dates view-types are remembered as implicit preferences
- Project filters are now synchronized across all filterable views including Kanban and Dates views
- Finally, we added support for setting start dates via command tagging using the new "#>" syntax

Additionally, we did a lot of fine tuning, e.g. completed actions are now visualized in task details using the same grayish strike-through style as in inline action lists.

Let us know what you think!
4.6.1
May 22, 2021
Firetask 4.6.1 fixes a couple of bugs and of course comes with all the great improvements of Firetask 4.6:

- Three additional Kanban view types: "Categories", "Due", and "Scheduled"
- "Priorities" integrated into "Kanban" as a new view-type
- More intuitive naming: "Next" becomes "Upcoming", "Backlog" changes to "Anytime", "Starred" is now "In Focus"
- Improved, more consistent sort order for "Kanban", "Next", "Anytime", and "Waiting For" lists: Tasks that are In Focus come first, additional sorting criteria are Priority, Start, and Due (in this order)
- Better category colors: Gray turns into Pink and Orange becomes a vivid Yellow (avoiding confusion with our orange tint color)
- Context-sensitive display of Due or Start date in task lists complete with inline editing on iPad
- Daily reminder hours have been extended until 20:00 / 8pm
- Key command navigation now includes the "Tasks" view
4.6
May 3, 2021
Firetask 4.6 is a major update with more than 50 improvements including:

- Three additional Kanban view types: "Categories", "Due", and "Scheduled"
- "Priorities" integrated into "Kanban" as a new view-type
- More intuitive naming: "Next" becomes "Upcoming", "Backlog" changes to "Anytime", "Starred" is now "In Focus"
- Improved, more consistent sort order for "Kanban", "Next", "Anytime", and "Waiting For" lists: Tasks that are In Focus come first, additional sorting criteria are Priority, Start, and Due (in this order)
- Better category colors: Gray turns into Pink and Orange becomes a vivid Yellow (avoiding confusion with our orange tint color)
- Context-sensitive display of Due or Start date in task lists complete with inline editing on iPad
- Daily reminder hours have been extended until 20:00 / 8pm
- Key command navigation now includes the "Tasks" view

We also tweaked many small things and we really put tons of user feedback into this update -- we hope you like it a much as we do.
4.5.4
Feb 21, 2021
Firetask 4.5.4 fixes a problem that caused checklist items to appear in the Kanban view.
4.5.3
Feb 9, 2021
Firetask 4.5.3 includes smaller bug fixes and improvements.
4.5.2
Oct 26, 2020
Firetask 4.5.2 fixes a hidden navigation problem with iOS 14 and a compatibility issue regarding keyboard shortcuts in iOS 12. Naturally, the update comes with all the great new features in Firetask 4.5:

- The Kanban view now resembles much more of a classical Kanban board featuring Inbox, Actionable, In-Progress, Completed and Canceled columns
- We have introduced a new "Start" field that allows you to schedule tasks independent of their Due date
- The Dates view now supports switching between Due and Scheduled modes allowing you to also easily adjust Start dates
- Beside the new "Scheduled" sections, the Today view now also features an "In Progress" section that automatically lists all the tasks you are currently actively working on
- We have added a configurable "Completed" section in General and project task lists for improving motivation (Today always only shows tasks that have been completed today)
- Last but not least, we have introduced an easy way to clearly view all tasks in the "Manage" area. We simply renamed the "General" view to "Tasks", thus showing the General list as the first section, followed by all other manageable tasks grouped by project
4.5.1
Oct 8, 2020
Firetask 4.5.1 fixes a user interface bug and also allows to switch off the new "In Progress" section on the Today view in case you do not need it. Naturally, the update comes with all the great new features in Firetask 4.5:

- The Kanban view now resembles much more of a classical Kanban board featuring Inbox, Actionable, In-Progress, Completed and Canceled columns
- We have introduced a new "Start" field that allows you to schedule tasks independent of their Due date
- The Dates view now supports switching between Due and Scheduled modes allowing you to also easily adjust Start dates
- Beside the new "Scheduled" sections, the Today view now also features an "In Progress" section that automatically lists all the tasks you are currently actively working on
- We have added a configurable "Completed" section in General and project task lists for improving motivation (Today always only shows tasks that have been completed today)
- Last but not least, we have introduced an easy way to clearly view all tasks in the "Manage" area. We simply renamed the "General" view to "Tasks", thus showing the General list as the first section, followed by all other manageable tasks grouped by project

