A to-do list built to help you begin.

Capture several tasks in one ordinary sentence.

Type or speak what is on your mind without formatting it first. Optional assisted organization can separate the text into task drafts and suggest dates or time estimates. You review and edit every draft before saving. A multi-task capture counts as one assisted action, not one action per task.

Prefer to do it yourself? Add tasks manually.

Create, edit, search, complete, reopen, archive, or delete tasks without using an assisted action. Add notes, true deadlines, planned work times, reminders, estimates, energy, importance, recurrence, blockers, and steps when those details are useful.

Answer “What should I do next?”

Choose 5, 10, 20, or 30+ minutes and select low, normal, or high energy. FirstNudge uses your saved task details to recommend one eligible action on your device. It can consider deadlines, importance, fit, and how long work has been waiting. You can always choose another task.

Short time does not hide urgent work.

If an urgent task cannot be completed in the time you have, FirstNudge can keep the deadline risk visible and help you start a smaller piece. A 45-minute task does not become irrelevant because you selected 10 minutes.

Find a concrete first step.

Ask FirstNudge to turn a large or vague task into one smaller action. Accept the suggestion, request another, or write your own. The smaller step remains connected to the parent task, and finishing the step does not falsely mark the whole project complete.

Stay with one action for a little while.

Start a countdown or stopwatch from the task you chose. Pause, resume, add time, end the session, or mark the task done. Time running out never completes a task automatically.

Three dates. Three different jobs.

A deadline is when the task is truly due. A planned work time is when you intend to work on it. A reminder is when you want a notification. FirstNudge stores them separately so rescheduling an attempt does not rewrite the deadline.

Keep the whole list easy to find.

Search task titles and notes on your device. Filter open, due soon, planned, waiting, and completed work. Postponed items remain findable, and completed history distinguishes a finished step from a finished parent task.

Return to the list on your terms.

Set local task reminders and optional morning or evening check-ins. Notification delivery is controlled by iOS and may be affected by notification permission, Focus modes, device settings, or system conditions.

Repeat ordinary responsibilities without rebuilding them.

Create daily or selected-weekday recurring tasks. Completing or intentionally skipping one occurrence keeps the future schedule intact. Simple recurring tasks are included in Free.

Find possible work time around your calendar.

With FirstNudge Pro and calendar permission, FirstNudge can read selected calendar availability on your device and suggest possible work slots. Review and approve suggestions before they are applied. FirstNudge does not write events to an external calendar in this release, and calendar titles, attendees, and event contents are not sent with assisted requests.

Reuse a short sequence of tasks.

FirstNudge Pro lets you create reusable multi-task routines, such as a study-start sequence or weekly reset. Starting a routine previews the tasks before saving them. Routines are templates you begin intentionally, not invisible automations.

Keep the next action within reach.

The basic FirstNudge widget can show a local next-action snapshot and open the relevant place in the app. Assisted requests are not run from the widget.

Feature comparison

Start with the list you have—not a new system to maintain.

FirstNudge keeps the free manual workflow available even when you are offline or have reached your assisted-action limit.