
Finalist
Your All-in-one Day Organizer
Free · In-App Purchases
A planner that fills itself with your calendar, reminders, habits, and weather. A notable reviewer summarized it well: "I’m kind of blown away by how robust and thoughtful Finalist is. It’s not a web app with iOS and Mac clients. It’s a suite of native apps designed with care for Apple’s platforms."
Unlike task managers that create more work than they solve, Finalist is organized around days, not endless task lists. Open the app and see what's ahead. Pull unfinished tasks from yesterday. Punt to tomorrow. Or let them go entirely.
What makes Finalist different:
• Days are the containers. Tasks, events, habits, journal entries, and weather live inside each day. No due dates. No overdue guilt. Just today.
• It fills itself. Your calendar syncs automatically. Reminders appear where they belong. Weather shows up so you can plan around it.
• Paper planner energy, digital convenience. Inspired by bullet journals and proven planning systems. Not another generic productivity app.
• Native Apple apps. Built with care for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. No account required. Syncs via iCloud.
Plan your day:
See everything that matters in one place. Drag to reorder. Tap to complete. Swipe to reschedule.
Plan your week:
The weekly planner shows what's coming with full context.
Plan your year:
Color-code your year with the Highlighter. See patterns emerge. Design your life with intention.
Journal:
Capture moments with Apple's Journal Suggestions and Activity Rings built right in.
What people are saying:
"This is the best to-do/daily planner app I've ever used. I've gotten rid of all my other 'to-do' apps and now this is the only one I'll use."
"It's one of the few planning apps that feels simple and enjoyable to use. The simple timeline helps me stay focused and get things done without overthinking."
"It ties together those basic and rather bland looking apps and improves on both their interface, personality and functionality."
"The best in its category. This app ticks all the boxes. Neatly designed. Useful practical features."
Finalist is a love letter to paper planners. Give it a try, it feels great :)
Purchasing information
To get the full functionality in Finalist you will need to either purchase a subscription or a one time In-App Purchase for Lifetime access. The purchase amount will be applied to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Lifetime purchase is a one-time fee. For more information, see our Terms of Use at https://finalist.works/eula/ and our Privacy Policy at https://finalist.works/privacy-policy/
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Lots new in this latest version:
Subtasks
- Add, check off, reorder, and swipe-to-delete subtasks inside any task
- Chain new subtasks with Return key, works with hardware keyboards
- Subtasks show inline in task lists with collapsible disclosure
Calendar Bookmarks
- Colored tabs on Daily to toggle individual calendars on and off
- Solo mode: one tap to show only your calendars, hide shared ones
- Focus mode: isolate a single calendar via long press
- Swipe up/down on tabs to collapse into a compact deck or expand
- Long press for quick actions: set default calendar, add event, Show All, Configure
- Choose which calendars appear in bookmarks from Calendar settings
- Non-editable calendars hidden in Solo mode
HealthKit in Journal
- Activity Rings displayed per day in Journal
- Steps, Distance, Flights Climbed with bar graph visualizations
- Sleep and Resting Heart Rate available in Settings
- Journal becomes a glanceable health dashboard alongside your entries
Journal Quick Actions
- Map Check In: drop a pin of your current location
- Last Photo: attach your most recent photo
- Workout: log an exercise entry
- New accessory bar with map and photo capsule thumbnails
- Actions append to recent entries or create new ones
Hear Summary Everywhere
- Lock Screen widget
- Siri command ("Hear my summary in Finalist")
- Shortcuts app action via HearSummaryIntent
- New Control Center button
- Deep link (finalist://hear-summary)
Outstanding Tasks Overhaul
- Expandable section at top of Lists tab with recent week tasks and SEE ALL
- Collapsible date sections: Recent, Last 30 days, Last 3 months, Last 6 months, Last year, Over a year old
- Per-section Edit menu: move to today/tomorrow, move to list, complete, delete with confirmation
And that's just the big items, many more features and fixes included in this release.
The developer, Diversion Marketing Inc, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Identifiers
Accessibility
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Information
- Provider
- Diversion Marketing Inc
- Size
- 64 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.5 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.5 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.5 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Finalist Pro Lifetime USD 59.99
- Finalist Pro Monthly USD 4.99
- Finalist Pro Weekly USD 2.99
- Finalist Pro Yearly USD 29.99
- Finalist Lifetime USD 59.99
- Finalist Yearly USD 29.99
- Finalist Monthly USD 4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Diversion Marketing Inc.