Additionally, we further improved usability and terminology in a number of areas. We are also making additional use of the new filterable choosers introduced in the previous update.
4.5
Oct 3, 2020
Firetask 4.5 represents a major update regarding our overall task management workflow -- mainly based on feedback of our current user base:

- The Kanban view now resembles much more of a classical Kanban board featuring Inbox, Actionable, In-Progress, Completed and Canceled columns
- We have introduced a new "Start" field that allows you to schedule tasks independent of their Due date
- The Dates view now supports switching between Due and Scheduled modes allowing you to also easily adjust Start dates
- Beside the new "Scheduled" sections, the Today view now also features an "In Progress" section that automatically lists all the tasks you are currently actively working on
- We have added a configurable "Completed" section in General and project task lists for improving motivation (Today always only shows tasks that have been completed today)
- Last but not least, we have introduced an easy way to clearly view all tasks in the "Manage" area. We simply renamed the "General" view to "Tasks", thus showing the General list as the first section, followed by all other manageable tasks grouped by project

Additionally, we further improved usability and terminology in a number of areas. We are also making additional use of the new filterable choosers introduced in the previous update.

We hope you like these changes as much as we do -- looking forward to your feedback!
4.3
Jul 4, 2020
Firetask 4.3 introduces keyboard shortcuts for often-used functionality such as adding new tasks (CMD+N) and search (CMD+F), as well as quick navigation: CMD+1 quick-navigates to the Inbox, CMD+4 to Today -- available for all views inside the first three main tabs and consistent to the Mac version.

Additionally, the new version introduces filterable choosers for projects, categories, and contributors/contacts that make it especially much easier to work with a large number of projects or contacts.

The update also includes a number of bug fixes and smaller improvements. Please note that app and brush icons in existing categories may flip after the update, as they were accidentally flipped earlier and this was the only way to correctly fix this issue.
4.2.2
Mar 15, 2020
Firetask 4.2.2 fixes a number of issues that have been reported by our users and of course comes with all the nice improvements of our latest user interface refresh including support for Dark Mode.

Fixed issues include:
- Fixed a crashing issue related to sharing tasks on the iPad
- Repeating tasks now automatically re-open their actions when being rescheduled
- Completed reminders are no longer imported into Firetask

Additionally, we made the sharing functionality for project, category and contributor task lists more accessible by moving it directly into the respective task lists.
4.2.1
Dec 14, 2019
Firetask 4.2.1 fixes a couple of minor user interface issues and comes of course will all the nice improvements of our major user interface refresh with support for Dark Mode:

- Simplified user interface on iPad with less tabs
- New, more unique tab icons for "Collect", "Focus", and "Manage" for improved clarity (merci beaucoup to Philippe for coming up with the idea!)
- More logical priority icons and better priority names
- Streamlined project and category task lists for a more "lightweight" user experience
- More visible today visualization in the "Dates" view
- Improved support for larger Watch sizes
- New category icon for "heart"
- More "straight" category colors that look great in both Light and Dark Mode

Last but not least we improved accessibility support for actions and link attachments -- a special thank you to Mario for pointing this out!
4.2
Nov 17, 2019
Firetask 4.2 provides a major user interface refresh with support for Dark Mode and much more:

- Simplified user interface on iPad with less tabs
- New, more unique tab icons for "Collect", "Focus", and "Manage" for improved clarity (merci beaucoup to Philippe for coming up with the idea!)
- More logical priority icons and better priority names
- Streamlined project and category task lists for a more "lightweight" user experience
- More visible today visualization in the "Dates" view
- Improved support for larger Watch sizes
- New category icon for "heart"
- More "straight" category colors that look great in both Light and Dark Mode

Last but not least we improved accessibility support for actions and link attachments -- a special thank you to Mario for pointing this out!

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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Firetask - Task List & Planner.
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Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 4.0 or later.
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