Today View

Your Daily Timeline

The Today view is where Set truly shines. It’s your personalized timeline that shows exactly when you’ll finish all your starred tasks for the day.

As you complete tasks, adjust time estimates, or reorder items, your completion time updates in real-time. This helps you make informed decisions about what you can realistically accomplish today.

Header Controls

• Tap the weekday: Cycle between color modes (Project, Priority, or Accent)
• Tap the date/time: Toggle between showing the current time or the date

Overview Section

The overview section shows your daily statistics at a glance. Tap it to toggle between two views:

• Normal view: Shows task count, duration, remaining time, and finish time
• Focus view: Shows only the finish time in large text for quick reference

Week Planning

Set isn’t just for today — you can plan your entire week ahead.

Reveal the Week Strip

On iOS, swipe down on the Today view (or tap Show Week in the ⋯ menu) to reveal the week strip at the top. On macOS, the week strip is always visible.

Navigate Between Days

• Tap any date pill to view that day’s tasks
• Use the chevron arrows to move between weeks
• Tap Today to jump back to the current day

Full Planning for Any Day

Every day works just like Today — you can:

• Add tasks and breaks
• Drag to reorder your schedule
• Recalculate start times from your default day start time
• Export any day as a PDF

The recalculate button uses your default day start time (set in Settings) for future dates instead of “now”.

Drag Tasks onto Date Pills

Quickly move tasks between days by dragging them onto date pills in the week strip:

1. Long-press a task to start dragging
2. Drag it onto a date pill in the week strip
3. Drop it — the task is scheduled to that day

The task will be starred and given a start time based on your default day start time. Works from both the Today view and Project views.

Schedule Date

The schedule pill on each task card lets you pick exactly when a task should happen.

How to Use

1. Expand any task card
2. Tap the calendar pill in the properties row
3. Pick a date from the calendar
4. Set a time using the hour and minute pickers
5. Tap Done to confirm

Quick Options

• Today — schedule for today
• Tomorrow — schedule for tomorrow
• Clear — remove the schedule and unstar the task

When you schedule a task, it’s starred and appears in the Today view for that date. Start times are calculated from your chosen time.

Recalculate — Set’s Core Feature

The ↻ Recalculate button (top left of Today view) is the heart of Set. When life interrupts your plan — and it always does — one tap instantly rebuilds your entire day’s timeline without any manual math.

How It Works

When you tap recalculate, Set:

1. Moves the first incomplete task to the new start time
2. Chains every subsequent task and break one after another based on their durations
3. Reschedules all notifications automatically
4. Plays a subtle sound to confirm the recalculation happened

No mental arithmetic. No dragging each task individually. Your whole day is rebuilt in an instant.

Quick Tap vs Hold

Quick tap → recalculates from now (the nearest next 5-minute marker).

Hold or swipe the ↻ button to reveal all four options:

Option	What it does
From Now	Starts the first incomplete task at the nearest next 5-minute marker. E.g. if it’s 2:17 PM, tasks start at 2:20 PM.
From Next Half Hour	Starts from the next :00 or :30 mark.
From First Task	Keeps the first task’s current time fixed and recalculates everything after it.
Set Start Time	Opens a time picker so you can choose any custom start time.

Locked Tasks

Tasks with a locked start time are skipped during recalculation — they stay pinned to their set time. All other tasks flow around them automatically.

For Future Days

When viewing a future day in the week strip, the recalculate button uses your default day start time (set in Settings) instead of “now”, since the current time doesn’t apply to future dates.

Calendar & Reminders Sync

Import events from Apple Calendar and Apple Reminders directly into your Today view.

Calendar Sync

• Calendar events appear as locked tasks in Today view
• Events use their original calendar color
• Sync happens automatically when you open the app or switch back to it
• Your schedule flows around locked events during recalculations

Reminders Import

• Pull tasks from multiple Apple Reminders lists
• Imported tasks include notes, due times, and priority levels

Enable Calendar and Reminders sync in Settings → Integrations.

Locked Start Times

Lock any task’s start time to keep it fixed during recalculations. Useful for events or calls at a set time.

To lock a task’s start time, expand the task card and tap the lock icon next to the start time. Locked tasks stay in place when you tap recalculate.

Adding Tasks to Today

⭐ Star Method

Tap the star icon on any task in your Inbox or Projects to instantly add it to Today.

➕ Direct Creation

Create tasks directly in the Today view by tapping the ”+” button. They’re automatically starred.

📅 Auto-Starring Scheduled Tasks

Tasks with a scheduled date automatically appear in your Today view on that day. This includes:

• Tasks scheduled for today
• Overdue tasks that haven’t been completed
• Repeating tasks that are scheduled for today

Toolbar Actions

Tap the ⋯ (ellipsis) button in the top right to access these options:

➕ Add Task

Create a new task that’s automatically starred and added to Today.

☕ Add Break

Toggle break mode to insert breaks between tasks. When active, + Add break buttons appear after each task. You can choose from:

• 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, or 45 minutes
• 1 hour, 1.5 hours, or 2 hours

To edit a break’s duration, swipe right on it. Breaks can also be timed and completed within the Timer view.

🔍 Browse Tasks

Open the Browse Tasks sheet to quickly find and add tasks from your projects. Filter by project, priority, due date, and duration. Multi-select to add several tasks at once. Also accessible via long-press on the + button.

🎮 Select Mode

Select multiple tasks to perform bulk actions — including Batch Schedule to assign all selected tasks to a date and time at once.

📦 Log Completed Tasks

Archive completed tasks while preserving them for statistics. Choose from:

• Today Only: Log completed tasks from Today view
• All Completed: Log all completed tasks across all projects

👁️ Show/Hide Completed

Toggle visibility of completed tasks in your Today view.

📤 Export (Pro)

Export any day’s timeline as a PDF document. Perfect for sharing or printing your schedule.

How to Export:

1. Tap the ⋯ (ellipsis) button in the top right
2. Select “Export”
3. Save or share the PDF via the share sheet

The PDF includes all task times, durations, and your complete timeline for the day. Choose colour or black & white in Settings.

Task Gestures

• Swipe right: Edit duration (customizable in Settings)
• Swipe left: Unstar from Today (customizable in Settings)
• Tap the time: Edit the task’s start time directly — all following tasks shift automatically
• Tap the circle: Mark the task as complete

Reordering Tasks

Drag and drop tasks to reorder them. This changes the sequence in which you’ll work on them, updating your completion times accordingly. Tasks automatically reorder when you change their start time.

Logging Completed Tasks

Completed tasks can be logged to remove them from your active lists while preserving them in Statistics. Logged tasks can be reviewed or restored from the Statistics view.

The logging options vary by view:

In Today View:

• Today Only: Log completed tasks from Today
• All Completed: Log all completed tasks across all projects

In Other Views:

• Inbox Only: Log completed tasks from Inbox (available in project list view)
• This Project Only: Log completed tasks from the current project (available in project detail view)

Auto-logging can be enabled in Settings to automatically log completed tasks:

• At midnight
• On app launch