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Tasks & Today

The list,done properly.

The Inbox, Today and Upcoming; a parser that reads the way you type; and a keyboard that reaches everything. This is the part of blastbeat you live in.

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The Today page: the date and the day’s count under the title, the linked Notes, then Tasks grouped under Overdue and Afternoon, with the Today panel (Up next, Habits, Goals and Waiting on) on the right and the sidebar on the left.
Today
Quick AddCommand paletteToday, Inbox, UpcomingSubtasksNotes linked to TasksRepeating TasksRemindersFour PrioritiesDurationsDue and Start dates
Saved FiltersLabelsBlockersMulti-selectDrag and dropUndoDark modeFocusEvery Shortcut on ?Task import and download

Capture and navigate

Quick Add

One line in, a whole Task out.

Press Q from any page. The Project, Labels, Priority and Due are pulled out of the sentence and shown as chips; each chip opens its own picker if you would rather click.

  • “Email Priya #Inbox @Urgent tomorrow 10am p1” fills in the Project, a Label, the Priority and the Due
  • It opens ready for the page you are on: Today, a Project, a Label, High Priority
  • Enter adds the Task; Shift and Enter adds it and keeps Quick Add open
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Quick Add over the Today page: “Draft launch post #Tidepool tomorrow 10am p2 @writing” with each token highlighted, and chips for the Project, Due, Priority and Label below it.
Command palette

Every Command is a few keys away.

⌘K jumps to views, Projects, Labels, Filters and Folders, searches Tasks and Notes, and runs any Command, with its Shortcut shown beside it so you learn them by using it.

  • One box for Tasks, Notes and every Command
  • A Command for each menu item: move, set Priority, new Filter, undo
  • It also opens on / and :, away from a text field
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The Command palette open over Today, searching “tidepool”: results grouped as Projects, Tasks, Notes and Folders, with Shortcuts such as g 1 and Alt+1 beside them.
Shortcut sheet

Press ? and see all of them.

The Shortcuts sheet lists every Command by where you use it: Navigate, Lists, Tasks, Notes, Mail, Timeline, Universal and Create. Two-key jumps like g t and g i mean you rarely touch the sidebar.

  • Grouped by where you use them
  • Rebind any Shortcut in Settings › Keyboard; one Keymap serves web and desktop
  • Hover a control for its name and Shortcut
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Every Shortcut →
The Shortcuts sheet over Today: Navigate, Notes and Mail Commands in two columns, each with its keys, and a note that they can be changed in Settings › Keyboard.
Try it

Type a Task. Watch it parse.

Q
Call dentistFri · 10:00P2Home
Title
Call dentist
Due
Fri · 10:00 (2026-10-16)
Priority
High (P2)
Project
Home
Labels
None
  • Due a date or a time
  • Priority p1 to p4, or !
  • Project #Name
  • Label @name

The demo runs the same parser as the app. Its clock is fixed at Wednesday, 2026-10-14, and its Projects are Launch, Home, Garden, Reading list and Labels are errands, waiting, deep work.

Focus

Focus

One Task. Nothing else on screen.

Start Focus from Today or from a Task. One Task fills the window with its time, Project, title and Subtasks; the next Task and a count of the rest wait along the bottom.

  • Tick Subtasks off in place
  • Complete Task moves on to the next one in Today’s order
  • Later sends a Task to the end of the queue
  • Esc puts the app back
Ffocus a Task
Focus: one Task, “Onboarding flow v2”, with its time and Project, three Subtasks (one ticked), Complete Task and Later buttons, and the next Task, “Order tile samples”, along the bottom.

Change a Task and find it again

Task menu

Right-click a Task. Change it from there.

The Task menu holds Reschedule with quick dates, the four Priorities, Reminders, Move to Project, Duplicate, Copy link and Delete. Each has its own Shortcut too.

  • Quick dates: Today, Tomorrow, This weekend, Next week, or a date you type
  • Priority 1 to 4 on the number keys
  • The same menu opens from the ⋯ button, or, on the coming iPhone app, with a long press
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The Task menu open on a Task in a Project’s List: Add Task above and below, Edit, Focus, Select, Reschedule quick dates, Priority 1 to 4, Reminders, Add to Goal, Move to Project, Duplicate, Copy link, Track as Habit and Delete.
Filters

Saved queries, with a live preview.

Write a Filter query once, such as p1 & #Launch & !@waiting, and pin the Filter to the sidebar. A small language of dates, Priorities, #Projects and @Labels, combined with &, |, ! and parentheses.

  • A builder for those who would rather click
  • The Tasks that match appear as you type
  • A top-level comma splits the results into Filter sections
Filter syntax →
A saved Filter, “Today + overdue”: its query, “overdue, today”, in a bar above the matching Tasks, split into its overdue and today sections.
Check it

Check a Filter as you write it.

The syntax is valid. The Filter has 1 section.

In words Tasks that are due today, or overdue.

  1. todayTasks due today
  2. |or: either side may match
  3. overdueTasks due before today

This checks syntax only; the API runs a Filter against your Tasks. The suggestions use the demo's Projects, Launch, Home, Garden, Reading list, and Labels, errands, waiting, deep work.

Make it yours

Dark mode

Same paper, after hours.

Every surface has a dark twin. blastbeat follows your system, or you pin Light or Dark in Settings › Appearance, and the choice follows you to every device.

  • System, Light or Dark
  • The accent shifts to a lighter shade so it keeps its contrast
  • Drag the handle, or let it sweep
Today in the light theme, with the dark theme beside it on the right of the handle.
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Settings

Make it yours, then forget about it.

Theme, accent, interface font, density, sidebar and motion live on one Appearance page. Preferences follow you to every device.

  • Three densities: Cozy, Comfortable and Compact
  • Six accents, or any color you pick
  • Animations Full, Subtle or Off, and Subtle when your system asks for less motion
Settings › Appearance: color mode (System, Light, Dark), six accents and a custom one, interface font, the three densities (Cozy, Comfortable, Compact) and how the sidebar starts.
Details

And the small things.

Small features that do their job and stay out of the way.

Subtasks

One level deep. A Subtask stays in its parent’s Project and Section.

Notes and Tasks

A Task can point at a Note, and a checkbox line in a Note is a Task.

Repeats

Daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. The Due moves on when you complete it.

Due and Start

A Due date with an optional time, and an optional Start that makes a span on the Timeline.

Reminders

Up to five per Task, a set time before it is due. They arrive as notifications on iPhone once that app is out.

Multi-select

Click with ⌘ or ⇧, then complete, reschedule, move or label them together.

X
Undo

Undo the last change from its toast or from the keyboard.

⌘Z
Blockers

Mark a Task as waiting on another. The Today panel lists what you are waiting on.

Durations

In 15-minute steps. Today shows when they add up to the end of the day.

Milestones

A Task as a single point in time, drawn as a diamond on a Timeline.

Priorities

P1 to P4. The Task’s ring takes the Priority’s color.

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Import and download

Bring Tasks in from a Todoist-compatible CSV, or download them as CSV, Markdown or a ZIP.

Next

Views

List, Board, Calendar, Backlog and Timeline: the same Tasks, five ways.