# Kanso - Zen Focus > Kanso - Zen Focus (iPhone/iPad app by Yutaro Kawahara.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kanso-zen-focus/id6776284158 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Yutaro Kawahara](https://appshunter.io/developer/6776284160) - Category: Productivity, Business - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 32 MB - Languages: American English, Japanese - Released: 2026-06-05 - Data updated: 2026-08-17 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kanso-zen-focus/id6776284158/reviews.md ## What is Kanso? Simplicity — handle multitasking with ease. Kanso is the ultimate task management app designed with the spirit of Zen, to bring clarity and balance to the way you live. ■ Key Features · Pick your 3 Most Important Tasks (MITs) each morning — the things that truly must get done today · Instantly capture fleeting thoughts with Voice Mind Dump · Auto-sort tasks by importance and urgency with the Eisenhower Matrix · Automatically schedule focus blocks in your Calendar app · Track everything you've delegated in the Waiting On page · Monitor progress across all your work in the Projects page · Stay in the zone with a Pomodoro timer (25 min focus / 5 min break) · Watch a beautiful Japanese landscape transform as you complete your MITs · Switch seamlessly between Japanese and English ■ Pro Features (¥300/month · ¥1,800/year) · Unlimited BACKLOG tasks, Mind Dumps, projects, and delegated tasks · Recurring tasks (daily, weekly, monthly) · Full Eisenhower Matrix prioritization (free plan: once per day) · Background themes: Rock Garden, Bonsai, Sakura (free plan: Rock Garden only) ■ Who It's For · Executives and managers juggling countless projects and responsibilities every day · Anyone exhausted by constant context-switching between tasks · People who chase efficiency yet keep losing sight of what truly matters · Those who appreciate design that is both minimal and intellectually refined ■ Subscription · Monthly plan: ¥300/month (auto-renewing) · Annual plan: ¥1,800/year (auto-renewing · save 50%!) · Payment is charged to your Apple ID · Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings · Includes a 7-day free trial · Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period · Privacy Policy: https://bevel-porch-9ea.notion.site/Kanso-37217501552180ca9a26c80df73b0489 · Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Kanso Pro (Monthly) | $1.99 | per month | | Kanso Pro (Yearly) | $9.99 | per year | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.1.1 — 2026-08-16 Improvements to the daily rhythm (Routine). ■ Daily rhythm (Kanso Pro) • Scroll the page up and down directly from the wheel • Swipe the wheel left or right to switch between weekdays and holidays • Block names now fit on shorter slices • A block can belong to both weekdays and holidays • Undo the last AI import in one tap — tap again to redo it ■ English text • Permission prompts and due-date labels that still showed Japanese are now translated • Overnight blocks such as sleep can be imported from an AI reply again ### 1.1.0 — 2026-08-14 Your day now has a shape. ■ Daily rhythm (Kanso Pro) ・Build your weekday and weekend rhythm on a 24-hour dial ・Tap to edit, press and hold to move, drag an edge to resize — everything snaps to 15 minutes ・Mark today as a workday or a day off for holidays and time off; recurring tasks follow along ・Turn any block into a recurring task ■ Widgets ・Place your daily rhythm on the Home Screen (small, medium, large) and the Lock Screen ・See where you are in the day, and how long is left, without opening the app ・A new Lock Screen widget lists today's scheduled work in time order ・The original widget is now called "Today's MIT" ■ AI integration (Kanso Pro) ・Hand today's tasks with their importance and urgency to your AI, then import the schedule it returns ・Import next week's candidates and one thing to stop doing from your weekly review ・Your estimation habits are measured quietly and shared with your AI Everything works with copy and paste. No account, nothing sent anywhere. ### 1.0.6 — 2026-08-05 A much lighter app, and a clearer view of what's still open. • Faster response when completing, reordering, and editing tasks • Smoother long-press drag scheduling on the calendar • Improved overall responsiveness on iPad • Tasks you haven't finished by their planned time now stay visible with a red border • Upcoming tasks are now listed by date under "UPCOMING" at the bottom of Home • The user guide can now be opened from Settings • Fixed: newly added Waiting On tasks did not appear right away • Fixed: the buttons at the top right occasionally did not respond ### 1.0.5 — 2026-07-22 This update makes the whole app feel significantly lighter. • Faster response when completing, reordering, and editing tasks • Smoother long-press drag scheduling on the calendar • Improved overall responsiveness on iPad • Less lag right after returning to the app • Small stability improvements around notifications and iCloud sync ### 1.0.4 — 2026-06-26 Schedule by dragging — right on the calendar ・Press and hold a task on the calendar, then drag to set or change its work time, intuitively. ・A magnetic guide snaps tasks neatly into the gaps between your existing plans. When things overlap, choose Allow / Shorten / Shift. ・Drag to the edge and the timeline scrolls, so you can reach any time from morning to night. ・Smooth on iPad, too — including landscape split view. Other improvements ・The morning hand-off now guides you through each unfinished task from previous days, one at a time. ・Fixed calendar-sync and reminder issues when editing or deleting tasks. ・Improved overall stability and data handling. Stay simple. Focus on today's three. ## More apps by Yutaro Kawahara - [Kanso - Minimal](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kanso-minimal/id6798272712) All apps by Yutaro Kawahara: https://appshunter.io/developer/6776284160 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-17.*