Today’s list, one click away in your menu bar.

Focus On Today keeps your tasks in the Mac menu bar. Drag any task onto the desktop and it becomes its own small window that floats above your work until it’s done.

The whole app

Everything else it does

The demo covers the core. The app’s README lists 50 features, including reminders, sync, backups and automation. Here they are by area.

Capture 4

The number of tasks due today shows in the menu bar and as a Dock badge
File ▸ New Task (⌘N) starts a task from anywhere
A focus shortcut jumps straight to the new-task field
Apple Intelligence reads tasks typed in plain language and breaks a goal into steps (macOS 26)

Organize 6

Subtasks nest to any depth, each with the same powers as a task
Color tags from a palette you edit, shown as ordered dots
Priority flags that color the checkbox
Custom star ratings you can filter by
A filter bar for done state, stars and due date, remembered per window
Keyboard navigation and a font picker that scales every control

Windows 5

Tear any task or subtask off into a floating window
Pin a window on top; new windows inherit the look of their parent
Per-window background, text color and transparency
Move whole selections between windows along the orange drop line
Named window layouts, with the last one restored at launch

Plan 5

Calendar window: drop a task on a day to set its date
Kanban board with named, colored, reorderable columns
Eisenhower Matrix that sorts tasks by urgent and important
A calendar-and-clock picker for due dates
Reminders ahead of the due date, with default sets for new tasks

Track 3

Progress rings for today, this week, this month and this year
A desktop Progress widget for Today and Week
Finished tasks remember when they were completed

Keep safe 5

iCloud sync across your Macs, switchable without a restart
Scheduled backups, backups on quit, and a limit on how many to keep
Restores from newer app versions are blocked to protect your data
Import and export of tasks, and File ▸ Share to other apps
Usage-data sharing is off unless you turn it on

Automation

Script it from anywhere

Every task operation is open to Shortcuts, Siri, the Terminal and AppleScript. Reading is free. Making changes needs the Automation purchase.

Terminal · focusontoday

# add a task due next month
focusontoday /add taskname='Renew passport' \
  duedate='10/05/2026 9:00 AM' priority=high

# what's still open today?
focusontoday /find due=today completion=notdone --json

Also /complete, /update, /move, /setcolors, /delete and /export.

AppleScript · Script Editor

tell application "Focus On Today"
  set t to make new task with properties ¬
    {name:"Ship it", priority:high, ¬
     due date:(current date) + 1 * days}
  make new task at end of tasks of t ¬
    with properties {name:"Write the notes"}
  set torn off of t to true
end tell

Tasks, reminders, Kanban columns and most settings are scriptable.

Siri & Shortcuts · App Intents

“Add a task to Focus On Today”
“What’s due today in Focus On Today”
“Mark a Focus On Today task done”

Add · Find · Complete · Update
Move · Color · Tear Off · Delete
Export

Shortcuts actions work on the same tasks as the menu bar list.

Pricing

The core is free. Add what you use.

The menu bar list, tear-off windows, subtasks, colors, stars, filters, reminders and progress rings need no purchase. Three one-time purchases unlock the rest. Calendar, Kanban and Storage show “($)” until you buy them.

Purchase	Unlocks	Price
Storage	iCloud sync, import and export, backups and automatic backups	$4.99
Views	The Calendar, Kanban and Eisenhower Matrix windows	$2.99
Automation	Changes through Shortcuts, Siri, Terminal commands and AppleScript. Exporting from Terminal or Shortcuts needs Storage too.	$3.99