Some tasks belong to a day. The car service is on the 14th. Rent goes out on the 1st. The bins go out on Tuesday whether you feel like it or not. Tatask lets you put a date on any task, or make it repeat, and then keeps track of when it's due.
Setting a date
Open the schedule menu on a task and pick:
- Today
- Tomorrow
- Next week (the following Monday)
- or any date from the calendar
The date shows under the task's name wherever it appears. Clear it at any time.
Repeating tasks
Turn on Repeat and choose a pattern:
| Pattern | Example |
|---|---|
| Daily | Take vitamins |
| Weekly, on chosen days | Bins on Tuesday; gym on Monday, Wednesday and Friday |
| Monthly, on chosen dates | Pay rent on the 1st; check the credit card on the 1st and 15th |
| Yearly | Renew the car insurance on 3 March |
When you complete a repeating task, it comes back as open when it's next due. The web app checks for due repeats when it opens and whenever you come back to the tab, so a weekly task is waiting on the right day without any effort from you.
The Due view
Due lists every dated task across your whole tree, in date order: anything overdue first, then today, then what's coming. It's the place to check on a Monday morning, or before you plan a week. On the web, the nav shows how many tasks are due today or overdue. On your phone, Due has its own tab.
Due is separate from Today on purpose. Due shows what has a date. Today shows what you've chosen to do. A task can be in both.
Dates deep in the tree
A due date doesn't have to sit on a top-level task. Put the hand-in date on the chapter, not the dissertation. Put "book flights by Friday" on the step under Plan summer holiday. Due will find it either way, and the tree keeps it in context.
Routines without remembering them
Repeating tasks work best for the small, regular jobs you'd otherwise carry in your head: watering the plants, the weekly review, the monthly invoice run, a yearly boiler check. Set them once and forget them until they come up. I wrote more about building routines with recurring tasks and about running a weekly review, which is a good first repeat to set up.
What it doesn't do
Tatask doesn't send push notifications or calendar invites, and it doesn't do times of day. If you need an alarm at 3pm, use your phone's clock or calendar alongside it.