Plan projects you actually finish: break big goals into milestones, track every task and deadline, and manage it all with Claude. Native and private.
Most projects stall not because you lack motivation — but because "finish the project" is too vague to ever act on. You open a blank to-do list, dump in a dozen tasks, and within a week it's either abandoned or buried under newer ones.
Milestones is built around a different idea: every project deserves structure, and structure is what makes finishing possible.
A smarter way to plan
Milestones introduces a three-tier hierarchy — Projects, Milestones, and Tasks — that mirrors how real work actually happens. A project isn't one thing; it's a series of phases. Each phase has its own focus, its own deadline, its own definition of done. Milestones makes that structure explicit so you always know where you are and what's next.
Break goals into phases
Every project is divided into named milestones — the chapters of your work. Whether you're building an app, writing a thesis, planning an event, or launching a side project, milestones give you a natural way to chunk the journey into stages you can actually complete one at a time.
Track progress visually
Each milestone has its own live progress bar showing task counts and completion percentage. At a glance, you can see how much you've done, how much is left, and which phases are moving. No more guessing whether you're close or far.
Focus on what matters right now
Mark one milestone as Active. It pins to the top of your project, pulses with a live indicator, and becomes your single point of focus. Everything else stays visible but secondary — giving you clarity without losing context.
Organized from every angle
Milestone statuses — Draft, Planning, In Progress, In Review, Released — give each phase a clear stage in the lifecycle. Tasks are sorted into To Do, In Progress, and Done sections automatically. Tag tasks to group related work across a project. Store unscheduled ideas in the project backlog so nothing falls through the cracks.
Designed to look as good as it works
Give every project its own icon — choose from a curated set of symbols or use your own photo — paired with a custom color. Your project list becomes a visual dashboard that's satisfying to open every day.
Manage projects with AI
Milestones includes a built-in MCP server — connect Claude and other AI agents on your Mac to create projects, add tasks and move milestones forward just by asking. Your project planner, now AI-native.
Built for iPhone, iPad, Mac & Apple Vision Pro
On iPad, Mac and Vision Pro, Milestones expands into a full three-column layout: your project list, milestone list, and task list all visible at once. On iPhone, everything is one tap away. Sync seamlessly across both with iCloud.
Whether you're a developer shipping a product, a student finishing a dissertation, a designer managing client work, or anyone with a goal worth finishing — Milestones gives your projects the structure they've always needed.
This app is so underrated! It’s free, it’s well thought out, and it lets me plan what I want to do in bite-size pieces that are easy to manage. I can create tasks and subtasks and rearrange each item on my roadmap as I see fit while keeping details that would otherwise overwhelm me until the moment I need to work on them out of sight. It does crash every now and then but well worth it for what I’m getting. You can do everything you want with the free app. I just wish the Paid version (custom icons, colorings, unlimited projects etc…but again the free was more than sufficient) was more affordable otherwise I would have gotten it. I just cant justify the price for the paid version its about 3x the amount you’d expect for a pricy ios app.
Developer Response
Thank you so much for such a kind review, I'm really glad the free plan works well for you. Sorry to hear about the occasional crashes. If you can, please reach out via Settings → Contact Me in the app and tell me your device and what you were doing when it happened, so I can look into it. I've also noted your feedback on the pricing of Pro. – Yassine
Really like this app
guyinIdaho
I bought this app based on a posting from the developer in an Apple related subreddit. I was looking for something to manage projects and my daily tasks. I had been using Things, but I liked this much better. I really like the interface. It is intuitive and easy to use. The iCloud synch is nice too. I manage the projects on my Mac, but I can make updates or just check the status on my iPad or iPhone. 5 star recommendation from me.
