Finalist Docs
For people who finish things. Start here.
Welcome to Finalist
What Finalist is, the one-day-at-a-time philosophy, and where to begin.
Setting Up
What each permission unlocks, connecting calendars and reminders, and why there's no account to create.
Your First Day
Add a few tasks, check one off, flip to tomorrow, and punt something. The whole idea in ten minutes.
Finalist in Two Minutes
The whole app in one skim, with a door into the details wherever you want them.
Common Questions
Quick answers to what people ask most: the pinwheel, a day that looks empty, where the week strip went, and how to reach me.
One Day at a Time
Why a day page beats an infinite list: task anxiety, what paper got right, and the power of a container with edges.
The Art of Punting
Rescheduling as aggressive planning: why nothing rolls over automatically, and how to move tasks forward without guilt.
Plan Without Planning
No rigid framework, no methodology homework. Capture first, and let structure emerge only where you need it.
The Daily Rhythm
A morning planning routine, staying on track through the day, and the evening review.
Coming from Other Apps
How Things, Todoist, GTD, Apple Reminders, and paper planner concepts map onto Finalist, and what it deliberately doesn't do.
Tips & Best Practices
Writing actionable tasks, breaking down projects, master lists, and a sane tag system.