Finalist Docs
For people who finish things. Start here.
Finalist helps you plan one day at a time, without the anxiety. These docs are organized so you can read a short path when you're new, and look things up forever after.
New here?
Ten minutes, three pages, and you'll have the whole idea:
- Welcome to Finalist: what Finalist is and why it works
- Setting Up: permissions, calendars, reminders (all optional)
- Your First Day: add, check off, flip, punt
In a hurry? Finalist in Two Minutes is the whole app in one skim.
The Finalist Way
The method behind the app, in short and opinionated reads:
- One Day at a Time: why a day page beats an infinite list
- The Art of Punting: rescheduling without guilt
- Plan Without Planning: capture first, structure later
- The Daily Rhythm: morning triage, evening close, Sunday preview
- Coming from Other Apps: mapping Things, Todoist, and GTD onto Finalist
- Tips & Best Practices: actionable tasks, master lists, a sane tag system
Everyday Finalist
The core of the app, in the order you'll meet it:
- Your Daily Page: the day page, catch-up, and the journal
- The Five Kinds of Things: tasks vs. reminders vs. events vs. habits vs. notes
- Adding Tasks: quick entry, natural language times, voice
- Subtasks: break any task into steps
- Timeline & Time Blocking: the hourly grid and day segments
- Lists & Tags: divider tabs, pinning, list math
- Habits: streaks, heatmaps, snoozing
- Calendar & Reminders: all your commitments in one place
- Calendar Bookmarks: toggle calendars right from your day
- World Clock: your day in any timezone
- The Task Editor: dates, repeats, alerts, locations, and priorities
Notes
- Notebooks & Notes: a notes home inside your planner, with notes pinned to your day
- Writing in Markdown: the editor, toolbar, and keyboard shortcuts
- Connected Files & Obsidian: your vault's tasks, links, and tags in your planner
Everywhere
- Widgets & Live Activities: your day on the home screen and Dynamic Island
- Sync & Devices: iCloud sync and platform differences
- Automation: Shortcuts, the share extension, URL scheme
- Capture & Dictate: turn text, photos, and speech into tasks
- Plan My Day (Beta): AI-proposed schedules, penciled in around your meetings
Make It Yours
- Customize Your Daily: layouts, presets, and the Daybook and Broadsheet designs
- Themes & Appearance: palettes, custom colors, and QR theme sharing
Need help?
Can't find something, or found a bug? Join the Discord community or email slaven@finalist.works to reach me directly.