Firetask - Task List & Planner 4+

Get done more with Kanban GTD‪®‬

Elemental Tools GmbH

    • 4.7 • 27 Ratings
    • $19.99

Description

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

What’s New

Version 4.8

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!

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
27 Ratings

27 Ratings

Ripjetski ,

Worth every penny!

I tried many task/todo/kanban management apps and this one is the best I’ve found. I’ve tried bending others into a good GTD workflow but each left me overwhelmed - either with a long list of tasks or with work involved in managing them.

Firetask gives me a focused view of my tasks. Is easy to add them, and has plenty of options for tagging. You can even use a Kanban view, though I find Kanban less useful in digital form. The today and next 3 day views are indispensable in keeping me focused on what needs to be done.

It can be a little confusing at first, just create some sample items, play with the tagging, and soon you’ll understand what works best for you and how the app works.

The iCloud sync works well, so you can stay in sync with the Mac OS counterpart app.

Don’t waste your time with other apps, this one has what you need and is smartly designed.

CMac_NJ ,

Ok for Organizing Task and Projects

This review is a little jaded because of my requirements. What I wanted was an app that can sync with my iOS reminders as they are along with the Tasks that sync from my Outlook and give me a Kanban view of them. This creates a reminders list called “Firetask” on my iPad (it does not sync with “my” reminders or tasks - it creates a new list). I don’t want another list to manage - I want to manage the ones I have. The tasks on my iPad can be synced via cloud with another device but what I wanted was something that took all of my lists and gave me a better view.

If you are not looking for what I just described, this works great. For me, I’ll have to go searching again or wait for an update if this is the direction the vendor is going.

ctt1wbw ,

Still think this is the best.

I’ve tried the usual GTD apps and this is still the best one out there. It has the one feature that I love that none of the others have and that’s the ability to mark a task as in progress. Amazing. One feature I’d love to see is tags. Please add the option to use tags.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for the nice review. And yes, we are actually working on supporting tags for the next major release of Firetask (will be a free upgrade to existing Firetask 4 owners).

App Privacy

The developer, Elemental Tools GmbH, 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 Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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