Handful - Daily Task Planner

Five tasks. That's it.

Only for iPhone

$3.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

I kept adding tasks to my to-do list and completing maybe three of them. Then I'd move the rest to tomorrow, where they'd pile up with a new batch. Rinse and repeat until the whole list felt like a guilt trip. So I built Handful. It gives you five task slots per day. That's the cap. You can't add a sixth. The constraint sounds annoying until you realize it forces the only decision that actually matters: what's worth doing today? Every morning, you fill your slots and pick one as your Most Important Task. It gets pinned to the top. The rest fall in line. If you don't get to something, park it. The Parking Lot holds tasks that matter but not today, and tomorrow's setup offers them back to you. HERE'S HOW THE DAY WORKS • Morning Setup. Fill your five slots. Pick your MIT. The app walks you through it in about 30 seconds. • During the day. Work your list. Tap to complete. If you left an empty slot, you can lock in a new task anytime. • Evening Reflection. The app nudges you at night to write down three wins, however small. Then you deal with anything left over: park it for later or let it go. That's the whole rhythm. Morning setup, focused day, evening reflection. THE PARKING LOT Anything you park goes here. It doesn't disappear, but it doesn't nag you either. If something sits parked for too long, the app asks a simple question: is this still important to you? Honest answer only. THE TO-DON'T LIST Most task apps only track what you'll do. Handful also tracks what you won't. "Check email first thing." "Doom scroll at lunch." "Say yes to that meeting." Writing down what steals your focus helps you protect it. WHAT'S INCLUDED • Hard cap of 5 daily tasks (this is the feature, not a limitation) • Most Important Task; picked each morning, pinned to top • Parking Lot for tasks that matter but not today • To-Don't List for things you commit to not doing • Evening reflection with three daily wins • Morning setup flow to start each day with intention • Home screen and lock screen widgets • Morning setup and evening reflection reminders (each optional) • Stale task detection in the Parking Lot • Journal of past reflections, wins, and the things you chose to let go • A quiet nudge toward your most important task first, and a break once it's done • Private iCloud sync across your devices • Export your journal as a Markdown file anytime • Dark mode support You pay once. There's no subscription, no ads and no tracking. Your data syncs privately through your own iCloud account and never touches our servers. I use this app every morning. Five tasks is plenty when they're the right five. If you want a project manager with subtasks and labels and dependencies, this isn't that. If you want something that makes you pick what actually matters today, this is it.

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Your Most Important Task now has its own spot at the top of Today, so it's the first thing you see. When you finish it, the circle fills and you feel one tap before it moves to Completed. • Getting started is shorter: two intro pages instead of four. You're asked about reminders after your first evening reflection instead of before your first task. • Park and Let Go carry equal weight now, without the orange and red. • The Journal shows how many days you've reflected instead of a streak. • Bigger tap targets, better large-text support, and widgets that match the app's color. • Lots of small wording fixes.

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    Seller
    Kevin Stauss
    Size
    2.3 MB
    Category
    Productivity
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Kevin Stauss