Local AI Task Manager · Fully Offline · Now on the App Store

A task library that
actually gets you

KinetTask is a local-first AI task manager. Turn a sentence into a task with Apple Foundation Models on-device inference — 0 upload, 0 tracking. Smarter than Reminders, more private than Todoist, more understanding than Things.

App Store See the natural-language magic ↓
🔒 0 upload 🤖 On-device AI 💎 Free · 50 tasks included 📱 iPhone + Mac
KinetTask
Tasks
📥 Inbox
☀️ Today 5
📅 Upcoming 3
♾️ Anytime
🌙 Someday
✅ Done
Projects
💼 Work 4
👤 Personal 2
📚 Study 1

Today

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🔥 5 tasks today · That's a lot — consider moving the less urgent ones
Finish product review notes Urgent
⏰ Overdue · Today 09:00 #work
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Feedback on design drafts High
📅 Today 14:30 #design
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Prep weekly meeting deck
📅 Today 16:00 #work
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Prepare quarterly report High
📅 Fri 10:00
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Pull this week's key metrics
Draw 3 key flow diagrams
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Reply to client email
✨ Weekly meeting tomorrow 3pm
The killer feature

Say it once, it figures out the rest

No forms, no date pickers. KinetTask reads natural language on your device and extracts the title, deadline, priority, and tags automatically.

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TitleWeekly meeting
DueTomorrow 15:00 → filed under "Upcoming"
PriorityHigh
Tags#work #meeting
Features

Smart, private, clean

Everything you need — and none of what you don't (cloud, tracking, subscription).

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On-device AI inference

Apple Foundation Models on macOS 26 / iOS 26 — zero download, zero setup. Other devices run a local model you choose. No model at all? The built-in rule parser still works. Nothing ever leaves the device.

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Daily insights

Scans your whole task library and proactively flags overdue items, overloaded days, time conflicts, and important-but-unscheduled tasks. From "recording" to "understanding".

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0 upload · provable

Tasks live in a local SQLite database — no analytics, no crash reporter, no third-party tracking. A built-in Privacy Audit panel shows exactly where your data lives.

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Full-text search

FTS5-powered instant search across titles, notes, and tags. Results as you type, with unicode tokenization that handles CJK text properly.

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Projects

Things-style Areas. Browse projects in the sidebar, see task counts, create and delete, organized by work / personal / study.

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iPhone + Mac

One codebase, two platforms, native SwiftUI experience. Adaptive layouts that feel at home on both phone and desktop.

Three-tier engine

Always on, never offline

Degrades gracefully by device capability, with a rule-based fallback that guarantees "one sentence becomes a task" on any machine.

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Apple Foundation Models Preferred

Built into macOS 26 / iOS 26. Zero download, in-process inference.

TIER 01
▼ Falls back if unavailable ↓
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Local GGUF models

For other capable devices: download the GGUF you choose, in-process Llama.cpp inference.

TIER 02
▼ Falls back if unavailable ↓
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Rule-based parsing Forever fallback

A zero-dependency regex engine that understands dates, times, priorities, and tags. No model required.

TIER 03
KinetTask AI engine settings
Settings · AI engine & Pro capabilities (local model download / task breakdown / reasoning search)

How the three-tier engine works

  • 1macOS 26 / iOS 26 · Uses the system-built-in Apple Foundation Models — zero download, inference never leaves the process
  • 2Other devices · Download a GGUF model of your choice in Settings; Llama.cpp runs it in-process, still offline
  • 3No model at all · The built-in rule parser takes over — "standup tomorrow 3pm" still parses. AI is always available
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Privacy is a promise — and engineering

Your tasks, only in your pocket

KinetTask has no servers. Your to-dos never leave the device — not a pretty line in a privacy policy, but guaranteed by sandboxed permissions + on-device-only engines + zero third-party SDKs. You can see exactly where your data lives, and verify with a packet sniffer.

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No analytics SDK

No analytics, no telemetry, no usage reporting.

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Local SQLite

All tasks, search indexes, and projects live in Application Support on your disk.

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On-device engines only

The App Store build offers Apple FM / local GGUF only — no remote LLM.

