Sunrise
A real planner for Google Tasks
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A real planner for Google Tasks
376 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.
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
Sunrise
@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.
that's exactly what I was hoping to hear. a lot of these planner layers fake it with a local board that quietly drifts from the source over time, glad this one is actually bidirectional all the way down to the due date and list
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.
Sunrise
@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!
the notepad vs planner distinction is exactly right — capture and planning are completely different jobs that google tasks tries to do with one flat list. does it pull due dates from existing google tasks or do you have to re-enter them in sunrise?
Sunrise
@sabber_ahamed It pulls them automatically! There is absolutely no need to re-enter anything. Any changes you make in Sunrise sync right back, and vice versa.
@cteerakit bidirectional is the hard part most tools skip — good to hear it's real. does it handle recurring tasks from Google Tasks or is that still on the roadmap?
Sunrise
@sabber_ahamed That is a great question, and I want to be fully transparent here. Recurring tasks are unfortunately a limitation right now.
Because Google's official API doesn't actually expose or support recurring task logic to third-party developers, Sunrise can't fully manage the repetition. The way it works right now is that a recurring task will simply pop up on your board on the day it is currently due.
I know that’s a massive pain and it’s something I feel too as a user. I’m exploring a workaround for this and hopefully find a way to fix it in the next update.
@cteerakit appreciate the transparency — that API gap is genuinely annoying and I'm glad you're not papering over it. showing it on the due date is a decent fallback. curious if the workaround involves tracking repetition state locally or if there's a way to hook into the calendar event side to infer it
Hey @cteerakit - think this is just what I need, however getting this error from google when i try to sign in:
This app is blocked
This app tried to access sensitive info in your Google Account. To keep your account safe, Google blocked this access.
Sunrise
@paulmalc That's expected. Google requires a formal verification process for new apps.
I’ve already submitted everything for approval, it may take a while. In the meantime, it's completely safe to click "Advanced" and then "Go to Sunrise (unsafe)" to get in.
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.
Sunrise
@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!
@cteerakit I liked the simplicity of the product, and this is exactly what seemed missing while using Google Tasks. However, while using Sunrise, I realized that tasks were not getting synched if another tab was open with Google Tasks in it. Great product though, especially the board!
Sunrise
@sonal_waghchoure Changes you make inside Sunrise actually do hit the Google API instantly, even if you have Google Tasks open in another tab. Not sure why you face the sync issue. I'll keep an eye on this one.
However, there is a known limitation. If you edit a task directly inside Google Tasks, it doesn't send a real-time signal back to Sunrise, so Sunrise currently requires a quick page refresh to pull those outside changes in.
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?