Developer Response
Thanks a lot for giving Milestones a try, really glad you like it! – Yassine
Sweet Successor of DoDay
Aadhbr
Absolutely astounded by the development of the dev’s apps. This is a new successor of DoDay which I use for all my important tasks. This is somewhat of a branch for project development. The idea and execution is intuitive just like DoDay. It’s simple and to the point. Has lots of potential for those who need to jot ideas on the go. Very well done and worth your while to check it out.
Developer Response
Thank you so much for your feedback! Really glad you're enjoying my apps and putting them to good use! :)
Incredible app
Mateograms
Simple, straightforward and easy to use. Highly recommend for organization enthusiasts
Developer Response
Thanks so much for the recommendation! We’re thrilled to hear that the app’s simplicity is helping you stay organized. Keeping things straightforward and intuitive is exactly what we aim for. Happy organizing!
2.0.1 contains the following fixes:
- Fixed a crash when opening a project on iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS 26
- The crop screen no longer opens empty after you choose a custom project icon. On iPhone and iPad, the empty screen couldn’t be closed either
Milestones 2.0 is here and it's pretty packed! Here are the updates:
■ New:
- iPhone Duo support
- A new task composer on iPhone, iPad and Mac: type dates in plain language ("tomorrow at 5pm", "every Monday"), add #tags and !1 to !3 priorities right in the title, and edit a task in place on its row or card
- Attachments: add photos, files, scans and camera shots to any task in the new Task Info view (tap ⓘ or press ⌘I)
- Select multiple tasks, projects or milestones at once and change their status, date, priority, tags or place together
- Drag a task to To Do, In Progress or Done right from a list, and drag a milestone onto another project (or use Move to Project)
- Today, Upcoming and Inbox can switch to a Kanban board
- Milestones with a due date now appear in Today and Upcoming
- Favorites: keep your most important projects at the top of the sidebar
- Custom project statuses, plus default milestone and project statuses for new projects in Settings > Defaults
- Active milestones per project: allow one active milestone, several at once, or none
- Pick any color for projects, workspaces, tags and statuses, not just the presets
- See your iCloud sync status at the bottom of the sidebar (or the Project List on iPhone)
- A small celebration when you finish a milestone (you can turn it off in Settings)
- Keyboard shortcuts: change any shortcut in Settings, jump anywhere with ⌘K, move through lists and act on tasks without the mouse, and use the full menu bar on iPad
- Mac: Quick Entry adds a task from any app with a global shortcut (off by default)
- Mac: a fresh look for macOS 26+ with Liquid Glass, and a redesigned Settings window
- The Default workspace can tint the sidebar too, in a color you choose
- You can now skip creating a first project during onboarding
■ Improvements & Fixes
- Redesigned task rows and Kanban cards with a status ring, clearer priority marks and a two-line notes preview
- iPhone: a new milestone header, search in its own sheet, and one tidy More menu in task lists
- Today, Upcoming, Inbox and lists use the whole window on iPad and Mac
- The Mac remembers its window size between launches
- Better VoiceOver, keyboard and large text support throughout, and correct layouts in Arabic and Hebrew
- Faster editing and reordering in big projects, especially ones with a long Done history
- Repeating tasks: fixed several cases where the next occurrence landed on the wrong day or lost its time, priority or end date
- All-day due dates stay on their day after you travel or change time zones
- Due Today, Tomorrow and Next Week keep a task's time
- Siri: "due Friday" now means Friday, German and French times are read correctly
- Apple Watch: Today moves on to the new day at midnight, even without your iPhone nearby
- The app notification badge and widgets update right after an iCloud sync
- Search no longer misses results in the current workspace
- Typing a tag that already exists reuses it instead of creating a duplicate
- Archived lists show their tasks again
- Mac: milestones:// links open in the window you already have
- Mac: fixed a crash when pressing ⌘Z after adding a task
- Mac: your settings are no longer reset by cleanup apps
- iPad: fixed nearly invisible icons in list context menus
- iCloud sync errors now appear in your language
Version 2.0.1
The developer, Yassine Zeriouh, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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