# Hold — One task, always visible

> One task, always visible (iPhone/iPad app by Vishal Jain.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hold/id6755408368 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Vishal Jain](https://appshunter.io/developer/1827963978)
- Category: Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.5 · 1 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-12
- Data updated: 2026-08-02
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hold/id6755408368/reviews.md

## What is Hold?

Hold gives your current task a calm, dedicated place to live. Open it on iPhone, write what you are holding, and keep that single objective visible while you work.

It is intentionally not a full task manager. No inbox grooming, no project database, no stream of reminders. Hold is a small working-memory surface for the thing you are doing now.

On iPhone, Hold works on its own as a spare focus display for one current task. With the Mac app, it becomes a keyboard-first desktop-to-phone workflow: capture the current task quickly on Mac, break it into child tasks or sibling tasks when needed, and keep the active objective visible on iPhone or in StandBy Mode.

Features:
- One clear current-task display
- Standalone iPhone entry for the task you are holding now
- StandBy-friendly desk display
- Fast Mac capture and task switching when paired
- Lightweight parent, child, and sibling task context on Mac
- iCloud sync through your own Apple account
- No ads, tracking, or third-party analytics

Use Hold alongside Things, Todoist, Notion, Obsidian, Reminders, or paper. Your main system stays where it is. Hold just keeps the current thread in view.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-06-18

Adds the first-run Mac connection flow and simplified one-task iPhone holding surface.

### 1.1 — 2026-05-25

Initial App Store release with refreshed Hold branding and icon.

### 1.0 — 2026-05-19

No release notes.

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