PopTask - AI Powered Menu Bar To-do List

Type a messy thought, get a structured task in 3 seconds⚡️

683 followers

Type a messy thought, get a structured task in 3 seconds⚡️

683 followers

PopTask turns a messy thought into a scheduled task in about 3 seconds .. type it the way you'd say it .. "gym mon wed fri 6am" .. and it figures out the date, time, repeat and reminder .. no date pickers, no forms .. it even breaks big tasks into steps and suggests follow-ups .. on mac it lives in the menu bar (⌘⌃P from anywhere); on iphone + ipad it's in control center, widgets and siri .. on-device, private, 9 languages, synced through your own icloud .. free to start

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PopTask for Apple

Launching today

Turn to-dos into scheduled tasks

PopTask just went universal .. type a messy thought like "gym mon wed fri 6am" and it becomes a scheduled task in about 3 seconds, no pickers, no forms .. on iphone + ipad you get home and lock screen widgets, a live activity + dynamic island counting down your next task, control center, and hands-free siri even in the car .. on mac it lives in the menu bar (⌘⌃P) .. everything syncs across your devices through your own icloud, near-instant .. on-device, private, 9 languages .. free to start

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Launch tags:Productivity•Task Management•Artificial Intelligence

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The natural language parsing for dates and recurrence feels really tight, "gym mon wed fri 6am" just working without any friction is a small thing but it makes the whole experience feel considered. Nice execution.

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4h ago

PopTask - AI Powered Menu Bar To-do List

Maker

@serdardvi1 appreciate it 🙌🏽 that's the exact reaction i chase

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4h ago

On-device is being read as a privacy checkbox, but for a to-do app it's bigger than that. A task list is a running log of everything you haven't done yet — half-formed, "mtng wth boss about the thing" — which is about as intimate as personal data gets. Keeping it on the device isn't a feature, it's the only respectful default. Good that you led with it. Congrats on the launch

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2h ago

PopTask - AI Powered Menu Bar To-do List

Maker

@dai_sheen you framed that better than i did honestly .. thank you mann 🙌🏽

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1h ago

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Previous PopTask - AI Powered Menu Bar To-do List Launches

PopTask v2.03 seconds from thought to task. No clicks, no app switching

Launched on April 23rd, 2026

PopTaskLight menu bar task manager for quickly capturing tasks

Launched on March 30th, 2026

Forum Threads

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6h ago

i think we've been building to-do apps backwards

quick thought on launch day, and a genuine question for this room

every to-do app fights over features .. tags, projects, dependencies, AI everything. but i think the real reason we abandon them sits way earlier: the 3 seconds between "i just remembered something" and it actually being saved.

that gap is where thoughts die .. you open the app, there's a form, a date picker, a dropdown, and by the time you're done you've half-forgotten why you opened it .. so you dump it in apple notes with a "sort later" that never comes, sound familiar?

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6d ago

launching july 7 .. what's your actual "thought to task" flow?

heyy folks .. am haider, the solo dev behind PopTask .. i'm launching a big update here on july 7 (it's now on iphone + ipad, not just mac) and figured i'd start a conversation instead of just showing up launch day

the whole thing started from one annoyance: every to-do app makes me fill out a form for a 2-second thought .. title, date, time, repeat, reminder .. and by the time am done i've half-forgotten why i opened it .. so i built the opposite: you type the mess the way you'd say it ("gym mon wed fri 6am") and it becomes a real scheduled task in about 3 seconds, no forms