For the Mac menu bar.

Always one keystroke from your next task.

Press a hotkey, type what's on your mind, and it's captured. Open any task to break it into steps. NextTask stays out of the way until you need it.

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Fig. 1. One task, opened into its steps.

The problem

Tasks get lost in the gap between thinking of them and writing them down.

You think of something in the middle of an email. Your task app is a tab you'd have to find, a project you'd have to pick, a form you'd have to fill. So you tell yourself you'll remember.

By the afternoon it's gone. It comes back at 11pm, or it doesn't.

Capture only works when it costs nothing. That is the whole design brief.

How it works

Capture. Break it down. Get reminded.

Capture

Press Control+Space from anywhere. Start typing. The task is saved, no form to fill in.
Break it down

Open any task the way you'd open a folder. Add the steps inside it. Open those steps the same way, as deep as you need.
Get reminded

Type "tomorrow 9am" or "in 2 hours" and it's scheduled. When it's due, NextTask pings you, even while it's hidden.

Global hotkey

One keystroke, from any app.

Press Control+Space and NextTask opens, wherever you're working. Press it again and it's gone.

It lives in your menu bar, not in a browser tab you have to go find.

control + space

Opens NextTask from any app, from anywhere.

Fig. 2. Global hotkey.

Type to capture

No forms. Just type.

Open NextTask and start typing. The task is saved as you go, no fields, no dialog boxes.

Capturing a task should take less time than opening your task manager usually does.

Call the roofer about the estimate

Renew car registration
Send Sam the deck

Fig. 3. Type to capture.

Open it up

Every task can hold its own steps.

Open a task the same way you'd open a folder. Add steps inside it. Those steps can hold their own steps too.

One task, or a hundred nested inside it. Same window, same habit.

▾Plan the offsite
Book the venue
▾Send invites
Draft the list
Get sign-off from Priya
Order catering

Open a task the way you'd open a folder. Just as deep as you need.

Fig. 4. Open it up.

Natural-language scheduling

Type when, not a date picker.

Type "tomorrow 9am" or "in 2 hours" while you're writing a task, and it's scheduled.

No calendar widget to wrestle with.

Follow up with the landlord tomorrow 9am

Tomorrow, 9:00 AM

Fig. 5. Natural-language scheduling.

Reminders with snooze

A ping when it's due, even hidden.

You get a sound and a notification when something's due, with 15-minute and 1-hour snooze right there.

NextTask doesn't need to be open on screen to remind you.

NextTask now

Follow up with the landlord

Snooze 15m Snooze 1h

Fig. 6. Reminders with snooze.

Jump and search

Find or create anything, instantly.

Press Cmd+K to search your whole list, or create a new task on the spot, without leaving where you are.

Works the same whether you have ten tasks or a thousand.

roofer

Call the roofer about the estimate Jump to

Fig. 7. Jump and search.

Questions

Before you download.

What does it cost?: Nothing to download and use on your Mac, offline, with no account and no task limit. Syncing across devices is $12 a month, $120 a year, or $240 once. A free account lets you try sync with your first 250 tasks.
Where does my data live?: In a database on your Mac. Nothing leaves your machine unless you sign in to sync, and you can export everything at any time.
I already have a task app.: Keep it. NextTask is for the tasks that never made it into your system because filing them was too much work. It sits one keystroke away. Your other app doesn't.
Is this another subscription?: Only if you want sync. Local use is free with no time limit, and the $240 lifetime plan is there if you'd rather pay once.
Which Macs does it run on?: Macs with Apple Silicon, M1 or later. The app updates itself when new versions ship.
What if I stop paying?: The app keeps working and your tasks stay on your Mac. You only lose sync.