I return to Apple Reminders during each summer beta season, and most years, I leave for one reason or another.
This time, it stuck, but I was bothered by two things:
- Entering tasks into Reminders is slow and clunky
- There is no Apple Watch complication showing how many tasks are remaining for the day
Earlier this fall, I started working on an app to resolve those two issues. It’s called DropTask, and it is available — for free! — on the App Store now:
During the app’s TestFlight era, I took things further, adding quick-add support for Todoist and OmniFocus as well!
DropTask is super simple. After giving your task a name and adding any notes, you can add more info, choosing from things like lists, due dates, and more — super quickly. DropTask will pick them out and send them to your task manager.
If you would rather use a GUI — and one that is way faster than anything in a traditional to-do app — you can use the chips to set your task’s details. Just click or tap on one, and the app shows you a series of suggestions.
Confirmed metadata appears underneath the text field so you know what you’ll get when you tap the big + button in the corner, which sends your task to your to-do app.
As mentioned above, DropTask includes watchOS complications and widgets that show how many tasks you have left in your day.
This is just for users of Apple Reminders, as Todoist and OmniFocus support these things out of the box.
If you dig around in the app’s settings, you will find a bunch of goodies:
- Alternate icons for iOS and the macOS menu bar
- Your default list
- The use of relative or exact dates
- Default times (e.g.,
Morningcan mean 9 AM, 10 AM, etc.) - Integration with Contacts to automatically fill your
HomeandWorkaddresses
DropTask runs on iOS/iPadOS/watchOS 26 and later. DropTask for macOS requires macOS 26 Tahoe or later and runs on both Intel and Apple silicon machines.
You can find more about what it can do in its FAQs.