Sunrise
A real planner for Google Tasks
368 followers
A real planner for Google Tasks
368 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.
Sunrise
@prachi_nagwan At the moment, Sunrise does not send separate notifications or reminders. Because the app integrates natively with Google Tasks and Google Calendar, I purposely avoid duplicating features that Google already handles well. If you have notifications set up on your iOS or Android devices for Google Tasks or Google Calendar, those native alerts will continue to work perfectly in the background.
That said, I'd love to know more about your workflow on what specific use case or type of reminder would you find useful to have directly inside Sunrise that the native Google alerts don't quite solve for you?
This looks clean. Does rescheduling a task in Sunrise also update the due date back in Google Tasks?
Sunrise
@dhiraj_patel5 Absolutely! That is the core foundation of how Sunrise works.
Until today, I didn't even know Google Tasks existed :) Do many people actually use it? Or is it mainly an Android thing? (I use the Notes app on iPhone, and it doesn't have the issues you described.)
Sunrise
@natalia_iankovych It is definitely not just an Android thing. Even most iPhone users still rely on Google Workspace and Google Calendar for work, and Google Tasks just happens to come bundled right with it.
Timbal AI
Does Sunrise nudge me about what's due (a notification/reminder), or do I only see the Today view when I remember to open it?
Sunrise
@david_vilalta Right now, there are no active reminders or push notifications, so you'll only see your schedule when you open Sunrise.
However, since everything syncs directly with Google, you can still rely on your standard Google Calendar or Google Tasks app notifications on your phone to give you those loud nudges while using Sunrise as your main visual workspace.
So I tried but I got this "Google hasn’t verified this app".
Sunrise
@joseph_g4 Yeah, sorry about that. Because Sunrise connects directly to your Google account via their API, Google requires a formal verification process for new apps.
I’ve already submitted everything for approval, but Google takes quite a bit of time to review. In the meantime, it's completely safe to click "Advanced" and then "Go to Sunrise (unsafe)" to get in.
Finally, someone fixed the Google Tasks experience. The overdue section alone is worth the install - I had no idea how much stuff I'd been letting slip.
Sunrise
@semihazfcr Right there with you! I used to try solving this by forcing everything into a single task list and sort by due date, but that completely wastes the benefit of having separate lists. With this I can finally use my lists 😂