Finalist Day Planner

Beta 7 adds Calendar Bookmark bar + more

Beta 5 is here with some big updates: Lists tab and Outstanding Tasks got a major overhaul and Subtasks are here (after a lot of convincing). It's still early days for subtasks, please share your feedback and Happy Valentines!

The beta is at finalist.works/beta

3.6 Beta has just started, journaling with a pulse ❤️

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- Fixed an intermittent crash on macOS
- Fixed “Ignore events” to also match non-titled events if left empty
- Changed Cmd+N to create new Task instead of open new window

- Tapping on map locations in Daily now presents a menu, with ability to Share the location
- Fixes to improve iCloud sync frequency for some users, let me know how you find it
- Fixed capitalization on Copy Tasks menu item
- Improved task entry toolbar for macOS

- Fixed editing journal entries on macOS
- Fixed Journal “Copy to clipboard” button on macOS
- Fixed new tasks in Lists in Minimal theme getting date assigned
- Fixed widget in some configurations not showing Date correctly
- Added Location field for calendar events

Beta 119/319, Jan 13, 2026:
A few fixes and improvements:

- Calendars and Reminder lists are now grouped by account they belong to; you’ll see the change in hopefully every field that shows calendars and reminder lists
- Fixed a bug that sometimes added daily tasks to recently used list

macOS version just got an update to 3.5.7:

⦾ Improved menu bar window, with reminders, weather, calendar and planner highlights
⦾ Tapping on the menu bar window header opens the app
⦾ Better default window sizing
⦾ Nicer display of sidebar dates
⦾ Improved Add Task sheet

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The last of the holiday code drops 🥳

Nope, it's a full version! Do you maybe have an API key filled out for OpenAI? If you have a free key, they often don't allow access to OpenAI's more advanced APIs.

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We're getting down to the wire, the last drop tomorrow #planner #2026

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳

You're all so quick, watch this space - there might be more 😀

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Reply if you snag one 😉

Just email me from About box, will see what we can do :)

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Something special to end this year and start the new one. Follow for more drops in the coming days and tell your friends 🎁

Thanks, will investigate!

You can actually delete the folder, just not iCloud data (if you go to iOS Settings, under iCloud). These are not visible to Files app

Congrats and thank you! 🙏 The license is attached to your iCloud data internally, so it syncs with your data and follows you around. If you ever need AppleID entitlement for some reason (lets say you want to delete your iCloud data and start fresh) just email me.

First of the challenges are getting completed, amazing work folks 👏👏👏

That was quick! They're all gone but stick around for a few special drops as we cross over to 2026...

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Finalist Link to: https://finalist.works/df

The full post is daringfireball.net/linked/2025/...

I’m kind of blown away by how robust and thoughtful Finalist is. It’s not a web app with iOS and Mac clients. It’s a suite of native apps designed with care for Apple’s platforms. Auteur software, with a distinctive brand and vision, while remaining idiomatically native.

I'm still digging out from under the deluge of wonderful feedback this holiday season (at least I don't have to deal with snow this year). If you haven't seen it, @gruber.foo wrote about Finalist, and explained it far better than I ever could. Lots more to come in 2026!

No worries, just to clarify it's a 30 day challenge not 5 days (you just have to start it in December)

Full review at luckyhipsta.vercel.app/blog/finalis...

The Problem With the “Family Calendar” And then, about a year and a half ago, I came across Finalist. The app has matured a lot since then and has become more beautiful (than it was), and, miracle, they added exactly the features I needed! Now I can: 1. Mark my vacation in one color. 2. Wife's vacation/child's holiday (insert as appropriate) - in another. 3. See the full picture instantly! You can also add things like "red zones" - days when travel is most expensive (school breaks, holidays). Now you always know when it’s best to plan a vacation and which dates to avoid.

❤️ (from Lucky Hipsta)

Thank you, I think I found the case when it happens and added a fix!