A calm to-do app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch
Pick your three. Let the rest go.
You already know what today needs. It is just buried under everything else you wrote down. NanoDo asks for three things, keeps them on your lock screen, and lets the rest wait. That is the whole app, and it is free.
- iPhone
- iPad
- Mac
- Apple Watch
NanoDo is a minimalist to-do app for iPhone built around a single daily ritual: each morning you choose three things, then check them off straight from your lock screen widget, without opening the app. There are no projects, no badges and no subscription. The app is free, with no account and no data collection; an optional one-time €9.99 Pro adds a few extras.
How it works
Your whole day, in about fifteen seconds.
Each morning, choose three.
The daily three
Three things. No more.
Most to-do lists grow until you stop looking at them. NanoDo asks for three things in the morning, with the top one as your focus. A fourth or fifth is allowed, with a gentle nudge, never a wall. And what you don't finish never moves itself; you carry it on purpose, or you let it go.
You are not behind. A day only holds so much. Three things, chosen on purpose, is not a small ambition. It is an honest one.
Glanceable by design
The widget is the app.
You barely open NanoDo. Your three sit as a widget on your Home Screen, and you check them off with a single tap, without opening the app. It does its job where you already look, and stays out of the way the rest of the time.
Lock screen & Dynamic Island
Your focus stays in view.
Your focus task, the top of your three, sits on your lock screen and rides along in the Dynamic Island. You see it without unlocking, and check it off right there. The first thing you want to do that day is the first thing you see, and it stays quietly with you until it is done.
The widget with your three on the lock screen is free. The Live Activity in the Dynamic Island is part of Pro.
Frictionless capture
Capture it in a second, without opening the app.
A thought that pops up is not something you have to hold. Catch it any way that suits you, and it lands in your inbox. “Call the dentist tomorrow at 3” becomes a task with a reminder on its own.
- Action Button
- Siri
- Control Center
- Shortcuts
- Your voice
- Paste
- Import from Reminders
Native to iOS
Siri, Shortcuts and the Action Button.
Because adding a task is a native iOS action, NanoDo fits into what you already use. Ask Siri, press the Action Button, or add it from Control Center, and it lands in your inbox without the app opening. You can even put that action in your own Shortcuts, so a morning routine or an automation sets up your day for you.
Calm, not pressure
Calm. Never guilt.
Most apps keep score: a red badge for everything undone, a streak you are afraid to break, a list that grows faster than you can. NanoDo keeps none of it. Your three are done, or they are not, and the day is yours either way. You do not have to earn the evening.
Private by default
Private, and yours.
No account to create, no tracking, no server that ever sees your tasks. Everything stays on your device and, if you choose, your own private iCloud. Your list is nobody's business but yours.
iPhone · iPad · Mac · Apple Watch
One app, on every screen you own.
NanoDo is a native app on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, with the same calm on each. Not a website in a wrapper, and nothing new to learn from one to the next.
iPhone
The home. Your three on the lock screen and in a widget, checked off without opening the app.
iPad
The same three, with more room to see the day.
Mac
A real app in your dock, not a browser tab.
Apple Watch
Your three on your wrist. Check them off there, hands-free.
Optional · one-time, no subscription
The free app is the whole app.
The full daily ritual is free, and complete on one device: three things a day, the lock-screen widget, quick capture, smart reminders, and light or dark. Pro is one small, one-time purchase, €9.99 (€6.99 at launch), that adds sync across your devices and a few personal touches. Optional, and never a subscription.
Free, and complete
- Three things a day, up to five
- Lock-screen widget
- Quick capture
- Smart reminders
- Light and dark
Pro adds a few extras
Private mode
Give a task a cover name and hide the real title behind Face ID.
Live Activity
Keep your focus task on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island.
Colours & app icons
Ten accent colours and matching app icons, on the app, the widget and your home screen.
Pro also syncs your three across your iPhone, iPad and Mac, and adds a week and month review.
Pick your three for today.
A calm to-do app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. NanoDo leaves you alone after that.