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Sunrise
A real planner for Google Tasks
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A real planner for Google Tasks
178 followers
Google Tasks is fine for jotting things down. It’s terrible for planning your day. No Today view. No overdue section. No way to see what’s due this week at a glance. Just flat lists. Sunrise is a planner built on top of Google Tasks. See today’s tasks, catch what’s overdue, scroll through what’s coming up, and organize work on a kanban board — all synced with your existing Google Tasks lists. Your data stays in Google.
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@cteerakit Congrats on launching Sunrise — a real Today view, an overdue section and a kanban board on top of Google Tasks is exactly what Tasks has always been missing. We made you a free launch video for it (below), yours to download or re-post anywhere, no strings, and it is whitelabel. You can add it to your launch page in here; launches with video tend to do better than those without.
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@cteerakit Well, I have been waiting for this one for long. Thank you for solving a problem for me!
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@daniellebe Thank you so much! Hearing that it solves a real problem for you makes all the hard work worth it. Really appreciate the support!
The "Google Tasks is a notepad, not a planner" framing is spot on. For me the single biggest gap is exactly your Today view, being able to see what's actually due now versus the pile I've been snoozing. Flat lists let you lie to yourself about how much is overdue.
One question: does the two-way sync handle recurring tasks cleanly? That's usually where these Google Tasks layers quietly break for me. Nice, focused launch. @cteerakit @Sunrise
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@sharun_kanan Thank you for the support!
Regarding recurring tasks, you've highlighted a known limitation within the Google Tasks API. The API does not expose recurrence schedules or future repeat dates to third-party developers. As a result, future instances cannot be viewed ahead of time in your upcoming schedule.
I'm considering adding native recurring task support directly inside Sunrise. However, because of the API limits, these native recurrences would not sync back to Google Tasks and vise versa. I'm still evaluating which route to go.
@cteerakit Thanks for the response! This irrespective of the new R&D, is a life-saver. Rooting for you!
This is exactly the gap I hit with Google Tasks too, everything lives in flat lists and there's no real sense of "what's actually due today" without manually scanning. One thing I didn't see addressed: I run a personal Google account and a separate work Workspace account with tasks split across both. Does Sunrise support connecting more than one Google account at once, or is it locked to a single sign-in? That's usually the dealbreaker for me with tools built on top of Google Tasks.
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@galdayan That is a great point. Because I use separate project management tools for work, I hadn't hit that specific wall myself just yet. However, the good news is that I am actually planning to migrate my own work setup over to Google Workspace soon. I have no doubt I will be running into the exact same multi-account friction you just described.
Right now, Sunrise is focused on a single sign-in. But handling multiple Google accounts simultaneously is absolutely on my radar, and it is something I will be actively exploring as I build out the next phases.
Thanks for bringing this up!
@cteerakit makes sense, appreciate the honest answer instead of a vague "it's on the roadmap." Good luck with the Workspace migration, you'll find out fast which parts of the UX assumed a single account. Will keep an eye on Sunrise as multi-account support lands.
this is exactly the kind of small honest tool i like seeing on here, google tasks really is just a flat notepad and everyone quietly builds their own workaround for it. syncing both ways instead of just reading is the part that actually matters, a read only overlay would've been useless the moment you edit something on mobile. does the kanban board write status back as a change to the task itself or is that just a local view on top
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@omri_ben_shoham1 The Kanban board writes changes directly back to Google Tasks in real time!
If you drag a task between date columns, it updates the task's due date in Google. If you drag it between columns representing different task lists, it actually moves the task to that list on the Google backend.
I like that existing Google Tasks sync without extra setup. would offline editing with automatic syncing later fit your roadmap? That could help people who travel or work with unreliable connections.
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@gaspard_dupuich Offline support is actually already built in! Sunrise caches your tasks locally so you can view them offline, and any edits you make will automatically sync back to Google once you're reconnected.
While the functionality is there, I haven't extensively tested it yet. If you happen to give it a spin while traveling, I’d love to know how it works for you!
I find the kanban board especially interesting because visual organization works better for me. Have you considered drag and drop scheduling directly into upcoming days? That could make planning feel even faster.
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@stacey_connolly2 You should be able to do that right now.
On any page featuring a Kanban view (Try Upcoming tab), you can drag and drop tasks directly between columns. The app handles the changes contextually: if you drag a task into a specific date column, it will automatically update the due date. If you drag it into a different task list column, it will move it to that list.
Give it a spin and let me know how it feels. If you run into any issues with it, just let me know so I can get it fixed right away.
Me using Google Tasks every day makes this feel practical. Would keyboard shortcuts for moving tasks between days speed up planning? I think power users would appreciate that option.
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@nathan_jake To be honest, I'm a total mouse user, so I hadn't even thought about that! But you’re so right—it would be a game-changer for power users. Definitely going to look into adding this. Thanks for the awesome idea!