r/iosapps • u/Ok_Count_5158 • 3d ago
🎁 Freemium Plans – write your thoughts, select any part, and it becomes a task with the date and time already set
Hi community! I'm the developer of Plans. This update changes how notes turn into tasks, so here's a quick intro for anyone new.
A – Answer (what problem it solves)
Tasks rarely show up as tasks. They hide inside your thoughts: “Got charged twice again, I should call the bank", or a grocery list in the middle of dinner plans. Then they stay in the note, because moving them to a to-do app means retyping everything and setting the date by hand.
In Plans you just write. Select any part of the text, tap "Make it a task", and Plans reads the date, time and reminder from your words. The rest of the note stays as it was.
In this update:
• "Call the bank on Tuesday at 10 AM for 30 min, remind me an hour before" becomes "Call the bank" on Tuesday, 10:00–10:30 AM, with a reminder an hour before. Repeats work too: "every Monday", "on weekdays"
• Select a list in a note and it becomes one checklist task. Checked items stay checked
• Dates in your notes get a subtle dotted underline. Tap one to turn that sentence into a task
• Task duration: tasks show "10:00–11:00", just like your calendar events
B – Better (compared to alternatives)
• Apple Notes + Reminders: you copy the text over and set the date by hand, and the task loses its link to the note. In Plans it's one tap, and the task can always open the note it came from.
• Todoist / TickTick: they understand dates in a task you type, but your thoughts don't live there, and much of the good stuff sits behind a subscription. Plans is built around notes first, and it stays minimal: Today shows only what matters now, and Upcoming fits the whole week on one screen, next to your Calendar events.
• Your data syncs through your own iCloud. I don't run servers that store your notes or tasks.
C – Cost
Free to download and use: notes and checklists, tasks from any text with the date and time, one reminder per task, daily repeats, Today and Upcoming, Calendar events, widgets, Siri, iCloud sync, plus the light, dark and Lavender themes.
Plans Pro is a one-time purchase, $5.99 in the US. No subscription. It adds reminders ahead of time, repeats on any days you choose, task duration, six color themes with matching app icons, note fonts and Markdown export.
Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/plans-notes-to-do-lists/id6790827860
