Type it, press Return.
The field stays ready for the next task, so you can empty your head in one go. A time and a priority are there if you want them. Neither is required.
A daily planner that lives at the top of your Mac
Your day, one hover away.
Tidy Day sits in a small black island at the top of your screen. Hover over it to see today, add a task with Return, move things through the week and start a focus timer. Move away and it folds back up.
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Quiet until you need it.
Closed, the island shows one thing: how much of today is done, your next task, or the timer that's running. On Macs with a notch it wraps around the camera. Without one, it sits in the menu bar.
Today first, with the week in reach.
Open the island and the day is laid out in order: the date, a short headline, a thin progress bar, the week, then your tasks. There's nothing to set up before you start.
- Hover or ⌃⌥D
- Return to add
- Optional times
- Three priorities a day
- Drag to any day
- Undo
- Unfinished task review
- Focus timer
- Light and Dark
- Reduce Motion
- VoiceOver labels
- Keyboard control
- Launch at login
- Monday or Sunday weeks
- Spaces and external displays
Move tasks through the week.
Drag a task onto any day, or hold it over an arrow to flip to the next week. The menu also moves tasks to today, tomorrow or next week, and every change can be undone.
Up to three priorities a day.
Mark what matters most and it moves to the top with a heavier ring. There are no colored tags or flags to manage. The limit is a cue to choose, and you can change your mind any time.
Unfinished tasks stay put.
Nothing rolls forward on its own. On Today, a banner offers to move yesterday's leftovers, or to review them one at a time: move to today, pick a day, keep or delete.
Focus mode
One task. One timer.
Start a session from any task. The open island shows the task, the time and three controls. Close it and the timer stays in view, right in the island.
- The clock runs on timestamps, so it stays right when the panel is closed, the Mac sleeps or the app relaunches.
- Sessions pause on their own while your Mac is asleep.
- Set a session length if you like, with a quiet sound or a notification when it's reached.
- Finish with Complete task, or end the session and leave the task open.
Record demo·24:18What you see with the panel closed
Every action has a key.
Open Tidy Day from anywhere, plan the day and run a session without reaching for the trackpad.
Anywhere
- ⌃⌥D
- Open or close Tidy Day
Focus
- Space
- Pause or resume
- Return
- Complete the task
- Esc
- Close
Planner
- ←→
- Previous or next day
- ⌥←⌥→
- Previous or next week
- T
- Go to today
- ↑↓
- Select a task
- ⌘↑⌘↓
- Reorder
- Space
- Complete
- Return
- Edit
- N
- New task
- F
- Start focus
- P
- Toggle priority
- ⌫
- Delete
- ⌘Z
- Undo
- Esc
- Back or close
The shortcut to open Tidy Day can be changed in Settings. On this page, ⌃⌥D, ← →, T, N and F work on the island above.
Built by leaving things out.
Tidy Day is for knowing what to do next and getting on with it. Everything that would turn it into another project to maintain stayed off the list.
Crossed off on purpose
About this app
- Network access
- To activate your license and check for updates.
- Account
- Not needed
- Analytics
- None
- Your tasks
- Stored on your Mac
- CPU while idle
- 0%, measured on an Intel MacBook Pro
- Requires
- macOS 14 Sonoma or later
- Runs on
- Apple Silicon and Intel
- Built with
- SwiftUI and AppKit
Questions
Is there a free trial?
No, but if Tidy Day isn't right for you, write within 14 days of buying and you get a full refund, no questions asked.
How much will it cost?
$4.99 for one Mac, or $7.99 for up to three of your Macs. It's a one-time purchase with no subscription; VAT or sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
Does it work on a MacBook with a notch?
Yes. On a Mac with a notch the island wraps around the camera housing. On other Macs it sits in the menu bar. It works across Spaces and on external displays too.
Do I have to hover to open it?
No. Click the island, or press ⌃⌥D from any app. You can change the shortcut in Settings, or switch hover off and open it by clicking only.
Is it a calendar?
No. Tidy Day plans days. A task can have a time if you want one, but there's no hour-by-hour grid to fill in.
What happens to tasks I don't finish?
They stay on the day you planned them. On Today, a banner offers to move them to today or to review them one by one, so you decide where each one goes.
Where are my tasks stored?
In a local database on your Mac. Tidy Day goes online only to activate your license and to check for updates, and never sends your tasks anywhere. There's no iCloud sync yet.
Will it get in the way of full-screen apps?
Over a full-screen app the island fades away, unless a focus session is running.
Less planning. More doing.
Tidy Day for macOSPay once, keep it for good.
$4.99
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Payments, tax and receipts are handled by Polar. How your license works
- macOS 14 Sonoma or later
- Apple Silicon and Intel
- One-time purchase