🔍 In-app "Privacy Audit" panel: task count, database size, model size — all at a glance
Open the in-app Privacy Audit panel —— Task count, database size, model footprint — all real numbers, nothing hidden
Check sandbox entitlements —— No network-client entitlement is requested — even if it wanted to, it cannot phone home
Verify with a packet sniffer —— Run Proxy/Charles around a full session: zero requests except App Store update checks
Why KinetTask

Smart and private

Every other app occupies one square — Reminders is smart but cloud-first, Things is private but no AI, Todoist is powerful but its moat is trained on your data. KinetTask occupies the empty intersection.

🍎 Apple Reminders
Free · Native
✓ On-device AI
✕ iCloud sync by default
✕ Locked-in model, no choice
📋 Todoist / TickTick
Subscription · Cloud
✓ Powerful AI / parsing
✕ Task text goes to the cloud
✕ Moat needs your data
✓ KinetTask
Free · Local-first
✓ On-device AI inference
✓ 0 upload, auditable
✓ Bring your own model
Smarter than Reminders·More private than Todoist·More understanding than Things
A familiar design

Things-style six states

No gimmicks. Tap to complete, swipe to delete, click to edit. Restraint where restraint is due.

📥 Inbox ☀️ Today 📅 Upcoming ♾️ Anytime 🌙 Someday ✅ Done
KinetTask for Mac — real UI
Six states, that's the whole model. Inbox in, Today to do, Upcoming queued, Anytime pool, Someday cold storage, Done archived — no nested panels, no hidden menus. Drag to change state, ⌘K to search, Enter for the next task. This screenshot is the real Mac app.
FAQ

What you're probably wondering

Is my data really never uploaded?
Yes — never. Tasks live in a local SQLite database with no analytics, no crash reporter, no third-party tracking. The App Store build ships on-device AI engines only, with no remote LLM whatsoever. The in-app "Privacy Audit" panel shows where your data lives, and you can verify with a packet sniffer.
Why not just use free Apple Reminders?
Reminders on iOS 26 is also on-device and parses natural language now — but it syncs to iCloud by default and the model is locked in. KinetTask never phones home, lets you choose your own model, and reasons over your whole task library (daily insights, conflict detection, task breakdown).
Does it work with no network / no Apple FM?
Yes. The three-tier engine degrades automatically: if Apple FM is unavailable, it runs a local GGUF model you downloaded; with no model at all, the built-in rule parser still understands "weekly meeting tomorrow 3pm". Fully offline works fine.
Is it free?
The free version is fully usable for daily life (up to 50 active tasks) with no subscription. Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited tasks, AI task breakdown, reasoning search, and themes — pay once, yours forever on every device you own.
Which devices are supported?
macOS 14+ and iOS 17+. Apple Foundation Models requires macOS 26 / iOS 26; older systems fall back to a local model or rule parsing. No Linux / Windows — Apple FM and WidgetKit are Apple-exclusive; cross-platform would be a different product.
Could I lose my tasks?
No. Local SQLite + WAL journaling means your tasks are on disk even if the app crashes. Everything is read back from disk on relaunch.
What's in Pro, and how does pricing work?
Pro is a one-time purchase (not a subscription): unlimited tasks (free tier caps at 50), AI task breakdown (split big tasks into 3–6 actionable steps), library-wide semantic search (find cross-task links in one sentence), custom accent colors, and enhanced daily insights. Pay once — every Mac and iPhone you own is unlocked.
How does it compare to subscription tools like Todoist / TickTick?
The biggest difference is where your data goes: they send your task text to the cloud for AI and bill monthly; KinetTask's AI inference never leaves your device, your task content is never uploaded, and Pro is buy-once. We trade multi-user collaboration and cloud sync for complete privacy and offline capability — for a single person, that's the better end of the deal.
KinetTask Pro — everything the one-time unlock includes
Pro, one-time purchase · Semantic search / AI task breakdown / unlimited tasks / custom accents

Free is enough. Pro is yours forever.

  • 1Free tier · 50 active tasks + every core on-device AI feature. No account, no subscription, no time limit
  • 2Pro unlock · Unlimited tasks, AI task breakdown, library-wide semantic search, 6 accent themes — pay once, valid forever
  • 3No subscription trap · No "premium intelligence" upsell — and your task library never feeds any cloud model
iPhone & Mac

Native on both. One task library

Built with SwiftUI — not an Electron shell. Capture on iPhone, go deep on Mac. Your data stays on your devices, always.

KinetTask for Mac
Mac · Today / Upcoming / Anytime, full keyboard flow
KinetTask for iPhone
iPhone · Up and running in 30 seconds
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Ready for a task library that gets you?

Smart, private, free. Now on the App Store.

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